Gulu lapadziko lonse la akatswiri ofukula zinthu zakale lapeza chishalo chomwe chingakhale chodziwika kwambiri pamalo okumba ku China. M’nkhani yawo yofalitsidwa m’magazini yotchedwa Archaeological Research in Asia, gululo likufotokoza kumene chishalo chakalecho chinapezedwa, mkhalidwe wake, ndi mmene chinapangidwira.
Chishalocho chinapezedwa m’manda kumanda ku Yanghai, China. Mandawo anali a mkazi wovala zovala zooneka ngati zokwerapo – chishalocho chinali m’njira yoti chioneke ngati wakhalapo. Chibwenzi cha amayi ndi chishalo chikuwonetsa kuti adachokera zaka pafupifupi 2,700 zapitazo.
Kafukufuku wam'mbuyomu adapeza kuti kuŵeta mahatchi kunachitika zaka pafupifupi 6,000 zapitazo, ngakhale kuti m'zaka zoyambirira zoweta, nyamazo zinkagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati gwero la nyama ndi mkaka. Amakhulupirira kuti kukwera mahatchi kunatenganso zaka 1,000 kuti kuyambike.
Mfundo zomveka zikusonyeza kuti posakhalitsa, okwerawo anayamba kufunafuna njira zochepetsera kukwerako. Ofufuza apeza kuti zishalo, mwina zinayambira pang'ono kuposa mphasa zomangidwa kumbuyo kwa akavalo. Komanso, monga momwe gulu lantchito yatsopanoyi likunenera, zishalo zimalola okwera kukwera nthawi yayitali, zomwe zimawalola kuyendayenda patali ndipo pamapeto pake kucheza ndi anthu akutali.
Kafukufuku wam'mbuyomu wasonyeza kuti anthu omwe amakhala m'dera lomwe chishalocho chidapezeka, chomwe tsopano chimadziwika kuti chikhalidwe cha Subeixi, adasamukira kuderali pafupifupi zaka 3,000 zapitazo. Tsopano zikuoneka kuti mwina anali atakwera pamahatchi atafika.
Chishalo chomwe gulu linapeza chinali chitapangidwa popanga misamiro kuchokera ku chikopa cha ng'ombe ndikuchiyikapo ndi ubweya wa nswala ndi ngamila pamodzi ndi udzu. Zinkathandizanso kukhala pansi, zomwe zimathandiza okwera kulunjika bwino poponya mivi. Komabe, panalibe zosokoneza. Gulu lofufuza likuwonetsa kuti cholinga chokwera mahatchi chinali kuthandiza kuweta ziweto.
Zaka za chishalo zomwe zinapezeka ku China zidayamba kale za zishalo zamakedzana zopezeka m'chigawo chapakati komanso chakumadzulo kwa Eurasian Steppe. Zakale kwambiri za izi zidachitika pakati pa zaka za m'ma XNUMX ndi XNUMX BC Ofufuza akuti kugwiritsa ntchito zishalo koyambirira kunali ndi anthu aku China.
Kafukufukuyu adasindikizidwa koyamba mu Archaeological Research ku Asia. Meyi 25, 2023.