I-Blythe Intaglios, evame ukubizwa ngokuthi i-America's Nazca Lines, iyiqoqo lama-geoglyphs amakhulu atholakala ogwadule lwaseColorado ngamamayela ayishumi nanhlanu enyakatho yeBlythe, eCalifornia. Kukhona cishe ama-intaglios angama-600 (ama-anthropomorphic geoglyphs) eNingizimu-ntshonalanga ye-United States kuphela, kodwa okuhlukanisa lawo aseduze ne-Blythe isikali nokuyinkimbinkimbi kwawo.
Izibalo eziyisithupha zitholakala kumamesa amabili ezindaweni ezintathu ezihlukene, zonke ziphakathi kwamamitha angu-1,000 ukusuka kwenye. Ama-geoglyphs ayimifanekiso yabantu, izilwane, izinto, kanye nokwakheka kwejiyomethri okungase kubukwe phezulu.
NgoNovemba 12, 1931, umshayeli wendiza yebutho lezempi uGeorge Palmer wathola ama-geoglyphs eBlythe ngenkathi endiza esuka eHoover Dam eya eLos Angeles. Ukuthola kwakhe kwabangela ukuba kuhlolwe indawo, okwaholela ekutheni izibalo ezinkulu ziqokwe njengezindawo zomlando futhi zabizwa ngokuthi. "Izibalo Zasogwadule Ezinkulu." Ngenxa yokuntuleka kwemali ngenxa Yokuwohloka Okukhulu Kwezomnotho, uphenyo olwengeziwe lwesayithi kwakuzodingeka lulinde kuze kube ngama-1950s.
I-National Geographic Society kanye ne-Smithsonian Institution bathumele ithimba labavubukuli ukuthi baphenye ama-intaglios ngo-1952, futhi indaba enezithombe zasemoyeni yavela kuhlelo lukaSepthemba lwe-National Geographic. Kuyothatha eminye iminyaka emihlanu ukwakha kabusha ama-geoglyphs futhi kufakwe uthango ukuze kuvikelwe ekucekeleni phansi nasekulinyazweni.
Kufanele kuqashelwe ukuthi ama-geoglyphs amaningana anomonakalo osobala wamasondo ngenxa yendawo esetshenziselwa ukuqeqeshwa kwasogwadule nguGeneral George S. Patton phakathi ne-WWII. I-Blythe Intaglios manje isivikelwe izintambo ezimbili zocingo futhi itholakala emphakathini ngaso sonke isikhathi njengesikhumbuzo se-State Historic Monument No. 101.
I-Blythe Intaglios kucatshangwa ukuthi yadalwa aboMdabu baseMelika ababehlala eduze nomfula iColorado, nakuba kungekho sivumelwano sokuthi yiziphi izizwe ezawadala noma kungani. Omunye umbono wukuthi zakhiwa Patayan, owabusa esifundeni kusukela ca. 700 kuya ku-1550 AD.
Nakuba incazelo yama-glyphs ingaqiniseki, izizwe zamaMohave namaQuechan zendawo zikholelwa ukuthi izibalo zomuntu zifanekisela uMastamho, uMdali woMhlaba nakho konke okuphilayo, kuyilapho izinhlobo zezilwane zimelela uHatakulya, omunye wamabhubesi/abantu ababili abadlala izintaba. indima ekulandiseni kweNdalo. Abomdabu endaweni bebegida imidanso yokuhlonipha uMdali Wempilo emandulo.
Ngenxa yokuthi ama-geoglyphs akunzima ukuwathola manje, kunzima ukusho ukuthi adalwa nini, nakuba kucatshangwa ukuthi aneminyaka ephakathi kuka-450 no-2,000 ubudala. Eminye yezithombe ezinkulu eziqoshiwe zixhunyaniswa ngokwemivubukulo nezindlu ezihlala eweni ezineminyaka engu-2,000 900 ubudala, okunikeza ukwethembeka kulo mbono wakamuva. Ucwaningo olusha oluvela eNyuvesi yaseCalifornia, eBerkeley, nokho, luzifake cishe ku-XNUMX AD.
I-intaglio enkulu kunazo zonke, enweba amafidi angu-171, ibonisa isibalo sendoda noma omkhulu. Umfanekiso wesibili, ubude obungamamitha angu-102 ukusuka ekhanda kuye ozwaneni, ubonisa insizwa ene-phallus evelele. Umfanekiso womuntu wokugcina ubheke enyakatho-ningizimu, izingalo zakhe zivulekile, izinyawo zibheke ngaphandle, amadolo nezindololwane zakhe ziyabonakala. Ingamafidi angu-105.6 ubude ukusuka ekhanda kuye ozwaneni.
I-Fisherman intaglio ihlanganisa indoda ephethe umkhonto, izinhlanzi ezimbili ngaphansi kwayo, kanye nelanga nenyoka ngaphezulu. Iwumdonsiswano kakhulu wama-glyphs njengoba abanye bekholelwa ukuthi yaqoshwa ngeminyaka yawo-1930, naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi iningi labantu linomuzwa wokuthi indala kakhulu.
Izethulo zezilwane zicatshangwa ukuthi zingamahhashi noma amabhubesi asezintabeni. Amehlo enyoka ye-rattles abanjwe esesimweni samatshe amabili e-snake intaglio. Ingamamitha angu-150 ubude futhi iye yacekelwa phansi yizimoto eminyakeni edlule.
Ama-Blythe Glyphs, uma kungekho okunye, ayindlela yobuciko bomdabu baseMelika kanye nokubona ikhono lobuciko langaleso sikhathi. Ama-geoglyphs e-Blythe adalwe ngokususa amatshe amnyama asogwadule ukuze embule umhlaba onemibala ekhanyayo ngaphansi. Bakha amaphethini agqitshiwe ngokupakisha amatshe asuswa phakathi nendawo emakhoneni angaphandle.
Abanye bacabanga ukuthi lezi zithombe ezinhle zasemhlabathini zazihloselwe ukuba zibe izigijimi ezingokwenkolo eziya kokhokho noma imidwebo konkulunkulu. Ngempela, lezi geoglyphs azibonakali kusukela phansi futhi kunzima, noma akunakwenzeka, ukuyiqonda. Izithombe zisobala kusuka phezulu, okuyindlela ezatholakala ngayo kwasekuqaleni.
U-Boma Johnson, i-Bureau of Land Management archeologist e-Yuma, e-Arizona, uthe akakwazi “cabanga [ngesimo se-intaglio] esisodwa lapho [umuntu] engama egqumeni abuke [i-intaglio iyonke].”
I-Blyth Intaglios manje isiphakathi kwemisebenzi yobuciko emikhulu kakhulu yase-California Yomdabu WaseMelika, futhi ithuba lokwembula ama-geoglyphs afanayo, angcwatshwe ogwadule liyaqhubeka.
