Maererano ScienceAlert report, muna 2019, boka repasi rose revasayendisiti rinotungamirwa neanochera matongo Melissa Kennedy weYunivhesiti yeWestern Australia rakachera dombo rejecha remamita 140 reMustatil pedyo neAl-'Ula, kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kweSaudi Arabia, inonzi IDIHA-F-0011081. Iwo asinganzwisisike, akakomberedzwa nemakona akashandiswa nevanhu veNeolithic kune tsika dzisingazivikanwe. Kuchera kwakaratidza mazana ezvimedu zvezvisaririra zvemhuka, zvakaungana padombo rakati twasu rinotsanangurwa sedzvene. Izvi zvinoratidza kuti dombo redombo ibwe rinoera rinomiririra mwari kana vamwari vevanhu vaigara munharaunda iyi zviuru zvemakore zvakapfuura.
Iyo Mustatils ndeye yakasarudzika kuwanikwa mumunda wekuchera matongo. Zvimiro izvi zvinongowanikwa kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kweSaudi Arabia uye zvakatanga kuwanikwa muma1970 nekutora mifananidzo. Aya maumbirwo anoshamisa anotaridzika akagadzirwa nematombo uye ane rectangular muchimiro, nehurefu hunowanzo hukuru kupfuura upamhi hwayo. Madziro echivakwa anovakwa nematombo anogadzikwa pamusoro pemumwe, pasina kushandisa dhaka kana simende, mune imwe nzira inozivikanwa sekuoma-matombo masonry. MaMustatils anogona kusiyana muhukuru, mamwe ari madiki, uye mamwe anosvika makumi emamita pakureba.
Zvinotendwa sezvivakwa zvekare izvo zvakavakwa panguva yeNeolithic, iyo inodzokera kumashure kunenge makore 8,000 apfuura. MaMustatils achiri akafukidzwa nechakavanzika, uye chinangwa chavo hachina kunyatsojeka. Dzimwe nyanzvi dzinofunga kuti dzinogona kunge dzakashandiswa kuita zvechitendero kana zvemitambo, nepo dzimwe dzichiti dzinogona kunge dzakashandiswa pakuongorora nyeredzi kana semavharo ezvipfuyo.
Imwe dzidziso inoratidza kuti Mustatils yaishandiswa kuvhima. Madziro ematombo angave akagadzira mhinganidzo dzaipinza mhuka munzvimbo nhete umo dzaigona kuvhimwa nyore nyore. Dzidziso iyi inotsigirwa nekuvapo kwemiteyo yekare yemhuka pedyo nemamwe maMustatils.
Dzimwe nyanzvi dzinokurudzira kuti Mustatils aishandiswa semakuva kana makamuri ekuvigwa. Izvo zvimiro 'kufanana uye kuvapo kwezvisaririra zvevanhu zvakawanikwa padhuze nemamwe maMustatils anotsigira dzidziso iyi. Nekudaro, haasi ese maMustatils ane zvisaririra zvevanhu, achikanda kukahadzika pane iyi dzidziso. Pasinei nokuti chinangwa chazvo chepakutanga chii, zvivakwa izvi chinhu chinonakidza chinowanikwa chinopa nzwisiso yeupenyu munguva dzekare munharaunda yacho.
Mumakumi mashoma emakore apfuura, vanochera matongo vanodzidza Mustatils vakawana kuti dzakavakwa munguva yekuwedzera kwemvura munzvimbo, iyo inogona kunge yakabvumira vanhu vakawanda uye nzanga dzakaoma kunzwisisa. Zvivako zvacho zvinopindirana nezvinhu zvemuchadenga, zvakadai sokubuda nokunyura kwezuva nemwedzi, zvichiratidza kuti zvaishandiswa pakuongorora zvomuchadenga kana kuti tsika.
Chimwe chezvinhu zvinonakidza zvakawanikwa muNorthwest Saudi Arabia kuvepo kwedombo art padyo neMustatils. Unyanzvi hwedombo hunoratidza mhuka, vanhu, uye maumbirwo ejometri, uye inofungidzirwa kuti inodzokera kunguva imwecheteyo seMustatils. Kuvepo kwehunyanzvi hwedombo padyo nezvimiro zvinoratidza kuti vaive chikamu chetsika yakakura, uye kubatanidzwa kwechinyakare cheNabatean budiriro, iyo yaidzora nzvimbo zhinji mukati mezana ramakore rekutanga BCE.
Mukupedzisa, kuwanikwa kweMustatils kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kweSaudi Arabia chiratidzo chekukosha kwekutsvaga kwekuchera matongo mukuzarura zvakavanzika zvekare. Kuburikidza chete nekuedza kwekuzvipira kwevesainzi, vaongorori, uye nharaunda dzatinogona kutarisira kuwana nzwisiso yakadzama yenhaka yedu yakagovaniswa yetsika uye nhoroondo yakapfuma yepasi redu.
Sezvo zvitsva zvitsva zvakadai zvichiramba zvichiitwa, zviri pachena kuti pane zvakawanda zvekudzidza pamusoro peMustatils uye vanhu vakavaka. Inguva inonakidza yekuchera matongo uye iyo inovimbisa kuburitsa mamwe akawanda anonakidza maonero mune yedu yakapfuura.
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