Ishango bone

Summary

Ishango bone is an archaeological find^[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of archaeological_find entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (370 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Ishango bone is credited with the discovery of Jean de Heinzelin de Braucourt^[3].
• Ishango bone's image is recorded as Ishango bone (cropped).jpg^[4].
• Ishango bone's instance of is recorded as archaeological find^[5].
• Ishango bone's instance of is recorded as bone tool^[6].
• Ishango is named after Ishango bone^[7].
• Ishango bone's made from material is recorded as fibula^[8].
• Ishango bone's location of discovery is recorded as Ishango^[9].
• Ishango bone's collection is recorded as Museum of Natural Sciences of Belgium^[10].
• Ishango bone's has use is recorded as arithmetic^[11].
• Ishango bone's has use is recorded as tally stick^[12].
• Ishango bone's Commons category is recorded as Ishango bone^[13].
• -18000-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Ishango bone^[14].
• -20000-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Ishango bone^[15].
• Ishango bone's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1960-00-00T00:00:00Z^[16].
• Ishango bone's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dq224^[17].
• Ishango bone's described by source is recorded as Scientifica Historica: How the world's great science books chart the history of knowledge^[18].
• Ishango bone's different from is recorded as Lebombo bone^[19].
• Ishango bone's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+10'}^[20].
• Ishango bone's time period is recorded as Upper Paleolithic^[21].
• Ishango bone's MathWorld ID is recorded as IshangoBone^[22].
• Ishango bone's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics^[23].
• Ishango bone's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778325223^[24].
• Ishango bone's PlanetMath ID is recorded as IshangoBone^[25].
• Ishango bone's Vikidia article ID is recorded as fr:Os_d'Ishango^[26].

Body

Physical Characteristics

Ishango bone's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+10'}^[20].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include archaeological find^[5] and bone tool^[6].

History and Context

Recorded inception include -18000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[14] and -20000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[15]. Ishango is named after Ishango bone^[7].

Why It Matters

Ishango bone ranks in the top 8% of archaeological_find entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (370 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[27] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]