Masu binciken kayan tarihi da dalibai daga Cibiyar Hakai ta Jami'ar Victoria da ke British Columbia, da kuma National First Nations na gida, sun gano kangon wani gari da ya riga ya fara dala Masarawa a Giza.
Wurin da ke tsibirin Triquet, mai nisan mil 300 daga Victoria a yammacin British Columbia, ya samar da kayan tarihi da aka yi amfani da su a cikin shekaru 14,000 da suka gabata, kusan shekaru 9,000 sun girmi dala, a cewar Alisha Gauvreau, daliba a Jami'ar Victoria. .
Matsugunin, wanda a yanzu ake tunanin shi ne na farko da aka taɓa ganowa a Arewacin Amirka, ya ƙunshi kayan aiki, ƙugiya na kifi, mashi, da kuma wutar dafa abinci tare da guntun gawayi da wataƙila waɗannan mutanen dā suka ƙone. Gilashin gawayi sun kasance masu mahimmanci saboda suna da sauƙi zuwa kwanan carbon.
Me ya kawo su wannan takamaiman wurin? Daliban jami'ar sun ji wani tsohon labari game da mutanen Heiltsuk, waɗanda 'yan asalin yankin ne. Labarin ya nuna cewa akwai ƴan ƙasan da ba a taɓa daskarewa ba, har ma a cikin shekarun da suka gabata na Ice Age. Hakan ya tayar da hankalin daliban, kuma suka tashi don gano wurin.
Wani mai magana da yawun 'yan asalin kasar Heiltsuk na farko, William Housty, ya ce "abin mamaki ne kawai" cewa labaran da aka yada daga tsara zuwa tsara sun kai ga gano kimiyya.
"Wannan binciken yana da matukar mahimmanci saboda yana sake tabbatar da yawancin tarihin da mutanenmu suke magana akai na dubban shekaru," in ji shi. Labarun sun bayyana tsibirin Triquet a matsayin wuri mai tsarki na dindindin saboda yanayin tekun da ke yankin ya tsaya tsayin daka tsawon shekaru 15,000.
Kabilar ta kasance cikin fadace-fadace da yawa game da haƙƙin ƙasa kuma Housty na jin cewa za su kasance cikin matsayi mai ƙarfi a cikin yanayi na gaba tare da ba kawai labarun baka ba har ma da hujjojin kimiyya da na ƙasa don tabbatar da su.
Binciken na iya sa masu bincike su canza imaninsu game da hanyoyin ƙaura na mutanen farko a Arewacin Amirka. An yi imani da cewa lokacin da mutane suka ketare wata tsohuwar gadar ƙasa da ta taɓa haɗa Asiya da Alaska, sun yi ƙaura zuwa kudu da ƙafa.
Sai dai sabon binciken ya nuna cewa mutane sun yi amfani da kwale-kwale don ratsa yankunan bakin teku, kuma hijirar busasshiyar ta zo daga baya. A cewar Gauvreau, "Abin da wannan yake yi yana canza ra'ayinmu game da yadda aka fara zama da Arewacin Amirka."
Tun da farko, an gano mafi tsufa alamun mutanen Heiltsuk a British Columbia a cikin 7190 BC, kusan shekaru 9,000 da suka wuce - cikar shekaru 5,000 bayan an gano kayan tarihi a tsibirin Triquet. Akwai kusan al'ummomin Heiltsuk 50 a tsibirin Bella Bella a cikin karni na 18.
Sun ci gaba da zama a kan arzikin teku kuma sun bunkasa kasuwanci da tsibiran makwabta. Lokacin da Turawa suka kafa Hudson's Bay Company da Fort McLoughlin, mutanen Heiltsuk sun ƙi a tilasta musu fita kuma suka ci gaba da kasuwanci da su. Kabilar yanzu tana rike da yankin da Kamfanin Hudson's Bay ke da'awar lokacin da mazaunanta suka isa.
