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Young Archaeologist Magazine: Issue 142
The Winter 2009 issue of our Club magazine Young Archaeologist had a Time Team theme!
In Issue 142, there was a competition to design a coin to be struck at the new Jorvik Viking Centre. Keep watching- the winner will be announced soon! There was also a quiz with a mystery word to work out. To find out more about the mystery word click here.
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Making Music Anglo Saxon Style!
As you will have seen in issue 139 of Young Archaeologist we had an article all about Anglo Saxon music. It was inspired by an amazing project carried out by YAC member Daniel Rose-Jones; he made his very own lyre!
Shortly before Christmas, the Cornwall Archaeological Society had had a fascinating lecture on the Prittlewell Prince site: a rich 6th century Saxon burial in Essex. The burial had been made in a wood-lined chamber, which was
then filled with a remarkable range of personal items, including a lyre (a harp-like stringed instrument).
The Prittlewell Prince lyre survived only as a thin layer of very decayed wood and corroded metal fittings on a thick block of sand, but enough survived to tell that it was similar to one that was excavated at Sutton Hoo
(a rich Anglo Saxon ship burial found in Suffolk). Daniel's dad had seen the lecture and suggested to Daniel that he might like to try making a lyre! They bought some wood and Daniel got going straight away! His lyre is
modeled on the Sutton Hoo lyre but it is about one-third shorter.
The strings that Daniel used are actually ukulele strings and the sound-board is held on with drawing pins! The pegs and bridge he carved himself with left-over bits of wood. It can be strummed or plucked, and makes a remarkably
good sound. Once he had done his research, it took only a couple of days work!
Not only did Daniel make his wonderful lyre but he has mastered playing it too! Click on the links below to hear him in action!
Lord of the Rings theme tune
Greensleeves
Strumming tune 1
Strumming tune 2
