Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Aurignacian flutes were created between 43,000 and 35,000 years ago. The flutes, made of bone and ivory, represent the earliest known musical instruments and provide unmistakable evidence of prehistoric music. The flutes were found in caves with the oldest known examples of figurative art.
One discovered in 1997, and the other in 2008. The instrument has a single string which was attached on both ends of the antler, with the burr of the antler forming a bridge. [21] The instrument is similar in form to a Đàn brố, or a K'ni. These are the first stringed instruments archaeologically discovered in Vietnam. [21]
So the earliest evidence of tool use that we are likely to find are often cut marks made on bone by stone or shell tools. Therefore the reader should not assume that the items on this list represent the earliest uses of tools in each area, but rather the earliest uses of tools that have been found .
The earliest instruments found in prehistoric China are 12 gudi bone flutes in the modern-day Jiahu, Wuyang, Henan Province from c. 6000 BCE. [57] [58] [n 9] [n 10] The only instruments dated to the prehistoric Xia dynasty (c. 2070–1600) are two qing, two small bells (one earthenware, one bronze), and a xun. [60]
The first known use of the word flute was in the 14th century. [16] According to the Oxford English Dictionary, this was in Geoffrey Chaucer's The Hous of Fame, c. 1380. [14] A musician who plays any instrument in the flute family can be called a flutist, [17] flautist, [18] or flute player.
Musical instruments are constructed in a broad array of styles and shapes, using many different materials. Early musical instruments were made from "found objects" such as shells and plant parts. [2] As instruments evolved, so did the selection and quality of materials.
Researchers in Arizona say they have discovered the oldest gun in the U.S., a cannon used during the first European expedition across the Southwest. Blast from the past: Researchers discover ...
Other instruments discovered at the cemetery include a pair of silver pipes, [112] as well as drums, sistra, and cymbals. [132] In earlier findings dating to the 5th millennium BCE, two bone wind instruments have been recovered, one complete and the other in fragments. Also recovered is a fragment of a clay whistle from Uruk dating to c. 3200 ...