Iyo Blythe Intaglios, inowanzozivikanwa seAmerica's Nazca Lines, seti yeakakura geoglyphs ari muColorado Desert mamaira gumi neshanu kuchamhembe kweBlythe, California. Kune angangoita mazana matanhatu intaglios (anthropomorphic geoglyphs) muSouthwestern United States chete, asi chinosiyanisa avo vakatenderedza Blythe chiyero chavo uye kuomarara.
Nhamba nhanhatu dziri pamamesa maviri munzvimbo nhatu dzakasiyana, ese ari mukati me1,000 tsoka kubva kune imwe. Iwo geoglyphs mifananidzo yevanhu, mhuka, zvinhu, uye maumbirwo ejometri anogona kutariswa kubva kumusoro.
Musi waNovember 12, 1931, mutyairi wemauto emuchadenga George Palmer akawana Blythe geoglyphs achibhururuka kubva kuHoover Dam kuenda kuLos Angeles. Zvaakawana zvakaita kuti paitwe ongororo yenharaunda, izvo zvakaita kuti vanhu vakawanda vanzi senzvimbo dzezvakaitika kare uye vakadaidzwa kuti. "Giant Desert Figures." Nekuda kwekushaikwa kwemari semhedzisiro yeKuderera Kukuru, kumwe kuongorora kwesaiti kwaizofanira kumirira kusvika kuma1950.
Sangano reNational Geographic Society neSmithsonian Institution rakatumira chikwata chevanochera matongo kuti vaongorore intaglios muna 1952, uye nyaya ine mifananidzo yemuchadenga yakaonekwa mumagazini yaGunyana yeNational Geographic. Zvingatora mamwe makore mashanu kuvaka patsva geoglyphs uye kuisa fenzi kuti azvidzivirire kubva pakuparara nekukuvadzwa.
Izvo zvinofanirwa kucherechedzwa kuti akati wandei eiyo geoglyphs ane kukuvara kwetayi semugumisiro wenzvimbo iri kushandiswa kudzidziswa kwerenje naGeneral George S. Patton panguva yeWWII. Iyo Blythe Intaglios ikozvino yakachengetedzwa nemitsara miviri yefenzi uye inowanikwa kune veruzhinji nguva dzese se State Historic Monument No. 101.
Iyo Blythe Intaglios inofungidzirwa kuve yakagadzirwa nemaNative America aigara pedyo neColorado Rwizi, kunyangwe pasina chibvumirano chekuti ndeapi madzinza akavasika kana nei. Imwe dzidziso ndeyokuti dzakavakwa naPatayan, uyo akatonga nharaunda kubva ca. 700 kusvika 1550 AD.
Kunyange zvazvo zvinorehwa nemaglyphs zvisingazivikanwi, madzinza eNative Mohave neQuechan emunharaunda anotenda kuti mifananidzo yevanhu inofananidzira Mastamho, Musiki wePasi nehupenyu hwose, asi mhuka dzemhuka dzinomiririra Hatakulya, imwe yeshumba mbiri dzemakomo / vanhu vakatamba. basa murondedzero yekusika. Vagari vomunzvimbo iyi vaitamba mitambo yokukudza Musiki weUpenyu munguva dzekare.
Nemhaka yokuti geoglyphs yakaoma kufambidzana nayo, zvakaoma kuziva kuti yakasikwa rini, kunyange zvazvo inofungidzirwa kuva pakati pemakore 450 ne2,000. Zvimwe zvezvivezwa zvakakura zvakabatanidzwa neanochera matongo kudzimba dzemawere ane makore 2,000 900, zvichipa kutendeseka kune yekupedzisira dzidziso. Zvidzidzo zvitsva kubva kuYunivhesiti yeKalifornia, Berkeley, zvisinei, zvakavatora kusvika kumaXNUMX AD.
Iyo intaglio huru, yakatambanudzwa 171 tsoka, inoratidza murume chimiro kana muhombe. Chimiro chechipiri, mamita 102 kureba kubva kumusoro kusvika kutsoka, chinoratidza mukomana ane phallus yakakurumbira. Chimiro chokupedzisira chomunhu chakananga kuchamhembe-kumaodzanyemba, maoko ake akatambanudzwa, tsoka dzake dzakatarira kunze, uye mabvi ake namagokora zvinooneka. Yakareba mamita 105.6 kubva kumusoro kusvika kutsoka.
Iyo Fisherman intaglio inoratidzira murume akabata pfumo, hove mbiri pasi pake, uye zuva nenyoka pamusoro. Ndiyo inonyanya kukakavara yemaglyphs sezvo vamwe vachitenda kuti yakavezwa muma1930s, zvisinei nekuti ruzhinji rwevanhu vanonzwa kuti yakura zvakanyanya.
Mifananidzo yemhuka inofungidzirwa kuva mabhiza kana shumba dzemakomo. Meso emhungu anobatwa ari muchimiro chehurungudo mbiri munyoka intaglio. Yakareba mamita 150 uye yakaparadzwa nemotokari mumakore apfuura.
Iyo Blythe Glyphs, kana pasina chimwe chinhu, iratidziro yeNative American art fomu uye kupenya mukugona kwehunyanzvi hwenguva iyoyo. Iwo maBlythe geoglyphs akagadzirwa nekubvisa matombo matema erenje kuti aratidze pasi rakareruka. Vakagadzira mapatani akavigwa nekuisa matombo akabuda kubva pakati achitevedza makona ekunze.
Vamwe vanofungidzira kuti zvivezwa zvepasi zvakaisvonaka izvi zvakaitirwa kuti zvive mashoko echitendero kumadzitateguru kana kuti kudhirowa kuvamwari. Zvechokwadi, aya geoglyphs haaoneki kubva pasi uye zvakaoma, kana zvisingaiti, kunzwisisa. Mifananidzo iri pachena kubva kumusoro, iyo ndiyo nzira yavakawanikwa nayo pakutanga.
Boma Johnson, Bureau of Land Management archeologist muYuma, Arizona, akati haagone “funga nezve[nyaya yeintaglio] imwe apo [munhu] aigona kumira pamusoro pechikomo otarira [intaglio yose].”
Iyo Blyth Intaglios ikozvino yave pakati peakakura eCalifornia Native American artwork, uye mukana wekufumura akafanana, akavigwa geoglyphs kunze mugwenga anoenderera.
