Wofufuza zitsulo anapeza mulu wa zinthu za Roma ndi Iron Age zosungidwa bwino zomwe zinakwiriridwa zaka 2,000 zapitazo m'munda ku Monmouthshire, m'chigawo chakum'mwera chakum'mawa kwa Wales.
Wofufuza zachitsulo Jon Matthews adapeza zinthuzo, zomwe zidachitika zaka masauzande ambiri, m'munda ku Llanntrisant Fawr mu 2019. Zomwe Aroma adapeza, zomwe tsopano zadziwika kuti ndi chuma, zitha kutanthauza kukhazikika komwe sikunapezeke m'derali, malinga ndi akatswiri.
Zomwe zapezedwazi zikuphatikiza mphika waku Roma ndi chidebe cha Celtic, chomwe poyamba chidawoneka ngati bloc yosonkhanitsa chuma chokwiriridwa. Malinga ndi zomwe atolankhani adatulutsa, akatswiri ofukula zinthu zakale adapeza kuti zinthu zakale zomwe zidapangidwa zaka 2,000 zinali m'nthawi ya Iron Age komanso zotengera zakale zachiroma. Kuchokera kumunda, zida zisanu ndi zitatu, kuphatikizapo zidutswa ziwiri zathunthu, zinapezedwa.
Zinthu zakalezo ziyenera kuti zinakwiriridwa limodzi “panthawi ya kugonjetsa kwa Aroma, chakumapeto kwa zaka za zana loyamba AD,” kutulutsako kunatero. Zina mwa zopezedwazo zinali mbale yochititsa chidwi yokongoletsedwa ndi nkhope ya ng’ombe, monga momwe taonera pa chithunzi chimodzi. Ng'ombe yamaso otambalala yokhala ndi nyanga zoweramira ikuwonetsedwa pazithunzi zachitsulo chobiriwira chobiriwira. Amatulutsira mlomo wake wapansi kapena nsagwada mu loop ngati chogwirira.
“Sindinaonepo zinthu ngati zimenezi. Sindinkaganiza kuti makolo athu akanatha kupanga chinthu chokongola, chokongola chotero. Ndinadabwa kwambiri. Ndikumva bwino kuti ndapeza china chake chapadera kwambiri chomwe chimalumikizidwa ndi Wales ndi makolo athu, "a Matthews adauza Wales Online.
Katswiri wina wofukula zinthu zakale wofukula m’mabwinja, dzina lake Adelle Bricking, anatchula ng’ombeyo kuti “Bovril.” Bricking anatero. "Tangoganizani kudabwa kwathu titatsika pamatope ndikuwonetsa kankhope kakang'ono ka Bovril !!!" iye analemba.
Kafukufuku wotsatira wochitidwa ndi akatswiri a Portable Antiquities Scheme ku Wales (PAS Cymru) ndi Amgueddfa Cymru adavundukula zombo ziwiri zathunthu ndi zidutswa zisanu ndi chimodzi. Zina mwa zomwe anapezazo zinali zotsalira za matanki a matabwa, chidebe cha Iron Age chokongoletsedwa ndi aloyi zamkuwa, mbale ya mkuwa ya Iron Age, cauldron, ndi strainer, komanso masupuni awiri a aloyi a ku Roma.
"Ndikumva bwino kuti ndapeza chinthu chapadera kwambiri cholumikizidwa ndi Wales ndi makolo athu," adatero Matthews.
Alastair Willis, woyang'anira wamkulu ku Amgueddfa Cymru, anati, “Kupezeka kwa nkhokwe ziwiri za ndalama m’munda umodzi ndiponso m’dera lapafupi ndi tawuni ya Roma ku Caerwent, n’kosangalatsa ndiponso kofunika kwambiri. Zotsatira za kafukufuku wa geophysical zomwe zidachitika zikuwonetsa kukhalapo kwa malo omwe sanadziwikepo kapena malo achipembedzo komwe nkhokwe za ndalamazo zidakwiriridwa. Izi zikuwunikira moyo wakumidzi yakumidzi kuzungulira tawuni yachiroma ya Venta Silurum. Zomwe atulukira n’zofunikanso kuti timvetsetse zimene zinachitika kum’mwera chakum’mawa kwa Wales pa nthawi imene Aroma ankachoka, chakumayambiriro kwa zaka za m’ma XNUMX AD.”