E like me ka Hōʻike ScienceAlert, i ka makahiki 2019, ua ʻeli ʻia e kahi hui ʻepekema honua i alakaʻi ʻia e ka mea kālaihonua ʻo Melissa Kennedy o ke Kulanui o Western Australia i kahi pōhaku one 140-mika lōʻihi ʻo Mustatil kokoke i Al-ʻUla, ma ke komohana ʻākau o Saudi Arabia, i kapa ʻia ʻo IDIHA-F-0011081. Ua hoʻohana ʻia nā pā pohihihi, ʻehā ʻehā e ka poʻe Neolithic no nā hana ʻike ʻole. Ua hōʻike ʻia ka ʻeli ʻana i nā haneli o nā koena holoholona, i hui pū ʻia a puni kahi pā pōhaku pololei i unuhi ʻia he laʻa. Hōʻike ʻia kēia he pōhaku kapu ka papa pōhaku e hōʻike ana i ke akua a i ʻole nā akua o ka poʻe i noho ma ia ʻāina he mau kaukani makahiki aku nei.
ʻO ka Mustatils kahi ʻike kūʻokoʻa ma ke kahua o ka archeology. Loaʻa kēia mau hale ma ke komohana ʻākau o Saudi Arabia a ua ʻike mua ʻia i ka makahiki 1970 e ke kiʻi lewa. Hana ʻia kēia mau hale ʻē aʻe i ka pōhaku a he ʻano ʻāpana ʻehā, me ka lōʻihi i ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o kona laula. Kūkulu ʻia nā paia o ka hale me nā pōhaku i kau ʻia ma luna o kekahi, me ka hoʻohana ʻole ʻia o ka moka a i ʻole ka sima, ma kahi ʻano hana i kapa ʻia ʻo ka pōhaku maloʻo. Hiki ke ʻokoʻa ka nui o nā Mustatils, me ka liʻiliʻi o kekahi, a ʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe a hiki i ʻumi mau mika ka lōʻihi.
Ua manaʻo ʻia he mau hale kahiko lākou i kūkulu ʻia i ka wā Neolithic, kahi i hoʻi mai ma kahi o 8,000 mau makahiki i hala. Ua uhi ʻia nā Mustatils i ka pohihihi, a ʻaʻole maopopo loa ko lākou kumu. Manaʻo kekahi poʻe akamai ua hoʻohana ʻia lākou no nā hana hoʻomana a i ʻole nā hana hoʻomana, a ʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe i manaʻo ua hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia no ka nānā ʻana i nā hōkū a i ʻole nā pā holoholona.
Manaʻo kekahi manaʻo ua hoʻohana ʻia ʻo Mustatils no ka hahai holoholona. Ua hana paha nā pā pōhaku i nā pale e hoʻolele ai i nā holoholona i kahi ākea i hiki ke hahai maʻalahi iā lākou. Kākoʻo ʻia kēia manaʻo e ka loaʻa ʻana o nā pahele holoholona kahiko kokoke i kekahi mau Mustatils.
Manaʻo kekahi poʻe akamai e hoʻohana ʻia ʻo Mustatils i mau lua kupapaʻu a i ʻole keʻena kanu. ʻO ke kūlike o nā hale a me ka noho ʻana o nā koena kanaka i loaʻa ma kahi kokoke i kekahi Mustatils kākoʻo i kēia manaʻo. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole nā Mustatils a pau i loko o ke kino kanaka, ke kānalua nei i kēia manaʻo. ʻO kēlā me kēia kumu kumu, ʻo kēia mau hale kahi ʻike hoihoi e hāʻawi i ka ʻike i ke ola i ka wā kahiko ma ia wahi.
I nā makahiki he hala i hala iho nei, ua ʻike ka poʻe kālaihonua e aʻo ana i nā Mustatils ua kūkulu ʻia lākou i ka wā o ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka ua ma ia wahi, i hiki ai i ka lehulehu a me nā hui paʻakikī. Hoʻopili ʻia nā hale ponoʻī me nā hiʻohiʻona hōkū, e like me ka piʻi ʻana a me ka napoʻo ʻana o ka lā a me ka mahina, e manaʻo ana ua hoʻohana ʻia lākou no ka nānā ʻana i nā hōkū a i ʻole nā hana kuʻuna.
ʻO kekahi o nā mea hoihoi loa i ʻike ʻia ma Northwest Saudi Arabia ʻo ka hele ʻana o nā kiʻi pōhaku kokoke i nā Mustatils. Hōʻike ke kiʻi pōhaku i nā holoholona, nā kānaka, a me nā ʻano geometric, a ua manaʻo ʻia e hoʻi i ka manawa like me ka Mustatils. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o nā kiʻi pōhaku kokoke loa i nā hale e hōʻike ana he ʻāpana lākou o kahi paʻakikī moʻomeheu nui aʻe, a me ke komo ʻana o ka moʻomeheu Nabatean kahiko, nāna i hoʻomalu i ka hapa nui o ka ʻāina i ke kenekulia mua BC.
I ka hopena, ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o Mustatils ma ke komohana ʻākau o Saudi Arabia he mea hōʻike i ka nui o ka noiʻi archaeological i ka wehe ʻana i nā mea huna o ko mākou hala. Ma muli wale nō o ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o nā ʻepekema, nā mea noiʻi, a me nā kaiāulu kūloko e hiki ai iā mākou ke manaʻolana e loaʻa ka ʻike hohonu o kā mākou hoʻoilina moʻomeheu like ʻole a me ka mōʻaukala waiwai o ko mākou honua.
Ke hoʻomau nei nā ʻike hou e like me kēia, ua maopopo ka nui o nā mea e aʻo ai e pili ana i nā Mustatils a me nā poʻe i kūkulu iā lākou. He manawa hoʻohauʻoli ia no ka archeology a me ka mea e hoʻohiki ai e hāʻawi mai i nā ʻike hoihoi hou aʻe i ko mākou hala.
Ua paʻi ʻia ka noiʻi e ke Komisina Aliʻi no AlUla a ua paʻi ʻia ma PLOS ONE.
