Stone Age Rattle Reconstructed

Stone Age Rattle Reconstructed

Description

Video showing a hypothetical reconstruction of tooth ornaments found in the Late Mesolithic graves of Yuzhniy Oleniy Ostrov, NW Russia. Ninety-four Eurasian elk teeth sewn on an apron hit and bounce off the substratum and adjacent tooth pendants as the bearer moves: first at real speed, then in slow motion (-75 %). The apron was made of elk incisors, artificial sinew string and cattle skin by Riitta Rainio, the robe was made of reindeer skin by Johanna Seppä. Video by Julia Shpinitskaya. Supplementary material for the article: Rainio, Riitta, Dmitry Gerasimov, Evgeny Girya & Kristiina Mannermaa 2021. "Prehistoric pendants as instigators of sound and body movements: A traceological case study from Northeast Europe, circa 8200 cal. BP." Cambridge Archaeological Journal.
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Year of publication

2021

Authors

Julia Shpinitskaya - Rights holder, Creator

Kristiina Mannermaa - Rights holder, Creator

Riitta Rainio - Rights holder, Creator, Publisher

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Fields of science

Theatre, dance, music, other performing arts; History and archaeology

Open access

Open

License

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

Keywords

Archaeomusicology, Experimental archaeology, Mesolithic, Music archaeology, Musical instruments, Prehistory, Rattles, Sound archaeology