Miyala yayikulu kwambiri yopezeka patsamba losowa la Ice Age ku Kent

Mipeni iwiri ikuluikulu ya mwala, yomwe imafotokozedwa ngati zida zazikulu za manja, inali m'gulu la zinthu zakale zomwe zidafukulidwa.

Ofufuza a UCL Institute of Archaeology apeza zida zazikulu zamwala zakale zakale kwambiri ku Britain.

Mawonedwe anayi a Maritime Academy 'giant' handaxe (RF 53), akuwonetsa nkhope zonse za zojambulazo ndi maonekedwe a mbali iliyonse.
Mawonedwe anayi a Maritime Academy 'giant' handaxe (RF 53), akuwonetsa nkhope zonse za chinthucho ndi mawonekedwe a mbali iliyonse. © Archaeology South-East/ UCL | Kugwiritsa Ntchito Mwachilungamo.

Zofukulazo, zomwe zidachitika ku Kent ndipo zidatumizidwa patsogolo pakukula kwa Maritime Academy School ku Frindsbury, zidavumbulutsa zinthu zakale zakale zomwe zidasungidwa m'mphepete mwa phiri pamwamba pa Medway Valley.

Ofufuzawa, ochokera ku UCL Archaeology South-East, adapeza zinthu zakale za 800 zomwe zimaganiziridwa kuti ndi zaka zoposa 300,000, zokwiriridwa m'matope omwe adadzaza mtsinje wamtsinje wakale, wofotokozedwa mu kafukufuku wawo, wofalitsidwa mu Internet Archaeology.

Zina mwa zinthu zomwe zinafukulidwazo panali mipeni iwiri ya mwala ikuluikulu yomwe imatchedwa “zimphona zazikulu za manja”. Ma Handax ndi miyala yamtengo wapatali yomwe idadulidwa, kapena "kudulidwa," mbali zonse ziwiri kuti apange mawonekedwe ofananirako okhala ndi m'mphepete wautali. Ochita kafukufuku amakhulupirira kuti chida chamtunduwu nthawi zambiri chinkagwidwa m'manja ndipo mwina chinkagwiritsidwa ntchito popha nyama ndi kudula nyama. Ma handax awiri akulu akulu omwe amapezeka pamalo a Maritime ali ndi mawonekedwe apadera okhala ndi nsonga yayitali komanso yopangidwa bwino, komanso maziko okhuthala kwambiri.

Katswiri wamkulu wa Archaeology Letty Ingrey (UCL Institute of Archaeology), anati, "Timalongosola zidazi ngati 'zimphona' pamene zili ndi kutalika kwa 22cm ndipo tili ndi ziwiri mu kukula kwake. Chachikulu kwambiri, chotalika masentimita 29.5, ndi chimodzi mwa zazitali kwambiri zomwe zidapezekapo ku Britain. ‘Mahandaksi aakulu’ ngati amenewa kaŵirikaŵiri amapezeka m’zigawo za Thames ndi Medway ndipo anapangidwa zaka zoposa 300,000 zapitazo.”

Katswiri wina wofukula m’mabwinja wa ASE, Letty Ingrey, amayesa chimphona chachikulu kwambiri cha handaxe. Ngongole: Archaeology South-East/ UCL
Katswiri wina wofukula m’mabwinja wa ASE, Letty Ingrey, amayesa chimphona chachikulu kwambiri cha handaxe. © Archaeology South-East/ UCL | Kugwiritsa Ntchito Mwachilungamo.

“Mahandakisiwa ndi aakulu kwambiri moti n’zovuta kulingalira mmene akanagwiritsidwira ntchito mosavuta. Mwinamwake iwo anakwaniritsa ntchito yocheperapo kapena yophiphiritsira kuposa zida zina, chisonyezero chomveka cha mphamvu ndi luso. Ngakhale pakali pano, sitikudziŵa chifukwa chimene zida zazikulu zoterozo zinkapangidwira, kapena mitundu ya anthu oyambirira ankazipanga, webusaitiyi ili ndi mwayi woyankha mafunso osangalatsawa.”

Malowa akuganiziridwa kuti ndi a nthawi yachiyambi cha mbiri yakale ya Britain pamene anthu a Neanderthal ndi zikhalidwe zawo zinayamba kuonekera ndipo mwina adagawana malo ndi mitundu ina ya anthu oyambirira. Chigwa cha Medway panthawiyi chikanakhala malo akutchire a mapiri a matabwa ndi zigwa za mitsinje, zomwe zimakhala ndi agwape ofiira ndi akavalo, komanso zinyama zosadziwika bwino monga njovu yowongoka ndi mkango zomwe zatha tsopano.

Ngakhale kuti zofukulidwa zakale za m'nthawi ino, kuphatikizapo 'chimphona' chochititsa chidwi cha handaxe, zapezeka ku Medway Valley kale, aka ndi nthawi yoyamba kuti apezeke ngati gawo la zofukula zazikulu, zomwe zimapereka mwayi wopeza zambiri zokhudza miyoyo ya opanga awo.

Dr. Matt Pope (UCL Institute of Archaeology), anati, “Zofukula pa Maritime Academy zatipatsa mwayi wofunika kwambiri wophunzira mmene malo onse a Ice Age anakulira zaka zoposa kotala miliyoni zapitazo. Pulogalamu yowunikira zasayansi, yokhudzana ndi akatswiri ochokera ku UCL ndi mabungwe ena aku UK, tsopano itithandiza kumvetsetsa chifukwa chake malowa anali ofunikira kwa anthu akale komanso momwe miyala yamtengo wapatali, kuphatikiza 'giant handaxes' idathandizira kuthana ndi zovuta za Ice. Makhalidwe a zaka."

Gulu lofufuza tsopano likugwira ntchito yozindikira ndi kufufuza zinthu zakale zomwe zapezedwa kuti zimvetsetse bwino omwe adazipanga komanso zomwe zidagwiritsidwa ntchito.

Katswiri wina wofukula zinthu zakale Giles Dawkes (UCL Institute of Archaeology) akutsogolera ntchito yopeza kachiwiri kofunikira kuchokera pamalowa-manda a Roma, omwe anali ndi zaka zosachepera kotala la miliyoni pambuyo pa ntchito ya Ice Age. Anthu omwe anakwiriridwa pano pakati pa zaka za zana loyamba ndi lachinayi AD atha kukhala okhala mnyumba yomwe akuganiziridwa kuti inali pafupi yomwe mwina inali pafupi mamita 850 kumwera.

Gululo lidapeza zotsalira za anthu 25, 13 mwa iwo adawotchedwa. Anthu asanu ndi anayi mwa anthu oikidwa m'manda anapezeka ndi katundu kapena zinthu zawo kuphatikizapo zibangili, ndipo anayi anaikidwa m'mabokosi amatabwa. Zoumba zadothi ndi mafupa a nyama zopezeka pafupi ndi malowo ziyenera kuti zimagwirizana ndi miyambo ya mapwando panthaŵi yoika maliro.

Ngakhale kuti nyumba ndi nyumba zachiroma zafukulidwa kwambiri, manda sakhala okhudzidwa kwambiri ndi akatswiri ofukula zinthu zakale ndipo kupezeka kwa malowa kumapereka chidziwitso chatsopano pa miyambo ndi miyambo ya maliro a Aroma omwe ankakhala m'nyumbayi komanso omwe anali pafupi. mzinda wa Rochester.

Jody Murphy, Mtsogoleri wa Maphunziro ku Thinking Schools Academy Trust adati, "Ife, ku Maritime Academy ndi Thinking Schools Academy Trust, tikumva mwamwayi kukhala nawo pa zomwe tapezazi. Timanyadira kwambiri kulumikizana kwathu ndi dera lathu komanso dera lathu, ndipo zambiri zamaphunziro athu zimalumikizidwa ndi mbiri ya Medway. Tikuyembekezera kugwiritsa ntchito mwayi wapadera umenewu kuphunzitsa achinyamata athu za zimene apezazi, n’kupanga cholowa chosatha kwa amene anabwera ife tisanakhalepo.”