The instruments are among the oldest in the world and, according to the researchers, represent the first to be found in the Levant, the region that fostered the first stages of the Neolithic Revolution approximately 12,000 years ago.
, the Natufians were pioneers in the move to settlement, being the first to adopt a sedentary lifestyle in the Levant.
Though the purpose of these instruments remains mysterious, researchers say that their discovery is vitally important. Not only does it reveal the origins of instrument-making and playing in the Levant; it also reveals the traditions of a culture that toed the line between foraging and agriculture.Wanting to learn more about the Natufians' material industry, the team of researchers scrutinized over 1,100 bird bones from the Eynan-Mallaha site in Israel.
Though the instruments had been broken into fragments during their time in the dirt , recreations of the woodwinds allowed the team to replicate their sounds. Similar to the screeches of the raptors that inhabited the region many millennia ago, the researchers say that the instruments imitated the sounds of the Eurasian kestrel and Eurasian sparrowhawk.
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