Abavubukuli kanye nabafundi baseHakai Institute eNyuvesi yaseVictoria eBritish Columbia, kanye nabezizwe Zokuqala bendawo, bathole amanxiwa edolobha elandulela imibhoshongo yaseGibhithe eGiza.
Indawo esesiQhingini saseTriquet, esingamakhilomitha angaba ngu-300 ukusuka eVictoria entshonalanga yeBritish Columbia, isikhiqize izinto ezenziwe nge-carbon-date eminyakeni eyi-14,000 edlule, cishe iminyaka eyi-9,000 endala kunemibhoshongo, ngokusho kuka-Alisha Gauvreau, umfundi waseNyuvesi yaseVictoria. .
Le ndawo, manje okucatshangwa ukuthi ingeyokuqala kweyake yatholwa eNyakatho Melika, yayinamathuluzi, izingwegwe zezinhlanzi, imikhonto, nomlilo wokupheka owawunezigaxa zamalahle okungenzeka ukuthi laba bantu basendulo bazishisa. Izingcezu zamalahle zazibalulekile ngoba zazilula ukwenza i-carbon-date.
Yini ebalethe kule ndawo ethile? Abafundi basenyuvesi babezwe ukulandisa kwakudala ngabantu bakwaHeiltsuk, ababengabantu bomdabu endaweni. Indaba ithi bekunesiqephu esincane somhlaba esingazange sibe yiqhwa, ngisho nakuyo yonke i-Ice Age edlule. Lokhu kwavusa isithakazelo sabafundi, futhi baqala ukuthola indawo.
Umkhulumeli wenhlangano yomdabu i-Heiltsuk First Nation, uWilliam Housty, uthi “kuyamangaza nje” ukuthi izindaba ezazidluliselwa ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane ziphenduke zaholela ekutholweni kwesayensi.
“Lokhu okutholakele kubaluleke kakhulu ngoba kuqinisekisa kabusha umlando omningi abantu bakithi asebekhulume ngawo izinkulungwane zeminyaka,” usho kanje. Lezi zindaba zichaze i-Triquet Island njengendawo yokuhlala engaguquki ngenxa yokuthi izinga lolwandle kule ndawo lahlala lizinzile iminyaka eyi-15,000.
Lesi sizwe sibe nezingxabano eziningi mayelana namalungelo omhlaba kanti uHousty unomuzwa wokuthi bazoba sesikhundleni esiqinile ezimeni ezizayo hhayi nje ngezindaba ezixoxwayo kuphela kodwa nobufakazi besayensi kanye nesayensi yokwakheka komhlaba ukuzisekela.
Ukutholakala kungase futhi kuholele abacwaningi ekuguquleni izinkolelo zabo mayelana nemizila yokufuduka yabantu bokuqala eNyakatho Melika. Ngokuvamile kunenkolelo yokuthi lapho abantu bewela ibhuloho lasendulo elalihlanganisa i-Asia ne-Alaska, babefudukela eningizimu ngezinyawo.
Kodwa okutholakele okusha kubonisa ukuthi abantu basebenzisa izikebhe ukuze banqamule indawo yasogwini, futhi ukufuduka endaweni eyomile kwafika kamuva kakhulu. NgokukaGauvreau, "Lokhu okwenziwayo ukuguqula umbono wethu wendlela iNyakatho Melika eyaqala ngayo ukuhlaliswa kwabantu."
Ngaphambilini, izinkomba ezindala kakhulu zabantu baseHeiltsuk eBritish Columbia zatholwa ngo-7190 BC, cishe eminyakeni eyizi-9,000 edlule—iminyaka eyizi-5,000 egcwele ngemva kokutholwa kwezinto zobuciko e-Triquet Island. Kwakukhona cishe imiphakathi engama-50 ye-Heiltsuk eziqhingini ezizungeze iBella Bella ngekhulu le-18.
Babephila ingcebo yasolwandle futhi bathuthukisa ukuhwebelana neziqhingi ezingomakhelwane. Lapho i-Hudson's Bay Company ne-Fort McLoughlin zisungulwa abantu baseYurophu, abantu baseHeiltsuk benqaba ukuxoshwa futhi baqhubeka nokuhweba nabo. Lesi sizwe manje sesiphethe indawo efunwa yi-Hudson's Bay Company ngesikhathi kufika izifiki.
