Prehistoric music
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Prehistoric music (previously called primitive music) is a term in the history of music for all music produced in preliterate cultures (prehistory), beginning somewhere in very late geological history. Prehistoric music is followed by ancient music in most of Europe (1500 BCE) and later musics in subsequent European-influenced areas, but still exists in isolated areas.
Prehistoric music thus technically includes all of the world's music that has existed before the advent of any currently-extant historical sources concerning that music, for example, traditional Native American music of preliterate tribes and Australian Aboriginal music. However, it is more common to refer to the "prehistoric" music of non-European continents – especially that which still survives – as folk, indigenous or traditional music.
See also
- Behavioral modernity
- Biomusicology
- Ethnomusicology
- Evolutionary musicology
- International Study Group on Music Archaeology
- Music and the brain
- Onomatopoeia
- Origin of language
- Origins of music
- Origins of religion
- Prehistoric art
- Sound mimesis in various cultures
- Sound symbolism