Archaeologists thiab cov tub ntxhais kawm los ntawm Hakai lub koom haum ntawm University of Victoria hauv British Columbia, nrog rau thawj haiv neeg hauv zos, tau tshawb pom cov ruins ntawm ib lub nroog uas predates Egyptian pyramids ntawm Giza.
Qhov chaw nyob ntawm Triquet Island, nyob ib ncig ntawm 300 mais ntawm Victoria nyob rau sab hnub poob British Columbia, tau tsim cov khoom qub uas tau muaj hnub nyoog txog 14,000 xyoo dhau los, ze li 9,000 xyoo laus dua li cov pyramids, raws li Alisha Gauvreau, ib tug tub ntxhais kawm ntawm University of Victoria. .
Qhov kev sib hais haum, tam sim no xav tias yog qhov ntxov tshaj plaws uas tau pom nyob rau hauv North America, muaj cov cuab yeej tshwj xeeb, ntses hooks, hmuv, thiab hluav taws ua noj nrog chunks ntawm charcoal uas cov neeg qub yuav hlawv. Cov khoom siv hluav taws xob tseem ceeb heev vim tias lawv yooj yim rau carbon-hnub.
Dab tsi coj lawv mus rau qhov chaw tshwj xeeb no? Cov tub ntxhais kawm ntawv hauv tsev kawm ntawv tau hnov ib zaj dab neeg thaum ub hais txog cov neeg Heiltsuk, uas yog haiv neeg hauv cheeb tsam. Zaj dab neeg mus hais tias muaj ib thaj av me me uas tsis tau khov, txawm tias thoob plaws lub Hnub Nyoog Ice yav dhau los. Qhov no piqued cov tub ntxhais kawm qhov kev txaus siab, thiab lawv tau tawm mus nrhiav qhov chaw.
Ib tug kws tshaj lij rau cov neeg hauv paus txawm Heiltsuk Thawj Nation, William Housty, hais tias nws "tsuas yog amazing" uas cov dab neeg uas tau dhau los ntawm ib tiam dhau ib tiam dhau los ua rau muaj kev tshawb pom.
"Qhov kev tshawb pom no tseem ceeb heev vim nws tau lees paub ntau yam keeb kwm uas peb cov neeg tau tham txog ntau txhiab xyoo," nws hais. Cov dab neeg tau piav qhia txog Triquet Island ua qhov chaw nyob ruaj khov vim qhov tseeb tias cov dej hiav txwv hauv cheeb tsam tseem nyob ruaj khov rau 15,000 xyoo.
Pawg neeg tau nyob hauv ntau qhov kev sib cav txog txoj cai ntawm thaj av thiab Housty xav tias lawv yuav nyob hauv txoj haujlwm muaj zog nyob rau yav tom ntej uas tsis yog cov dab neeg ntawm qhov ncauj nkaus xwb tab sis kuj muaj pov thawj scientific thiab geological los txhawb lawv.
Qhov kev tshawb pom kuj tseem yuav ua rau cov neeg tshawb nrhiav hloov pauv lawv txoj kev ntseeg txog txoj kev tsiv teb tsaws chaw ntawm cov neeg thaum ntxov hauv North America. Nws feem ntau ntseeg tias thaum tib neeg hla tus choj qub ntawm thaj av uas ib zaug txuas Asia thiab Alaska, lawv tsiv mus rau sab qab teb ntawm ko taw.
Tab sis qhov kev tshawb pom tshiab qhia tau hais tias tib neeg siv nkoj mus hla thaj chaw ntug dej hiav txwv, thiab kev tsiv teb tsaws chaw qhuav tuaj ntau tom qab. Raws li Gauvreau, "Qhov no tab tom ua yog hloov peb lub tswv yim ntawm txoj kev uas North America yog thawj tus neeg."
Yav dhau los, cov lus qhia qub tshaj plaws ntawm cov neeg Heiltsuk hauv British Columbia tau tshawb pom hauv 7190 BC, nyob ib ncig ntawm 9,000 xyoo dhau los - tag nrho 5,000 xyoo tom qab cov khoom qub tau pom ntawm Triquet Island. Muaj nyob ib ncig ntawm 50 Heiltsuk cov zej zog ntawm cov Islands tuaj nyob ib ncig ntawm Bella Bella hauv xyoo pua 18th.
Lawv tau nyob hauv hiav txwv kev nplua nuj thiab tsim kev lag luam nrog cov neeg nyob sib ze. Thaum Hudson's Bay Company thiab Fort McLoughlin tau tsim los ntawm cov neeg European, cov neeg Heiltsuk tsis kam raug yuam tawm thiab txuas ntxiv ua lag luam nrog lawv. Cov pab pawg tam sim no tuav thaj chaw uas tau thov los ntawm Hudson's Bay Company thaum nws cov neeg nyob hauv tuaj txog.
