[Bonetools] Bone whistle?

[Lena]

Not prehistoric, but there is an article by Helen Leaf (?) on medieval bone flutes in Pluskowski (ed), Breaking and shaping beastly bodies. Perhaps it also covers some prehistory examples?

/Lena


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On Sunday, September 19, 2021, 7:10 PM, Dale Serjeantson <D.Serjeantson at soton.ac.uk> wrote:
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> As the emails about bone whistles arrived I was searching for references to flutes or whistles made on bird bones in prehistoric Britain and Ireland. Can anyone suggest any examples?
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> I know that there is a bird bone flute from Thetford made on a tibiotarsus, perhaps of crane, but I have lost the reference. Again, any help would be gratefully received. 
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> Dale
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> From: Bonetools <bonetools-bounces at listserv.niif.hu> on behalf of Ian Riddler <trzaska2 at outlook.com>Reply to: "Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for the study of object and waste of bone, antler. ivory and horn." <bonetools at listserv.niif.hu>Date: Friday, September 17, 2021 at 17:51To: "Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for the study of object and waste of bone, antler. ivory and horn." <bonetools at listserv.niif.hu>Subject: Re: [Bonetools] Bone whistle?
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> Bonjour Isabelle,
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> Un objet similaire (mais non décoré) est sorti d'une sépulture de l'âge du fer dans le Cambridgeshire il y a quelques années : publication jointe ici.
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> Remerciements,
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> Ian Riddler
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> From: SIDERA IsabelleSent: 17 September 2021 14:38To: Mailing list for archaeologists of the research group for the study of object and waste of bone, antler. ivory and horn.Subject: [Bonetools] Bone whistle?
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> Dear all, 
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> Does somebody know this type of artefact made on caprine's long bone, found in the East of France, and which dates of the middle Bronze Age? Could it be a whistle? Are whistles common in european Bronze Age? I am thinking also at a hinge. Is this could be a hinge? Are there any hinge identified in Bronze Age? 
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> Any else idea of the function of such an artefact?
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> Thank you very much for your answers
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> Best wishes
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