• Dahlia Shehata - Florian Leitmeir - Kamila Wysłucha - Stefan Hagel (Editors)

Journal of Music Archaeology

Volume 1, 2023

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The Journal of Music Archaeology (JMA) is the first double-blind-reviewed open access periodical in the field of music archaeology, continuing the spirit of the series Studien zur Musikarchäologie, formerly published by the DAI. It addresses questions concerning the archaeology of sound and rhythmical behaviour of past cultures all over the globe, including the study and reconstruction of certain or possible sound tools, the investigation of soundscapes, especially where intentionally chosen or erected, as well as related historical, anthropological and ethnological research based on iconographies, literatures, and comparative studies reflecting the wide range of approaches and methodologies that has characterised music archaeology from its beginnings.

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Journal of Music Archaeology

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ISBN 978-3-7001-9449-1
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On Experimental Reconstructions of the Mammoth Ivory Flute from Geißenklösterle Cave (GK3) and Other Palaeolithic Wind Instruments from South-West Germany

    Anna Friederike Potengowski, Gabriele Dalferth, Wulf Hein, Barbara Spreer, Hannes Wiedmann, Maria Malina, Susanne C. Münzel

Journal of Music Archaeology, Volume 1, 2023, pp. 59-102, 2024/10/28

Volume 1, 2023

doi: https://doi.org/10.1553/JMA-001-04


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doi:https://doi.org/10.1553/JMA-001-04

Abstract

The present paper provides a multidisciplinary approach integrating musicological, acoustical, and manufacturing aspects to the archaeological study of the mammoth ivory instrument from Geißenklösterle Cave (GK3). We present information on the archaeological background and the find history, and new insights into the playing technique of the instrument, confirming that GK3 was designed as a flute with a notch (M. Malina, S. C. Münzel). Subsequently, physical parameters causing pitch variability in general and their impact on the response of the low register of extended reconstructions are explored (G. Dalferth), before actual experiences of the chaîne opératoire of the GK3 ivory instrument are supplied (W. Hein). Due to its incompleteness, this Palaeolithic instrument allows for variability in reconstructing. A comparative tonal analysis of eight GK3 reconstructions in different lengths was conducted (A. F. Potengowski), offering new clues to possible musical intervals of the original instrument. Finally, the requirements for future research are considered.

Keywords: Palaeolithic wind instruments; Reconstructions; Musical analysis; Notched flutes; Mammoth ivory; Geißenklösterle Cave; Aurignacian