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Prehistoric music is followed by ancient music in different parts of the world, but still exists in isolated areas. However, it is more common to refer to the "prehistoric" music which still survives as folk, indigenous or traditional music.
Feb 14, 2018 · The oldest known musical instruments appear in the archaeological record from 40,000 years ago (40 Kya) and from these we can infer even earlier musical artefacts/activities, as yet unrepresented in the archaeological record.
- Anton Killin
- 2018
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Living 15,000 to 10,000 years ago, the ancient Natufian people were at the forefront of humanity's shift to agriculture. Early humans had been following the seasons and hunting stockfor hundreds of thousands of years, but the Natufians were some of the first people to show sedentary traits, staying in one place to form farming and herding societies...
While the cultural importance of music was well-established in Stone Age society, Davin's study, published in Scientific Reports, offers the first concrete evidence that Natufians were musical. Excavations at Eynan-Mallaha near the Sea of Galileeunearthed over 1,100 bird bones from the settlement dating between 10,730 and 9,760 BCE. Davin and his t...
The Natufian flutes all had traces of contact wear around the finger holes, indicating people had played the instruments. But what were the flutes used for? Davin and his team can only speculate, but it's possible the flutes were used in rituals with spiritual or quasi-religious meaning. Davin points to contemporary evidence of the symbolic meaning...
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- Fred Schwaller
Nov 16, 2021 · From conch shells to bone flutes, humans have been making musical instruments for tens of thousands of years. What did prehistoric music sound like? Follow us on a journey to find the oldest...
Sep 25, 2018 · Music instruments found by archaeologists dating from the Palaeolithic period (50,000 -10,000 BC), ten towards simple flutes or whistles carved from animal bones or wood. These are thought to be amongst the earliest examples of prehistoric instruments.
Mar 8, 2014 · "The Story of Music From Babylon to the Beatles" goes all the way back to the Paleolithic caves of Chauvet, France to the music of today. Howard Goodall cites a 1995 find in a Slovenian cave of a flute made of bear bone and says, "Our own day to day survival may no longer depend on our ability to sing, but our ancient ancestors were on to ...
Mar 7, 2014 · Music archaeology. Prehistoric musical instruments and sound-producers identified by Morley include bird-bone and ivory flutes, whistles (pierced reindeer-foreleg phalanges), purported bullroarers and rasps, and various forms of struck percussion (including strike-marked lithic and bone sources).
