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When is a Lur not a Lur

When is a Lur not a Lur

by | May 14, 2020 | Uncategorized

When the great, curved Bronze-Age horns were found in Scandinavia and the Baltic Region, no-one knew how old they were or what they might have been called. This was in the days before C. J. Thomsen developed the idea of the three-age system, calling periods, the Stone...
Where did the first mouthpieces appear?

Where did the first mouthpieces appear?

by | Mar 11, 2020 | Ancient, Lur, Mouthpieces

In Scandinavia and the Baltic region, during the late Bronze Age mouthpieces were developed to an astonishing degree. These were seen on the bronze lurs which were probably made between about 1500 BCE and 500 BCE. The mouthpieces were attached permanently to the...