Globular Flute
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The Globular Flute is a neolithic
Neolithic
The Neolithic Age, Era, or Period, or New Stone Age, was a period in the development of human technology, beginning about 9500 BC in some parts of the Middle East, and later in other parts of the world. It is traditionally considered as the last part of the Stone Age...

 flute
Flute
The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...

 found near the Čaška
Caška
Čaška is a village in Republic of Macedonia. It is the seat of the Čaška Municipality. Near the village historians from Republic of Macedonia found a 6000 year old flute called the "Globular Flute".- References :...

 village in the Republic of Macedonia
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...

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The subject is a small clay
Clay
Clay is a general term including many combinations of one or more clay minerals with traces of metal oxides and organic matter. Geologic clay deposits are mostly composed of phyllosilicate minerals containing variable amounts of water trapped in the mineral structure.- Formation :Clay minerals...

 artifact
Artifact
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 discovered during the archaeological excavations in that area of the
site, which was cultivated by mechanical tools. The object is
made of refined reddish clay and on some places darker color
as a result of fi re is noticed. It is completely preserved
and it has irregular round or globular form with diameter
Diameter
In geometry, a diameter of a circle is any straight line segment that passes through the center of the circle and whose endpoints are on the circle. The diameters are the longest chords of the circle...

 of 4,7
centimeters and hollow interior
Interior
Coastal regions of a territory are often the most densely populated due to their greater economic productivity or colonial history. This leads to a contrast with the interior of the territory, which is sparsely populated...

. Surface of the flute is without
decorative elements. It has three holes with different diameters (0,4-0,6 centimeters) placed as apexes of a triangle
Triangle
A triangle is one of the basic shapes of geometry: a polygon with three corners or vertices and three sides or edges which are line segments. A triangle with vertices A, B, and C is denoted ....

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The apex positioned at the top of the imaginative triangle is
wider than the other two and in that part the fi nd is partially
leveled. The other holes are identical
Identical
Identical may refer to:* Identity. sameness* Similarity* Identical , a 2008 young adult novel* Identical particles, particles that cannot be distinguished from one another...

. The application of
ir had been unknown but doubts that the object is a musical
instrument have been confirmed. Namely, completed expertise
has shown that this archaeological object is a globular flute.
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