Lub Blythe Intaglios, feem ntau hu ua America's Nazca Lines, yog ib pawg ntawm cov geoglyphs loj heev nyob hauv Colorado Desert kaum tsib mais sab qaum teb ntawm Blythe, California. Muaj kwv yees li 600 intaglios (anthropomorphic geoglyphs) hauv Southwestern United States ib leeg, tab sis qhov txawv ntawm cov nyob ib puag ncig Blythe yog lawv qhov ntsuas thiab qhov tsis sib xws.
Rau daim duab nyob rau ntawm ob lub mesas hauv peb qhov chaw sib txawv, tag nrho hauv 1,000 ko taw ntawm ib leeg. Cov geoglyphs yog cov duab ntawm tib neeg, tsiaj txhu, cov khoom, thiab cov duab geometric uas tuaj yeem pom los ntawm saum toj no.
Thaum Lub Kaum Ib Hlis 12, 1931, tub rog huab cua corps pilot George Palmer pom Blythe geoglyphs thaum ya los ntawm Hoover Dam mus rau Los Angeles. Nws qhov kev tshawb pom tau ua rau muaj kev tshawb fawb ntawm cheeb tsam, uas ua rau cov duab loj heev raug xaiv los ua qhov chaw keeb kwm thiab dubbed "Giant Desert Figures." Vim tias tsis muaj nyiaj txiag los ntawm Kev Nyuaj Siab Loj, kev tshawb nrhiav ntxiv ntawm qhov chaw yuav tsum tau tos txog xyoo 1950.
Lub koom haum National Geographic thiab Smithsonian Institution tau xa ib pab neeg ntawm archaeologists los tshawb xyuas cov intaglios hauv xyoo 1952, thiab ib zaj dab neeg nrog cov duab saum huab cua tau tshwm sim nyob rau lub Cuaj Hli Ntuj ntawm National Geographic. Nws yuav siv sijhawm tsib xyoos ntxiv los tsim kho cov geoglyphs thiab txhim kho lub laj kab los tiv thaiv lawv los ntawm kev ua phem thiab raug mob.
Nws yuav tsum tau muab sau tseg tias ob peb lub geoglyphs muaj pov thawj cov log tsheb puas vim qhov chaw tau siv rau kev cob qhia suab puam los ntawm General George S. Patton thaum WWII. Lub Blythe Intaglios tam sim no muaj kev tiv thaiv los ntawm ob txoj kab laj kab thiab muaj rau pej xeem txhua lub sijhawm raws li Xeev Keeb Kwm Monument No. 101.
Lub Blythe Intaglios tau xav tias tau tsim los ntawm Cov Neeg Qhab Asmeskas uas nyob raws Colorado River, txawm hais tias tsis muaj kev pom zoo ntawm pab pawg twg tsim lawv lossis yog vim li cas. Ib txoj kev xav yog tias lawv tau tsim los ntawm Patayan, uas kav thaj av los ntawm ca. 700-1550 AD.
Thaum lub ntsiab lus ntawm cov glyphs tsis paub meej, haiv neeg Mohave thiab Quechan pawg neeg hauv cheeb tsam ntseeg tias tib neeg cov duab cim rau Mastamho, Tus Tsim Lub Ntiaj Teb thiab tag nrho lub neej, thaum cov tsiaj ntawv sawv cev Hatakulya, ib tug ntawm ob lub roob tsov ntxhuav / cov neeg uas ua si. lub luag haujlwm hauv Creation piav qhia. Cov neeg nyob hauv cheeb tsam tau ua kev seev cev ua yeeb yam qhuas tus Tswv Tsim Lub Neej thaum ub.
Vim tias geoglyphs nyuaj rau hnub tim, nws yog ib qho nyuaj rau qhia thaum lawv tau tsim, txawm hais tias lawv xav tias muaj hnub nyoog ntawm 450 txog 2,000 xyoo. Qee qhov sculptures loj yog archaeologically txuas rau 2,000-xyoo-laus lub tsev pob tsuas, qiv kev ntseeg siab rau yav tom ntej txoj kev xav. Kev tshawb fawb tshiab los ntawm University of California, Berkeley, txawm li cas los xij, tau sau hnub rau lawv txog li 900 AD.
Qhov loj tshaj intaglio, ncab 171 ko taw, qhia ib tug txiv neej daim duab los yog loj heev. Ib tug thib ob daim duab, 102 ko taw siab ntawm taub hau mus rau ntiv taw, qhia txog ib tug txiv leej tub nrog ib tug tseem ceeb phallus. Tus tib neeg daim duab kawg yog taw qhia rau sab qaum teb-sab qab teb, nws txhais caj npab tau nthuav dav, nws txhais taw taw rau sab nraud, thiab nws lub hauv caug thiab lub luj tshib pom. Nws yog 105.6 ko taw ntev ntawm taub hau mus rau ntiv taw.
Tus neeg nuv ntses intaglio nta ib tug txiv neej tuav hmuv, ob tug ntses hauv qab nws, thiab lub hnub thiab nab saum toj no. Nws yog qhov tsis sib haum xeeb tshaj plaws ntawm cov glyphs txij li qee tus ntseeg tias nws tau kos rau xyoo 1930, txawm hais tias feem coob ntawm cov neeg xav tias nws laus dua.
Cov tsiaj sawv cev yog xav tias yog nees lossis tsov ntxhuav. Ib tug rattlesnake lub qhov muag raug ntes nyob rau hauv cov duab ntawm ob pebbles nyob rau hauv ib tug nab intaglio. Nws yog 150 ko taw ntev thiab tau raug rhuav tshem los ntawm tsheb ntau xyoo.
Lub Blythe Glyphs, yog tias tsis muaj dab tsi ntxiv, yog ib qho kev qhia ntawm Native American daim duab kos duab thiab pom lub peev xwm ua yeeb yam ntawm lub sijhawm. Lub Blythe geoglyphs tau tsim los ntawm kev tshem tawm cov pob zeb suab puam dub kom pom cov xim sib dua hauv qab. Lawv tsim cov qauv faus los ntawm stacking pob zeb tsiv tawm ntawm qhov chaw raws cov ces kaum sab nraud.
Qee qhov kev xav tias cov duab puab hauv av zoo nkauj no txhais tau tias yog kev ntseeg lus rau cov poj koob yawm txwv lossis kos duab rau vajtswv. Tseeb tiag, cov geoglyphs no tsis meej pem hauv av thiab nyuaj, yog tias tsis yooj yim sua kom nkag siab. Cov duab yog pom tseeb los ntawm saum toj no, uas yog li cas lawv tau pom nyob rau hauv thawj qhov chaw.
Boma Johnson, ib tug Bureau of Land Management archaeologist hauv Yuma, Arizona, hais tias nws ua tsis tau "xav txog ib qho [intaglio case] qhov twg [ib tug neeg] tuaj yeem sawv saum toj thiab saib [ib qho intaglio tag nrho]."
Lub Blyth Intaglios tam sim no yog cov loj tshaj plaws ntawm California's Native American artwork, thiab lub caij nyoog ntawm uncovering piv, faus geoglyphs tawm nyob rau hauv cov suab puam tseem muaj.
