Manufacture and use: bone and tooth objects from the Late Bronze Age 'shaman's grave' at Przeczyce, Poland. (June 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Baron, Justyna; Diakowski, Marcin; Badura, Beata
• Is Part Of: Antiquity. Volume 96:Number 387(2022)
• Page Start: 737
• Page End: 744
• Publication Date: 2022-06
• Subjects: Poland -- Bronze Age -- micro-wear -- manufacturing processes -- bone objects -- musical instruments; Archaeology -- Periodicals; Antiquities -- Periodicals; 930.05
• DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2022.39
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0003-598X

Abstract

Abstract: Abstract : The microscopic analysis of tool marks on objects from the Late Bronze Age 'shaman's grave' at Przeczyce, Poland, has demonstrated that two wild boar tusk pendants, a bone disc and a set of bone tubes were manufactured exclusively using metal tools. We argue that the tubes were a musical instrument that originally consisted of several separate pieces, rather than a pan flute, as has previously been suggested.