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In digging up ancient Aztec graves dating from the years 1250 to 1521 AD, archaeologists have found many examples of small whistles made of clay and formed into the shape of a skull. These ...

Psychoacoustic and Archeoacoustic nature of ancient Aztec skull whistles. Communications Psychology , 2024; 2 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s44271-024-00157-7 Cite This Page : ...

Archaeologists have discovered numerous ceramic or clay whistles at Aztec sites, dubbed "death whistles" because of their distinctive skull shapes. A new paper published in the journal ...

The Aztecs created the small 1.2 to 2-inch-long (3 to 5 centimeters) skull-shaped whistles out of clay, possibly to represent Mictlantecuhtli, the Aztec lord of the underworld. The skull whistles ...

In cultures around the world, instruments have brought music and joy to rituals, ceremonies and everyday life. But in the forests of central Mexico, a single note from an Aztec whistle didn’t ...

“Death whistles,” or Aztec skull whistles, were short, carved instruments made of two opposing chambers where air could clash and create a “screeching sound,” according to a Nov. 19 news ...

The spine-chilling scream-like sounds of Aztec skull whistles—ancient artifacts often referred to as “death whistles”—have long fascinated archaeologists and historians. The findings also provide a ...