The Blythe Intaglios, yomwe nthawi zambiri imadziwika kuti America's Nazca Lines, ndi magulu akuluakulu a geoglyphs omwe ali ku Colorado Desert makilomita khumi ndi asanu kumpoto kwa Blythe, California. Pali pafupifupi 600 intaglios (anthropomorphic geoglyphs) kumwera chakumadzulo kwa United States kokha, koma chomwe chimasiyanitsa omwe ali pafupi ndi Blythe ndi kuchuluka kwawo komanso kukhwima kwawo.
Ziwerengero zisanu ndi chimodzi zili pama mesa awiri m'malo atatu osiyana, onse mkati mwa 1,000 mapazi a wina ndi mzake. Ma geoglyphs ndi zithunzi za anthu, nyama, zinthu, ndi mawonekedwe a geometric omwe amatha kuwonedwa kuchokera pamwamba.
Pa Novembara 12, 1931, woyendetsa ndege wankhondo George Palmer adapeza ma Blythe geoglyphs akuwuluka kuchokera ku Hoover Dam kupita ku Los Angeles. Zomwe anapeza zinachititsa kuti afufuze kafukufuku m'derali, zomwe zinachititsa kuti ziwerengero zazikuluzikuluzi zitchulidwe kuti ndi malo akale kwambiri ndipo amatchedwa "Ziwerengero Zazikulu Zam'chipululu." Chifukwa cha kusowa kwa ndalama chifukwa cha Kukhumudwa Kwakukulu, kufufuza kwina kwa malowa kuyenera kudikirira mpaka zaka za m'ma 1950.
Bungwe la National Geographic Society ndi Smithsonian Institution linatumiza gulu la akatswiri ofukula zinthu zakale kuti likafufuze za intaglios mu 1952, ndipo nkhani yokhala ndi zithunzi za m’mlengalenga inaonekera mu kope la September la National Geographic. Zingatengenso zaka zina zisanu kuti amangenso ma geoglyphs ndi kuika mipanda yotetezera kuti asawonongedwe ndi kuwonongeka.
Tiyenera kukumbukira kuti ma geoglyphs angapo ali ndi kuwonongeka kwa matayala chifukwa cha malo omwe akugwiritsidwa ntchito pophunzitsa m'chipululu ndi General George S. Patton pa nthawi ya WWII. Ma Blythe Intaglios tsopano amatetezedwa ndi mipanda iwiri ya mipanda ndipo amapezeka kwa anthu nthawi zonse monga State Historic Monument No. 101.
A Blythe Intaglios amaganiziridwa kuti adapangidwa ndi Amwenye aku America omwe amakhala m'mphepete mwa Mtsinje wa Colorado, ngakhale palibe mgwirizano kuti mafuko adawapanga kapena chifukwa chiyani. Chiphunzitso chimodzi ndi chakuti iwo anamangidwa ndi Patayan, yemwe ankalamulira dera kuyambira ca. 700 mpaka 1550 AD.
Ngakhale kuti tanthauzo la glyphs silikudziwika, mafuko a Native Mohave ndi Quechan a m'derali amakhulupirira kuti ziwerengero za anthu zimaimira Mastamho, Mlengi wa Dziko Lapansi ndi zamoyo zonse, pamene mitundu ya nyama ikuyimira Hatakulya, imodzi mwa mikango / anthu awiri omwe adasewera. gawo mu nkhani ya chilengedwe. Anthu a m’derali ankavina mwamwambo pofuna kulemekeza Mlengi wa Moyo m’nthawi zakale.
Chifukwa chakuti geoglyphs n’njovuta kukhala nayo masiku ano, n’zovuta kudziwa kuti zinalengedwa liti, ngakhale kuti zimaganiziridwa kukhala zaka zapakati pa 450 ndi 2,000. Zina mwa ziboliboli zazikuluzikuluzi zimagwirizanitsidwa ndi zofukulidwa zakale za zaka 2,000 za m’matanthwe, zomwe zimachititsa kuti chiphunzitsochi chikhale chodalirika. Kafukufuku waposachedwa kwambiri wochokera ku Yunivesite ya California, Berkeley, adazilemba pafupifupi 900 AD.
Intaglio yayikulu kwambiri, yotambasula mapazi 171, imawonetsa munthu wamkulu kapena wamkulu. Chithunzi chachiwiri, chotalika mamita 102 kuchokera kumutu mpaka kumapazi, chimasonyeza mnyamata yemwe ali ndi phallus yotchuka. Chifaniziro chomaliza cha munthu chimaloza kumpoto mpaka kum’mwera, mikono yake yatambasulidwa, mapazi ake akuloza kunja, ndipo mawondo ndi zigongono zake zimaonekera. Ndi 105.6 mapazi kutalika kuchokera kumutu mpaka kumapazi.
The Fisherman intaglio ili ndi mwamuna atanyamula mkondo, nsomba ziwiri pansi pake, ndi dzuwa ndi njoka pamwamba pake. Ndiwovuta kwambiri pazithunzizi popeza ena amakhulupirira kuti zidajambulidwa m'zaka za m'ma 1930, ngakhale kuti anthu ambiri amaziwona kuti ndizokalamba kwambiri.
Zithunzi za nyamazi zimaganiziridwa kuti ndi akavalo kapena mikango yamapiri. Maso a rattlesnake amagwidwa ngati miyala iwiri mu njoka intaglio. Ndilitali mamita 150 ndipo lawonongedwa ndi magalimoto kwa zaka zambiri.
Ma Blythe Glyphs, ngati palibe china, ndi chisonyezero cha zojambula za Native American komanso chithunzithunzi cha luso lamakono la nthawiyo. Ma geoglyphs a Blythe adapangidwa ndikuchotsa miyala yakuda ya m'chipululu kuti iwonetse dziko lapansi lowala pansi. Anapanga zojambula zokwiriridwa mwa kusonkhanitsa miyala yomwe idachoka pakati pa ngodya zakunja.
Ena amaganiza kuti ziboliboli zokongola za pansi zimenezi zinapangidwa kuti zikhale mauthenga achipembedzo kwa makolo akale kapena zojambula kwa milungu. Zowonadi, ma geoglyphs awa ndi osawoneka bwino kuchokera pansi ndipo ndizovuta, kapena zosatheka, kumvetsetsa. Zithunzizo ndi zoonekeratu kuchokera pamwamba, momwemo momwe adapezekera poyamba.
Boma Johnson, wofukula zakale wa Bureau of Land Management ku Yuma, Arizona, adati sangathe "lingalirani [chochitika cha intaglio] chimodzi pamene [munthu] angakhoze kuima pa phiri ndi kuyang’ana pa [intaglio yonse].”
A Blyth Intaglios tsopano ali m'gulu lazojambula zazikulu kwambiri zaku California zaku Native America, ndipo mwayi wovumbulutsa ma geoglyphs okwiriridwa m'chipululu akupitilirabe.
