First record of the sound produced by the oldest upper paleolithic seashell horn
| Autor: | Francis Duranthon, Gilles Tosello, Philippe Walter, Emmanuel Kasarherou, Guillaume Fleury, Carole Fritz, Pascal Gaillard, Julien Tardieu |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Maison des Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société de Toulouse (MSHS-T), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, Travaux et recherches archéologiques sur les cultures, les espaces et les sociétés (TRACES), École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J)-Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication (MCC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse, Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac (MQBJC), Laboratoire d'Archéologie Moléculaire et Structurale (LAMS), Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Cognition, Langues, Langage, Ergonomie (CLLE), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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010506 paleontology
History pigments analysis [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory Context (language use) Musical instrument Ancient history 01 natural sciences Prehistory 03 medical and health sciences Paleolithic seashell horn Magdalenian Sound (geography) Research Articles ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS 030304 developmental biology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences 0303 health sciences geography Multidisciplinary geography.geographical_feature_category [SHS.MUSIQ]Humanities and Social Sciences/Musicology and performing arts French horn paleoaccoustic SciAdv r-articles [CHIM.MATE]Chemical Sciences/Material chemistry archeology Anthropology Upper Paleolithic Marsoulas cave Period (music) Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Science Advances Science Advances, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2021, 7 (7), pp.eabe9510. ⟨10.1126/sciadv.abe9510⟩ |
| ISSN: | 2375-2548 |
| Popis: | A prehistoric conch shell converted into a musical instrument makes its first sounds in 18,000 years. Anthropologists and ethnomusicologists assert that there is no society without song, and more specifically, there is no ritual or celebration without accompanying sound. The production of sounds in social contexts is very ancient. Here, we report on the study of a seashell from the decorated cave of Marsoulas and demonstrate that the Magdalenian occupants of this site transformed this shell into a wind instrument. It is one of the very rare examples, if not the only one for the Paleolithic period, of a musical instrument fashioned from a large shell, and the first conch shell of this use thus far discovered. We already know that prehistoric people transformed many shells into portable ornaments and that they thus attributed substantial corporal symbolism to them. This seashell horn, with its unique sonority, both deep and strong with an enduring reverberation, sheds light on a musical dimension until now unknown in the context of Upper Paleolithic societies. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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