Blythe Intaglios, wanda aka fi sani da Layin Nazca na Amurka, saiti ne na manyan geoglyphs da ke cikin Desert Colorado mil goma sha biyar a arewacin Blythe, California. Akwai kusan intaglios 600 (anthropomorphic geoglyphs) a cikin Kudu maso yammacin Amurka kadai, amma abin da ke bambanta waɗanda ke kusa da Blythe shine sikelin su da haɓaka.
Figures shida suna kan mesas biyu a wurare daban-daban guda uku, duk suna tsakanin ƙafa 1,000 da juna. Geoglyphs hotuna ne na mutane, dabbobi, abubuwa, da siffofi na geometric waɗanda za a iya kallo daga sama.
Ranar 12 ga Nuwamba, 1931, matukin jirgin saman soja George Palmer ya sami Blythe geoglyphs yayin da yake tashi daga Hoover Dam zuwa Los Angeles. Binciken nasa ya sanya aka gudanar da bincike a yankin, wanda ya sa aka ayyana jiga-jigan a matsayin wuraren tarihi, aka kuma yi wa lakabi da. "Giant Desert Figures." Saboda rashin kuɗi a sakamakon Babban Tashin hankali, ƙarin bincike na rukunin yanar gizon zai jira har zuwa 1950s.
Ƙungiyar National Geographic Society da Cibiyar Smithsonian sun aika da ƙungiyar masu binciken kayan tarihi don bincika intaglios a cikin 1952, kuma labari tare da hotunan iska ya bayyana a cikin watan Satumba na National Geographic. Zai ɗauki ƙarin shekaru biyar don sake gina geoglyphs tare da kafa shinge don kare su daga ɓarna da cutarwa.
Ya kamata a lura cewa da yawa daga cikin geoglyphs suna da alamun lalacewar taya a sakamakon wurin da Janar George S. Patton ke amfani da shi don horar da hamada a lokacin WWII. Blythe Intaglios yanzu ana kiyaye su ta layin shinge guda biyu kuma suna samuwa ga jama'a a kowane lokaci azaman Tarihin Tarihi na Jiha No. 101.
Ana tsammanin Blythe Intaglios ’yan asalin ƙasar Amirka ne waɗanda suka rayu tare da Kogin Colorado, kodayake babu wata yarjejeniya kan wace ƙabilu ne suka ƙirƙira su ko me yasa. Wata ka’ida ita ce, Patayan ne suka gina su, wadanda suka mulki yankin daga ca. 700 zuwa 1550 AD.
Duk da yake ma'anar glyphs ba ta da tabbas, 'yan asalin Mohave da Quechan na yankin sun yi imanin cewa ƙwararrun mutane suna nuna alamar Mastamho, Mahaliccin Duniya da dukan rayuwa, yayin da nau'in dabba yana wakiltar Hatakulya, ɗaya daga cikin zakuna / mutanen da suka yi wasa. rawa a cikin labarin Halittu. ‘Yan asalin yankin sun gudanar da raye-rayen al’ada don girmama Mahaliccin Rayuwa a zamanin da.
Saboda geoglyphs yana da wuyar zamani, yana da wuya a gane lokacin da aka halicce su, kodayake ana tunanin shekarun su tsakanin 450 zuwa 2,000. Wasu daga cikin manya-manyan zane-zanen suna da alaƙa ta ilimin kimiya na tarihi da gidajen dutse na shekaru 2,000, suna ba da rance ga ka'idar ta ƙarshe. Wani sabon bincike daga Jami'ar California, Berkeley, duk da haka, ya sanya su zuwa kusan 900 AD.
Mafi girman intaglio, mai tsayin ƙafa 171, yana nuna adadi na mutum ko babba. Wani adadi na biyu, tsayin ƙafa 102 daga kai zuwa ƙafafu, yana kwatanta mutumin da ke da fitacciyar phallus. Siffar ɗan adam na ƙarshe yana fuskantar arewa-kudu, hannayensa sun baje, ƙafafunsa suna nuni a waje, kuma gwiwoyinsa da gwiwar gwiwarsa suna bayyane. Yana da tsayin ƙafa 105.6 daga kai zuwa ƙafa.
Fisherman intaglio yana nuna wani mutum rike da mashi, kifi biyu a ƙarƙashinsa, da rana da maciji a sama. Shi ne mafi yawan rikice-rikice na glyphs tun lokacin da wasu suka yi imani cewa an sassaka shi a cikin 1930s, duk da cewa yawancin mutane suna jin ya tsufa sosai.
Ana tunanin wakilcin dabbobi dawakai ne ko zakuna na dutse. An kama idanuwan maciji a cikin siffar tsakuwa biyu a cikin macijin intaglio. Tsawon taku 150 ne kuma motoci sun lalata shi tsawon shekaru.
Blythe Glyphs, idan ba wani abu ba, nuni ne na nau'in fasaha na ƴan asalin ƙasar Amurka da kuma hango iyawar fasahar lokacin. An halicci Blythe geoglyphs ta hanyar goge duwatsun hamada na baƙar fata don bayyana ƙasa mai launin haske a ƙasa. Sun ƙirƙira ƙirar binne ta hanyar tattara duwatsun da aka tashi daga tsakiya tare da sasanninta na waje.
Wasu suna hasashe cewa waɗannan sassaƙaƙƙarfan sassaka na ƙasa ana nufin saƙon addini ne ga kakanni ko kuma zane ga alloli. Tabbas, waɗannan geoglyphs ba su da kyan gani daga ƙasa kuma suna da wahala, idan ba zai yiwu ba, fahimta. Hotunan a bayyane suke daga sama, wanda shine yadda aka samo su a farkon wuri.
Boma Johnson, wani Masanin ilimin kimiya na kasa a Yuma, Arizona, ya ce ba zai iya ba.Ka yi tunanin wani akwati [intaglio] guda ɗaya inda [mutum] zai iya tsayawa kan tudu ya dubi [intaglio gabaɗayansa].”
Blyth Intaglios yanzu suna cikin manyan manyan zane-zane na ƴan asalin ƙasar Amurka na California, kuma damar gano kwatankwacin abubuwan da aka binne a cikin hamada na ci gaba da wanzuwa.
