Emlandweni wabo oxoxwayo, abantu bakwa-Heiltsuk balandisa ukuthi isifunda esihlanganisa i-Triquet Island, ogwini olusentshonalanga yendawo yabo e-British Columbia, sahlala kanjani sivulekile kuyo yonke I-Ice Age.
Ngokusho kukaWilliam Hosty, ilungu le- Heiltsuk Nation, abantu abaningi baya kule ndawo ukuze baphile njengoba yonke indawo ebazungezile yayinqotshwa yiqhwa, ulwandle lwase luba yiqhwa, nezinsiza zokudla zaziyindlala.
Ekuqaleni kuka-2017, abavubukuli ababefuna izinto zobuciko babemba edolobhaneni lase-Heiltsuk e-Triquet Island (British Columbia), eCanada, lapho bethola ubufakazi obuphathekayo obumangalisayo - izingcezu ezimbalwa zamalahle endaweni yokucima umlilo yasendulo.
Ukuhlaziywa kwezingcezu zekhabhoni kuphakamise ukuthi leli dolobhana, elashiywa kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-1800s ngenxa yokuqubuka kwengxibongo, kungenzeka ukuthi lalihlalwa eminyakeni eyi-14,000 edlule, okulenza libe lasendulo ngokuphindwe kathathu kunasemandulo. Amaphiramidi eGiza futhi enye yezindawo zokuhlala ezindala kakhulu eNyakatho Melika.
Ngokusho kuka-Alisha Gauvreau, isazi e-Hakai Institute futhi ongumfundi we-PhD eNyuvesi yaseVictoria, obesebenza endaweni yaseTriquet Island kusukela eminyakeni embalwa edlule, ubufakazi bemivubukulo obuvela esiqhingini saseTriquet bubonisa ukuthi abantu bebelokhu behlala kule ndawo. amashumi ezinkulungwane zeminyaka; futhi kukhona amanye amasayithi amaningana abuyela emuva esikhathini esifanayo nedethi yangaphambi kwesikhathi etholwe e-Triquet Island.
U-Gauvreau uchaze isizathu esenza ukuthi i-Triquet Island ihlale ibonakala kuyo yonke i-Ice Age kwakungenxa yamazinga olwandle azinzile endaweni, okuyinto eyaziwa ngele-Ice Age. ihinge lezinga lolwandle.
Ubuye wachaza ukuthi ingxenye enkulu yendawo yayingaphansi kwamashidi eqhwa. Njengoba lezi zinguzunga zeqhwa ziqala ukuhlehla, amazinga olwandle phezulu naphansi ogwini ayehluka phakathi kwamamitha angu-150 kuya kwangu-200 uma kuqhathaniswa nalapha, lapho ahlala khona afane ncamashi.
Umphumela waba ukuthi abantu bakwazi ukubuyela e-Triquet Island njalo. Uphinde waphawula ukuthi, nakuba ezinye izindawo eziseduze zibonisa ubufakazi babahlali basendulo, izakhamuzi zaseTriquet Island “zazihlale isikhathi eside kunanoma iyiphi enye indawo.”
Ngaphezu kokutholakala kwamalahle kule ndawo, uthe abavubukuli bathole amathuluzi afana nalawa ama-obsidian blades, ama-atlatl, abajikijeli bemikhonto, izingcezwana ze-fish hook, nezinsimbi zokubhoboza umlilo.
U-Gauvreau uqhube wathi ubufakazi bokuhlangana okuwile, kanye nezinye izici eziningi, bubonisa ukuthi abantu bokuqala benza amathuluzi amatshe ayisisekelo ngezinto ezifinyeleleka kalula kubo. Uqhube wathi lokhu kungenzeka ukuthi kwenziwa nje.
Le ndawo iphinde yaveza ukuthi abantu bakudala babesebenzisa izikebhe ukuze zibambe izilwane ezincelisayo zasolwandle futhi ziqoqe amagobolondo, ngokusho kombiko. umthombo. Ukwengeza, abantu ngesikhathi esifanayo bahamba amabanga amade ukuze bathole izinto ezingezona zendawo ezifana ne-obsidian, i-greenstone, ne-graphite ukuze benze amathuluzi.
Izazi zemivubukulo kanye nezazi ze-anthropologists zaqiniswa ukutholakala komqondo wabo we "I-Kelp Highway Hypothesis" okusikisela ukuthi izakhamuzi zokuqala zaseNyakatho Melika zasebenzisa izikebhe futhi zalandela ugu ukuze zigweme indawo eneqhwa.
UGauvreau ukuqinisekisile ukuthi ubufakazi bukhomba ukuthi abantu bakwazi ukuzulazula endaweni esogwini ngesikebhe noma ezinye izindiza zamanzi.
Okwesizwe Sakwa-Heiltsuk, ngemva kokubambisana nabavubukuli iminyaka ukuze badlulisele ulwazi futhi babone amasayithi afana ne-Triquet Island, irekhodi elibuyekeziwe lemivubukulo linikeze ubufakazi obusha futhi.
Lesi sizwe sinomkhuba wokuxoxisana nohulumeni waseCanada mayelana nezindaba zokuphathwa komhlaba kanye nokuphathwa kwemithombo yemvelo - izingxoxo ezincike ngokwengxenye emlandweni womphakathi ongacacile wokuhlala endaweni isikhathi eside.
“Ngakho-ke uma sihlezi etafuleni nomlando wethu oxoxwayo, kufana nokuthi ngikutshela indaba,” kuchaza uHousty. "Futhi kufanele ungikholwe ngaphandle kokubona ubufakazi."
Wathi ngokomlando oxoxwayo kanye nobufakazi bemivubukulo ngazwi linye, kudalwa ukulandisa okuphoqelelayo, okunikeza abakwaHeiltsuk inzuzo ezingxoxweni zabo. Waphawula ukuthi kuzoba nomphumela ophawulekayo futhi, ngokungangabazeki, kubanikeze ithuba ezingxoxweni ezengeziwe nohulumeni.
