Anasazi flute
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The Anasazi flute is the name of a pre-historic end-blown flute replicated today from findings at a massive cave in Prayer Rock Valley in Arizona, USA by an archaeological expedition led by Earl H. Morris in 1931 .[1] The team excavated 15 caves and the largest amongst these had 16 dwellings and many artifacts including several wooden flutes, which gave the site its name, the Broken Flute Cave.[2]
The flutes found in the cave was dated between 620 and 670 AD. They were all made of Box Elder, have 6 finger holes and are end-blown.[3] It is similar in many respects to a Hopi flute, which has only five finger holes.
A detailed analysis using radiocarbon dating techniques was published in 2007. The analysis included one item from a burial pit in the Broken Flute Cave. The dating placed the artifact in the range 599-769 CE.[4]
The Anasazi flute has in recent years been reproduced and restored to the catalog of World flutes. While difficult to play in many respects, it has a rich, warm voice that spans a little over one and a half octaves.
References
- ^ Bakkegard, B. M.; Morris, Elizabeth Ann (September 1961). "Seventh Century Flutes from Arizona". Ethnomusicology 5 (3): 184–186.
- ^ Clint Goss (2011). "Anasazi Flutes from the Broken Flute Cave". Flutopedia. http://Flutopedia.com/brokenflutecave.htm. Retrieved 2011-03-27.
- ^ Morris, Elizabeth Ann (April 1959). "Basketmaker flutes from the Prayer Rock District, Arizona". American Antiquity 24 (4): 406–411.
- ^ Coltrain, Joan Brenner; Janetski, Joel C.; Carlyle, Shawn W. (2007). "The Stable- and Radio-Isotope Chemistry of Western Basketmaker Burials: Implications for Early Puebloan Diets and Origins". American Antiquity 72 (2): 301–321.
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