New flutes document the earliest musical tradition in southwestern Germany

Nature

Volumn 460, Issue 7256, 2009, Pages 737-740

  Conard, Nicholas J ^a   Malina, Maria ^b   Münzel, Susanne C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b HEIDELBERG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; MUSIC; RECORD; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BONE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EUROPE; FRANCE; GERMANY; MUSIC; PALEOLITHIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BONE AND BONES; CULTURE; GERMANY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HORNS; MUSIC;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 68449090600     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08169     Document Type: Article

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