---------------------------------------------------- Internet Guide for China Studies Newsletter http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ignew.htm ---------------------------------------------------- 13 Oct 1999 New in IGCS - History (Archaeology): 9,000-year-old bone flutes from China Ed./Corp.: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY, USA URL: http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/flutes.html Language: English. Self description: "Researchers in China have uncovered what might be the oldest playable musical instrument. Their work is described in a paper published in the September 23 issue of the scientific journal Nature. Recent excavations at the early Neolithic site of Jiahu, located in Henan province, China, have yielded six complete bone flutes between 7,000 and 9,000 years old. Fragments of approximately 30 other flutes were also discovered. The flutes may be the earliest complete, playable, tightly-dated, multinote musical instruments." Site contents: (1) Picture of the flutes (also available: a high-resolution JPG file of the photo [3.5 MB]); (2) Two sound files with sections from the Chinese Folk Song Xiao Bai Cai (The Little Cabbage); (3) Link to a Brookhaven press release with contact information etc. _______________________________________________________ With kind regards, Hanno Lecher ([log in to unmask]) INTERNET GUIDE FOR CHINA STUDIES -- editor http://sun.sino.uni-heidelberg.de/igcs/ _______________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to: [log in to unmask] containing the following message: SIGNOFF IGCS-L