Knochenklang - Sounds from the Stone Age: Gespielt vom Ensemble Knochenklang - English Version Music performed on original and reconstructed flutes from the Central European Palaeolithic

As we know from several finds, cave—paintings and ethnological sources, there is no doubt that music was part of Palaeolithic life. One of the most recent examples is a 19,000 years old flute made out of a reindeer's tibia, which was found at the site of Grubgraben near Kammern (Lower Austria). It is also the only Austrian artifact, which can be regarded with certainty as a flute. From the same site we also know small flute made from the middle phalanx of a reindeer. Probably of Palaeolithi...