Did neanderthals play music? X-ray computed micro-tomography of the divje babe 'flute'

Archaeometry

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 581-590

  Tuniz, C ^a,b   Bernardini, F ^a   Turk, I ^c   Dimkaroski, L ^d   Mancini, L ^e   Dreossi, D ^e  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c Ex research advisor of Institute of Archaeology SRC   (Slovenia)

^d SNG Opera and Ballet   (Slovenia)

^e SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Divje babe i 'flute'; Micro computed tomography; Neanderthal

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CARNIVORE; MUSIC; NEANDERTHAL; PALEOLITHIC; TOMOGRAPHY;

SLOVENIA;

URSUS SPELAEUS;

EID: 84859646608     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2011.00630.x     Document Type: Article

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