| Chinese dig
sound from ancient flute
A 9,000-year-old
village in China yielded six bone flutes, including a playable one that
scientists have acoustically analyzed.
References:
Zhang, J., G.
Harbottle, et al. 1999. Oldest playable musical instruments
found at Jiahu early neolithic site in China. Nature 401(Sept.
23):366.
Further Readings:
Bower, B. 1998.
Doubts aired over Neandertal bone ‘flute.’ Science News
153(April 4):215.
Sources:
Garman Harbottle
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Chemistry Department
Upton, NY 11973
Juzhong Zhang
Institute of Cultural Relics and
Archeology of Henan Province
Zhengzhou, Henan 450000
China
From Science
News, Vol. 156, No. 13, September 25, 1999, p. 197. Copyright ©
1999, Science Service. |