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alligator drum

alligator drum is a drum.

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Overview

Type of drum once used in Neolithic China, made from clay and alligator hides, found over a broad area at the Neolithic sites from modern Shandong in the east to Qinghai in the west, dating to a period of 5500–2350 BCE; used in ritual ceremonies.

Evidence base

This article draws on 2 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 2 means 2 genuinely separate publishers of record. 17 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Drum Bass, Drum Bass, 2018

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    PubMed, United States National Library of Medicine, records for “alligator drum”

    Institutional database · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    “Alligator drum”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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  4. 4.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q4732665: alligator drum

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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Elsewhere in Collectables

16,158 published records in this field, each with its sources named.

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