- The
Ishango bone,
discovered at the "Fisherman Settlement" of
Ishango in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo, is a bone tool and
possible mathematical...
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Ishango is a
Congolese lakes**** site
located in the north-eastern
region of the
Democratic Republic of
Congo in Africa,
previously known as Zaire. This...
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carved with
notches during the
Upper Palaeolithic; a
notable example is the
Ishango Bone.
Historical reference is made by
Pliny the
Elder (AD 23–79) about...
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ivory Venus figurine was
excavated close to the bone. The
Ishango bone,
found in the
Ishango region of the present-day
Democratic Republic of Congo, is...
- presentation".
Ishango bone. Brussels, Belgium:
Royal Belgian Institute of
Natural Sciences.
Archived from the
original on 27 May 2016. "The
Ishango Bone, Democratic...
- The
Ishango bone, a bone tool
dating back to
prehistoric Africa...
- 2021.
Retrieved November 4, 2021. Brooks, A. S.; Smith, C. C. (1987). "
Ishango revisited: new age
determinations and
cultural interpretations". The African...
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discovered in 1878 in Bernissart, Belgium.
Another famous piece is the
Ishango bone,
which was
discovered in 1960 by Jean de
Heinzelin de
Braucourt in...
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serve mnemonic or
conventional functions,
rather than
meaning numbers. The
Ishango bone is an
artifact with a
sharp piece of
quartz affixed to one end, perhaps...
- is
believed to have been used to
catch giant river catfish. In 1960 the
Ishango bone tool was discovered,
fashioned from the
fibula of a
baboon with a...
