Oakbank Dog Rose: A Working-model of an Iron Age Wooden Whistle from a Loch Tay Crannog

In 1980 a small piece of worked wood was discovered during excavation at Oakbank crannog in Loch Tay, Scotland. It was interpreted as a whistle by Nick Dixon. While there are several other Iron Age artefacts which have been interpreted as whistles, in Britain, this is the only one currently known to...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:30b8450e215b47f69a9aff7cbbe724272021-12-01T14:42:35ZOakbank Dog Rose: A Working-model of an Iron Age Wooden Whistle from a Loch Tay Crannog2212-8956https://doaj.org/article/30b8450e215b47f69a9aff7cbbe724272021-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://exarc.net/ark:/88735/10558https://doaj.org/toc/2212-8956In 1980 a small piece of worked wood was discovered during excavation at Oakbank crannog in Loch Tay, Scotland. It was interpreted as a whistle by Nick Dixon. While there are several other Iron Age artefacts which have been interpreted as whistles, in Britain, this is the only one currently known to the author which is made of wood. This paper describes the manufacture and sounding of a model of this Iron Age artefact in order to explore its sonic range and establish whether it may be classified as a whistle.Simon WyattEXARCarticlemusic and musical instrumentsiron ageunited kingdommethods and techniquesMuseums. Collectors and collectingAM1-501ArchaeologyCC1-960ENEXARC Journal, Iss 2021/1 (2021)
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collection DOAJ
language EN
topic music and musical instruments
iron age
united kingdom
methods and techniques
Museums. Collectors and collecting
AM1-501
Archaeology
CC1-960
spellingShingle music and musical instruments
iron age
united kingdom
methods and techniques
Museums. Collectors and collecting
AM1-501
Archaeology
CC1-960
Simon Wyatt
Oakbank Dog Rose: A Working-model of an Iron Age Wooden Whistle from a Loch Tay Crannog
description In 1980 a small piece of worked wood was discovered during excavation at Oakbank crannog in Loch Tay, Scotland. It was interpreted as a whistle by Nick Dixon. While there are several other Iron Age artefacts which have been interpreted as whistles, in Britain, this is the only one currently known to the author which is made of wood. This paper describes the manufacture and sounding of a model of this Iron Age artefact in order to explore its sonic range and establish whether it may be classified as a whistle.
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title Oakbank Dog Rose: A Working-model of an Iron Age Wooden Whistle from a Loch Tay Crannog
title_short Oakbank Dog Rose: A Working-model of an Iron Age Wooden Whistle from a Loch Tay Crannog
title_full Oakbank Dog Rose: A Working-model of an Iron Age Wooden Whistle from a Loch Tay Crannog
title_fullStr Oakbank Dog Rose: A Working-model of an Iron Age Wooden Whistle from a Loch Tay Crannog
title_full_unstemmed Oakbank Dog Rose: A Working-model of an Iron Age Wooden Whistle from a Loch Tay Crannog
title_sort oakbank dog rose: a working-model of an iron age wooden whistle from a loch tay crannog
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publishDate 2021
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