ʻO ka Blythe Intaglios, i ʻike pinepine ʻia ʻo America's Nazca Lines, he pūʻulu o nā geoglyphs nui i loaʻa ma ka Desert Colorado he ʻumikumamālima mile ma ka ʻākau o Blythe, Kaleponi. Aia ma kahi o 600 intaglios (anthropomorphic geoglyphs) ma Southwestern United States wale nō, akā ʻo ka mea e hoʻokaʻawale ai i nā mea a puni ʻo Blythe ʻo kā lākou pālākiō a me ka paʻakikī.
Aia nā helu ʻeono ma nā mesa ʻelua ma nā wahi ʻokoʻa ʻekolu, i loko o 1,000 kapuaʻi kekahi i kekahi. ʻO nā geoglyphs nā kiʻi o nā kānaka, nā holoholona, nā mea, a me nā ʻano geometric i ʻike ʻia mai luna mai.
Ma ka lā 12 o Nowemapa, 1931, ua loaʻa iā George Palmer ka mea hoʻokele mokulele o ka pūʻali koa i ka Blythe geoglyphs i kona lele ʻana mai Hoover Dam a i Los Angeles. ʻO kāna ʻike ʻana i koi ʻia i kahi noiʻi o ka ʻāina, a ʻo ia ka mea i koho ʻia nā helu nui ma ke ʻano he mau wahi mōʻaukala a kapa ʻia. “Nā Kiʻi Waoakua Pilikua.” Ma muli o ka nele o ke kālā ma muli o ka Great Depression, pono e kali ka hoʻokolokolo hou ʻana o ka pūnaewele a hiki i ka makahiki 1950.
Ua hoʻouna ka National Geographic Society a me ka Smithsonian Institution i kahi hui o nā archaeologists e noiʻi i nā intaglios i ka makahiki 1952, a ua ʻike ʻia kahi moʻolelo me nā kiʻi lewa ma ka paʻi o Kepakemapa o National Geographic. He ʻelima makahiki hou aʻe e kūkulu hou i nā geoglyphs a hoʻokomo i nā pā e pale aku iā lākou mai ka hana ʻino a me ka pōʻino.
Pono e hoʻomaopopo ʻia ua ʻike ʻia kekahi o nā geoglyphs i ka pōʻino o ka huila ma muli o ka hoʻohana ʻia ʻana o ka wahi no ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa wao nahele e General George S. Patton i ka wā WWII. Mālama ʻia ka Blythe Intaglios e nā laina pā ʻelua a loaʻa i ka lehulehu i nā manawa āpau e like me State Historic Monument No. 101.
Ua manaʻo ʻia ka Blythe Intaglios i hana ʻia e nā ʻAmelika ʻAmelika e noho ana ma ke kahawai ʻo Colorado, ʻoiai ʻaʻohe ʻaelike i hana ʻia e nā ʻohana a i ʻole ke kumu. Hoʻokahi manaʻo ua kūkulu ʻia lākou e ka Patayan, nāna i hoʻomalu i ka ʻāina mai ca. 700 a i 1550 AD.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole maopopo ka manaʻo o nā glyphs, manaʻo nā ʻohana Mohave a me Quechan o ka ʻāina ʻo nā kiʻi kanaka e hōʻailona iā Mastamho, ka mea nāna i hana ka Honua a me nā mea ola a pau, ʻoiai nā ʻano holoholona e hōʻike ana iā Hatakulya, kekahi o nā liona mauna ʻelua. he kuleana ma ka moʻolelo Creation. Ua hana nā ʻōiwi o ia wahi i nā hula kuʻuna e hoʻohanohano i ka Mea nāna i hana i ke ola i ka wā kahiko.
Ma muli o ka paʻakikī o nā geoglyphs i ka lā, paʻakikī ke ʻike i ka wā i hana ʻia ai, ʻoiai ua manaʻo ʻia aia ma waena o 450 a 2,000 mau makahiki. Hoʻopili ʻia kekahi o nā kiʻi kiʻi nui i nā hale pali 2,000 mau makahiki, e hāʻawi ana i ka hilinaʻi i ka manaʻo hope. ʻO ka haʻawina hou mai ke Kulanui o Kaleponi, Berkeley, akā naʻe, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻia iā lākou ma kahi o 900 AD.
ʻO ka intaglio nui loa, he 171 kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi, e hōʻike ana i kahi kiʻi kāne a nunui paha. ʻO ke kiʻi lua, 102 kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe mai ke poʻo a i ka wāwae, e hōʻike ana i kahi kāne me kahi phallus koʻikoʻi. ʻO ke kiʻi hope loa o ke kanaka aia ma ka ʻākau-hema, ua palahalaha kona mau lima, ua kuhikuhi kona mau wāwae i waho, a ʻike ʻia kona mau kuli a me nā kuʻekuʻe lima. He 105.6 kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi mai ke poʻo a ka wāwae.
Hōʻike ka Fisherman intaglio i ke kanaka e paʻa ana i ka ihe, ʻelua iʻa ma lalo ona, a me ka lā a me ka nahesa ma luna. ʻO ia ka mea hoʻopaʻapaʻa loa o nā glyphs mai ka manaʻo o kekahi ua kālai ʻia ia i ka makahiki 1930, ʻoiai ʻo ka manaʻo o ka hapa nui o ka poʻe he ʻelemakule loa ia.
Ua manaʻo ʻia nā hōʻike holoholona he lio a he liona mauna paha. Loaʻa nā maka o ka nahesa ma ke ʻano o nā ʻiliʻili ʻelua i loko o ka intaglio nahesa. He 150 kapuaʻi ka lōʻihi a ua luku ʻia e nā kaʻa i nā makahiki.
ʻO ka Blythe Glyphs, inā ʻaʻohe mea ʻē aʻe, he hōʻike ia o ke ʻano kiʻi ʻAmelika ʻAmelika a me kahi ʻike i ka hiki ke akamai o ka manawa. Ua hana ʻia nā Blythe geoglyphs ma ke ʻoki ʻana i nā pōhaku wao nahele ʻeleʻele e hōʻike i ka honua ʻulaʻula ma lalo. Ua hana lākou i nā hiʻohiʻona kanu ʻia ma ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i nā pōhaku i neʻe ʻia mai ke kikowaena ma nā kihi o waho.
Manaʻo kekahi poʻe he mau ʻōlelo hoʻomana kēia i nā kūpuna a i ʻole nā kiʻi kiʻi i nā akua. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻike ʻole kēia mau geoglyphs mai ka honua a paʻakikī, inā ʻaʻole hiki ʻole ke hoʻomaopopo. ʻIke ʻia nā kiʻi mai luna mai, ʻo ia ka mea i ʻike mua ʻia ai.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Boma Johnson, he Bureau of Land Management archeologist ma Yuma, Arizona, ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke "E noʻonoʻo i kahi [kahi intaglio] kahi e hiki ai i ke kanaka ke kū ma kahi puʻu a nānā i [kahi intaglio holoʻokoʻa]."
ʻO ka Blyth Intaglios i kēia manawa i waena o ka mea nui loa o Kaleponi ʻAmelika ʻAmelika, a ke hoʻomau nei ka manawa o ka wehe ʻana i nā geoglyphs like, kanu ʻia ma ka wao nahele.
