Lintho tse entsoeng ka majoe tse khōlōhali tse fumanoeng sebakeng se sa tloaelehang sa Ice Age Kent

Lithipa tse peli tse kholo haholo tsa lejoe le thata, tse hlalosoang e le li-handax tse khōlōhali, li ne li le har'a lintho tsa khale tse epolotsoeng.

Bafuputsi ba UCL Institute of Archaeology ba fumane tse ling tsa lisebelisoa tse kholo ka ho fetisisa tsa majoe a pele ho histori Brithani.

Maikutlo a mane a Maritime Academy 'giant' handaxe (RF 53), e bonts'a lifahleho ka bobeli tsa artefact le pono ea lehlakore ka leng.
Maikutlo a mane a Maritime Academy 'giant' handaxe (RF 53), a bonts'a lifahleho ka bobeli tsa lintho tsa khale le pono ea lehlakore ka leng. © Archeology South-East/ UCL | Tšebeliso e Ntle.

Lintho tse epolotsoeng, tse etsahetseng Kent, 'me li laetsoe pele ho nts'etsopele ea Sekolo sa Maritime Academy se Frindsbury, li ile tsa senola lintho tsa khale tsa khale ka har'a lirafshoa tse tebileng tsa Ice Age tse bolokiloeng leralleng ka holim'a Medway Valley.

Bafuputsi, ba UCL Archaeology South-East, ba ile ba sibolla lintho tse entsoeng ka majoe tsa 800 tseo ho nahanoang hore li na le lilemo tse fetang 300,000, tse patiloeng ka har'a sediments tse neng li tletse sekoti le mocha oa khale oa noka, o hlalositsoeng lipatlisisong tsa bona, tse hatisitsoeng ho Internet Archaeology.

Har'a lintho tsa khale tse epolotsoeng ho ne ho e-na le lithipa tse peli tse khōlō ka ho fetisisa tsa lejoe le thata tse hlalosoang e le "li-handax tse khōlōhali". Li-handax ke lintho tse entsoeng ka majoe tse qhetsoeng, kapa "tse koetsoeng," mahlakoreng ka bobeli ho hlahisa sebopeho se lekanang le sehalo se selelele. Bafuputsi ba lumela hore sesebelisoa sa mofuta ona hangata se ne se tšoaroa ka letsoho ’me e ka ’na eaba se ne se sebelisetsoa ho hlaba liphoofolo le ho seha nama. Li-handax tse peli tse kholo ka ho fetisisa tse fumanehang sebakeng sa Maritime li na le sebopeho se ikhethang se nang le ntlha e telele le e entsoeng ka bokhabane, le motheo o teteaneng haholo.

Moepolli e moholo oa lintho tsa khale Letty Ingrey (UCL Institute of Archaeology), o itse, "Re hlalosa lisebelisoa tsena e le 'liqhenqha' ha li feta bolelele ba 22cm 'me re na le tse peli ka boholo bona. E kholo ka ho fetisisa, e bolelele ba 29.5cm, ke e 'ngoe ea tse telele ka ho fetisisa tse kileng tsa fumanoa Brithani. Hangata 'li-handax tse khōlōhali' tse kang tsena li fumanoa libakeng tsa Nōka ea Thames le Medway 'me ke tsa lilemong tse fetang 300,000 XNUMX tse fetileng."

Moepolli e Moholo oa ASE, Letty Ingrey, o lekanya letsoho le leholo ka ho fetisisa la handaxe. Mokitlane: Archaeology South-East/ UCL
Moepolli e Moholo oa ASE, Letty Ingrey, o lekanya letsoho le leholo ka ho fetisisa la handaxe. © Archeology South-East/ UCL | Tšebeliso e nepahetseng.

“Li-handax tsena li khōlō hoo ho leng thata ho nahana hore na li ka be li ile tsa tšoaroa joang le ho sebelisoa habonolo joang. Mohlomong ba ile ba phethahatsa mosebetsi o sa sebetseng kapa oa tšoantšetso ho feta lisebelisoa tse ling, pontšo e hlakileng ea matla le bokhoni. Le hoja hona joale, ha re tsebe hantle hore na ke hobane’ng ha ho ne ho etsoa lisebelisoa tse khōlō hakaalo, kapa hore na ke mefuta efe ea batho ba pele e neng e li etsa, sebaka sena sa marang-rang se fana ka monyetla oa ho araba lipotso tsena tse thabisang.”

Sebaka sena ho nahanoa hore ke nako ea pele ho nalane ea Borithane ha batho ba Neanderthal le litso tsa bona ba ne ba qala ho hlaha mme ba kanna ba arolelana sebaka le mefuta e meng ea batho ba pele. Medway Valley ka nako ena e ne e tla be e le sebaka se hlaha sa maralla a nang le meru le likhohlo tsa linōka, moo ho lulang likhama tse khubelu le lipere, hammoho le liphoofolo tse anyesang tse sa tloaelehang tse kang tlou le tau e seng e felile.

Leha lintho tse fumanoeng ke baepolli ba lintho tsa khale tsa mehleng ena, ho kenyeletsoa le "handaxe" e 'ngoe e makatsang, li fumanoe Medway Valley pele, lena ke lekhetlo la pele li fumanoa e le karolo ea ho epolloa ho hoholo, ho fana ka monyetla oa ho fumana leseli le eketsehileng mabapi le bophelo ba baetsi ba tsona.

Dr. Matt Pope (UCL Institute of Archeology), o itse, “Liepollo tsa Maritime Academy li re file monyetla oa bohlokoa haholo oa ho ithuta kamoo naha eohle ea Ice Age e ileng ea ntlafala lilemong tse fetang kotara ea milione e fetileng. Lenaneo la tlhahlobo ea mahlale, le kenyelletsang litsebi tse tsoang ho UCL le litsi tse ling tsa UK, joale le tla re thusa ho utloisisa hore na ke hobane'ng ha sebaka sena se ne se le bohlokoa ho batho ba boholo-holo le hore na lintho tse entsoeng ka majoe, ho akarelletsa le 'li-handax tse khōlō' li ba thusitse joang hore ba ikamahanye le mathata a Leqhoa. Libaka tsa lilemo. ”

Sehlopha sa bafuputsi hajoale se ntse se sebetsa ho hloaea le ho ithuta lintho tsa khale tse fumanoeng ho utloisisa hamolemo hore na li entsoe ke mang le hore na li sebelisetsoa eng.

Moepolli e moholo oa thuto ea khale Giles Dawkes (UCL Institute of Archaeology) o etella pele mosebetsi oa bobeli oa bohlokoa o fumanoeng setšeng seo—mabitla a Roma, a lilemo tse ka bang kotara ea milione hamorao ho feta mosebetsi oa Ice Age. Batho ba patiloeng mona pakeng tsa lekholo la pele le la bone la lilemo AD e kanna ea ba baahi ba moaho oo ho belaelloang hore o haufi le moo o neng o ka ba limithara tse 850 ka boroa.

Sehlopha se ile sa fumana mesaletsa ea batho ba 25, ba 13 ba bona ba chesitsoe. Batho ba robong ho ba patiloeng ba ile ba fumanoa ba e-na le thepa kapa lintho tsa botho ho kopanyelletsa le lipetja, ’me ba bane ba ile ba patoa ka makase a lehong. Ho ka etsahala hore ebe pokello ea lipitsa tsa letsopa le masapo a liphoofolo tse fumanoeng haufi le eona e amana le meetlo ea mekete nakong ea lepato.

Leha meaho le meaho ea Maroma li epollotsoe haholo, mabitla a ne a sa tsejoe hakaalo ke baepolli ba lintho tsa khale, 'me ho sibolloa ha sebaka sena ho fana ka leseli le lecha mabapi le meetlo le meetlo ea lepato la Baroma ba neng ba lula ntlong ea borena le ba haufi. toropo ea Rochester.

Jody Murphy, Motsamaisi oa Thuto ho Thinking Schools Academy Trust o itse, "Rōna, Maritime Academy le Thinking Schools Academy Trust, re ikutloa re le lehlohonolo haholo ho ba karolo ea tšibollo ena e makatsang. Re motlotlo haholo mabapi le khokahano ea rona le sechaba sa heno le sebaka sa habo rona, 'me boholo ba boitsebahatso ba rona ba sekolo bo hokahane le nalane ea Medway. Re lebeletse ka thabo ho sebelisa monyetla ona o ikhethang oa ho ruta bacha ba rōna ka lintho tsena tse sibolotsoeng, ’me re thehe lefa le sa feleng bakeng sa ba tlileng pele ho rōna.”