I ka makahiki 2015, ua ʻike ʻia kahi monolith 39-kapuaʻi-lōʻihi i loko o ka wai ma kahakai o Sisili ma kahi o 130 kapuaʻi ka hohonu. Kēia archaeological loaʻa i like me ka enigmatic 'ole o Stonehenge hiki ke kākau hou i ka mōʻaukala a mākou i ʻike.
Ka wehewehe o ka pōhaku lalo o Sicily (Pantelleria Vecchia Bank Megalith)
ʻO ka monolith i hana ʻia e ke kanaka i loaʻa ma ke Kaiwaenahonua ma kahi o 9,350 mau makahiki. Kaupaona ʻia ma kahi o 15 tone a haki ʻia i ʻelua ʻāpana. ʻEkolu ona puka maʻamau o ke anawaena like: hoʻokahi e keʻa iā ia ma luna loa, a ʻo kekahi ʻelua ma nā ʻaoʻao ʻelua o ka monolith.
ʻO ka Pōhaku
ʻO ka monument prehistoric Stonehenge ma Wiltshire, ʻEnelani, kahi apo o nā pōhaku kū, kēlā me kēia ma kahi o 13 kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe, ʻehiku kapuaʻi ka laulā, a me ke kaupaona ma kahi o 25 tone. Hoʻonohonoho ʻia ka monument kaulana Neolithic i ka napoʻo ʻana o ka solstice hoʻoilo a me ka puka ʻana o ka lā kauwela a manaʻo ʻia ua hoʻohana ʻia e ka poʻe kahiko e ana i ka lani.
Manaʻo ʻia he wahi hālāwai pū kekahi kēia kia hoʻomanaʻo no ka poʻe kahiko a he wahi haipule paha ia i hoʻomana nā kānaka i ko lākou mau kūpuna. Ua manaʻo kekahi he wahi ia o ka poʻe make, ʻoiai kekahi e ʻōlelo ana he wahi ia no ka hoʻōla, no ka mea hiki ke paʻi ʻia nā bluestones e hana i kahi kani i manaʻo ʻia he mystic a i ʻole he mana hoʻōla.
He aha ka ʻōlelo a ka poʻe kāhuna i ʻike ai i ka monolith ʻo Sisilia?
ʻAʻohe o nā hana kūlohelohe i ʻike ʻia e hana paha i kēia mau mea, e like me kā Dr. Emanuele Lodolo mai ka National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics ma Italia a me Dr. Zvi Ben-Avraham mai ke Kulanui o Haifa a me Tel Aviv University ma Israel, nā loaʻa ka monolith.
"Hana ʻia ka monolith mai ka pōhaku ʻē aʻe ma mua o nā mea i kū i waho o nā kaiāulu āpau, a ua kaʻawale loa me lākou." i ʻōlelo nā ʻepekema.
"Hana ʻia ia me nā helu kalerite o ka makahiki Pleistocene Late, e like me ka mea i hoʻoholo ʻia mai nā ana radiocarbon i mālama ʻia ma nā ʻāpana pūpū i lawe ʻia mai nā laʻana pōhaku."
Ua loaʻa ka monolith ma ka Pantelleria Vecchia Bank, kahi mokupuni ma mua o ke kahawai ʻo Sicilian. ʻO ka mokupuni, e like me ka ʻōlelo a nā archaeologists, ua komo loa i loko o kahi kai eʻe ma kahi o 9,300 mau makahiki i hala.
"Ua hāʻule ka makahiki i loaʻa ma waena o ka hoʻomaka o ka wā Mesolithic o ka SE ʻEulopa a me ka Hikina Waena," Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kauka Lodolo lāua ʻo Kauka Ben-Avraham.
"ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o ka pūnaewele i hoʻowahāwahā ʻia ma ke kahawai ʻo Sicilian e hoʻonui nui paha i kā mākou ʻike o nā ʻōiwi mua loa ma ka ipu Mediterranean a me ko mākou mau manaʻo e pili ana i ka hana ʻenehana a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i hoʻokō ʻia e nā poʻe Mesolithic."
Koi ʻia ka monolith i ka ʻoki, kāʻili ʻana, ka halihali ʻana a me ka ʻōnaehana hoʻonohonoho pono e hōʻike i nā mākau loea koʻikoʻi a me ka ʻenekinia nui.
"ʻO ka manaʻoʻiʻo i nele ko mākou mau kūpuna i ka ʻike, ka mākau a me ka ʻenehana e hoʻohana ai i nā waiwai kai a i ʻole ke hana ʻana i ke kai, pono e haʻalele holomua," i ʻōlelo ʻia e nā kānaka hulihonua.
"ʻO nā ʻike hou loa o ka archeology submerged ua kāpae pono i ka manaʻo o ka ʻenehana primitivism i hāʻawi pinepine ʻia i nā mea ʻohi holoholona hōʻuluʻulu kahakai." pau ka poʻe kālaihonua.
ʻO wai nā mokupuni i kūkulu i ka monolith?
Heʻoiaʻiʻo kēia e hiki i ka Monolith-style monolith o Sisilia ke hoʻomālamalama i nā lāhui mua i kapa ʻia ka home basin Mediterania. ʻAʻole maopopo inā kū hoʻokahi ka monolith Mediterranean a i ʻole mahele o kahi hui, e like me ka mea i ʻike ʻia ma Stonehenge, ʻoi aku ka ʻōpio, i kūkulu ʻia ma kahi o 2,600 BC.
I kēia lā, ʻike iki ʻia e pili ana i ka poʻe i noho ma Pantelleria Vecchia Bank ma ke kahawai ʻo Sicilian ma kahi o 10,000 mau makahiki i hala. Eia nō naʻe, ke hōʻike nei ke kūkulu ʻana o ka pōhaku he limahana limahana lākou, hiki ke huki, ʻoki a lawe i kahi pōhaku nui.
Manaʻo ka poʻe loea ua kālepa nā poʻe i ka iʻa i loaʻa iā lākou me nā mokupuni ʻē aʻe. Ua lawelawe ʻia paha ka pōhaku ma ke ʻano he 'lighthouse' a i ʻole kahi ipukukui kūloko, a i ʻole ma ke ʻano he wahi e nakinaki ai a kau aku i nā waʻa lawaiʻa. ʻOiai ʻo ka nui o kāna hugeness ʻaʻole ia e hōʻoiaʻiʻo iā mākou he wahi ia e kau ai nā waʻa lawaiʻa i kēlā manawa. Inā pēlā, pehea ka nui o kā lākou mau moku kahi mea e hopohopo ai.
Ua lulu ʻia ka mokupuni i ke kaiakahinalii 9,500 mau makahiki i hala aku nei, ma hope o ka Last Glacial Maximum. ʻO kēia ka manawa hope loa i ka moʻolelo o ke aniau o ka Honua i ka wā glacial hope loa i ka wā i ʻike nui ʻia ai nā pale hau.
ʻO ke kahawai ʻo Sikilana kekahi o nā papa pāpaʻu o ke kai waena o ke Kaiwaenahonua kahi o nā hopena o ka loli ʻana o ka ʻilikai i nui loa a koʻikoʻi hoʻi. Ua hoʻololi nui 'ia ka papa hulihonua o ka Basin Mediterranean ma o ka piʻi' ana o ke kai ma hope o ka Last Glacial Maximum.
ʻO ka loaʻa o ka monolith e hōʻike nei i kahi lāhui prehistoric i ulu nui ma ka mokupuni a ua noho kolone paha ka poʻe kahiko ma kahi kokoke. Ma muli o ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia ʻike i kahi hōʻike no kahi hana kanaka Mesolithic koʻikoʻi ma ka moku ʻo Sisilia.
ʻO ka radiocarbon e pili ana i nā ʻāpana pūpū i lawe ʻia mai ka pōhaku monolithic e hōʻike i ka pōhaku he 40,000 mau makahiki a ʻo ka papakū e hoʻopuni ana i ka monolith he 10 miliona mau makahiki. Hōʻike kēia i ke kālai ʻia o ka megalith mai ka pōhaku i lawe ʻia mai.
Panina
A hiki i kēia lā, ʻaʻole i ʻimi nui ʻia e ka lāhui prehistoric kanaka. Akā i kēia manawa, hoʻomaka ka ʻepekema e hōʻoia he hewa lākou ma ka papa manawa o ka mōʻaukala, a aia kekahi mea e nalowale ana ma laila.
Inā mākou e nānā i ka moʻaukala o ka Honua, e ʻike mākou he '9,350 mau makahiki i hala aku nei' ma hope o ka 'ice age' hope loa, ʻo ia hoʻi ma ka hema o ʻEulopa. No laila ua loaʻa ka monolith ma kahakai o Sisilia ʻaʻole i hoʻolei ʻia i laila (i ke kai) e ka hoʻi ʻana i ka hau a i ʻole nā kahawai. ʻO ke kinona a me nā lua e hōʻike paha ua ʻeli ʻia a hoʻomākaukau ʻia no ka lawe ʻana.
ʻAʻole loaʻa iā mākou ka nui o nā mea i loaʻa no ka mea ua ʻelemakule lākou, ʻaʻole ola maikaʻi lākou, a i ʻole aia ka hapa nui ma lalo o ke kai a i ʻole inconspicuous. ʻAʻole nui nā archeologists (ʻo ia hoʻi nā archaeologists kai) a he kahua hou hou ia, inā ʻaʻole ka ʻepekema. Kūpono nā pae, nā kauhale, nā kūlanakauhale a me nā kūlanakauhale āpau i ka piʻi ʻana o ke kai, no laila ʻo ka mea i hana ʻia i ka wā kahiko e hūnā ʻia ma lalo o ka polū ʻike ʻole ʻia.