[Bonetools] Bone whistle?

[Hans Christian Küchelmann]

Dear Dale,

in my article about the bone flute from Vechta, Germany, I assembled several comparative finds from all over Europe, but there was none from Britain or Ireland. If you are interested in these you can download the article below. Further, Brade (1975; 1978) has written two substantial publications about bone flutes from Northern Europe. Wietske Prummel (2018) collected evidence for bones of crane from the Netherlands, among these were several flutes. If you are interested in this article, let me know.

If you happen to track the flute from Thetford, I would be interested in the reference.

Best

Christian


References:

# Brade, Christine (1978): Knöcherne Kernspaltflöten aus Haithabu. – Berichte über die Ausgrabungen in Haithabu 12, 24-35

# Brade, Christine (1975): Die mittelalterlichen Kernspaltflöten Mittel- und Nordeuropas, Göttinger Schriften zur Vor- und Frühgeschichte 14, Neumünster

# Küchelmann, Hans Christian (2010): Highland Tunes in the Lowlands: a Medieval Vulture Bone Flute from Northern Germany. in: Legrand-Pineau, Alexandra / Sidéra, Isabelle / Buc, Natacha / David, Eva / Scheinsohn, Vivian (eds.): Ancient and Modern Bone Artefacts from America to Russia. Cultural, technological and functional signature, British Archaeological Reports International Series 2136, 171-182, Oxford
>>> download: https://www.knochenarbeit.de/highland-tunes-in-the-lowlands/

# Prummel, Wietske (2018): Botten van kraanvogels (Grus grus) uit terpen en wierden. – Jaarverslagen van de Vereniging voor Terpenonderzoek 99, 211-220
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> Am 19.09.2021 um 19:09 schrieb Dale Serjeantson <D.Serjeantson at soton.ac.uk>:
> 
> 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?
>  
> 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.
>  
> Dale