Mabwinja omira a msewu wazaka 7,000 akubisala pansi pamadzi pamphepete mwa nyanja ya chilumba cha Croatia cha Korčula. Kapangidwe ka Neolithic kamodzi kanagwirizanitsa chilumbachi ndi malo akale, opangira.
Akatswiri ofukula zinthu zakale adalengeza za kupezeka kwa "zomangamanga zachilendo" mu positi ya Facebook pa 6 May 2023, akuzifotokoza ngati zotsalira za msewu womwe tsopano wamira pafupifupi 16 mapazi (5 metres) pansi pa Nyanja ya Adriatic.
Msewuwu uli ndi “miyala yolongedwa bwino” yotalika pafupifupi mamita 13 m’lifupi. Miyalayo inali itakwiriridwa ndi matope kwa zaka zikwi zambiri. Akatswiri ofukula zinthu zakale amaganiza kuti msewu wamwalawo unamangidwa ndi Hvar, chikhalidwe chotayika cha m'madzi chomwe chinkakhala m'derali nthawi ya Neolithic (4 BC mpaka 6,000 BC).
"Tinapezanso mbiya zokongoletsedwa za Neolithic, nkhwangwa yamwala, zida za mafupa, mipeni ya miyala ndi mivi," adatero Mate Parica, pulofesa wothandizira ku Dipatimenti ya Archaeology ku yunivesite ya Zadar ku Croatia yemwe adagwira nawo ntchito yofukula. "Zoumba mbiya zatithandiza kunena kuti tsamba ili ndi chikhalidwe cha Hvar."
Akatswiri ofukula zinthu zakale akuganiza kuti nsewuwu nthawi ina unkalumikiza tawuni yapafupi ya Hvar, yotchedwa Soline, ndi Korčula. Akatswiri ofukula zinthu zakale adapeza Soline, yemwenso adamira m'madzi koma nthawi ina amakhala pamalo opangira, mu 2021 pa kafukufuku wam'mbuyomu wofukula mabwinja. Mwa nkhuni zokhala ndi ma radiocarbon zomwe zidapezeka pamalowa, adatsimikiza kuti kukhazikitsidwako kudafika pafupifupi 4,900 BC, malinga ndi mawu omwe anawamasulira.
"Anthu adayenda mumsewuwu pafupifupi zaka 7,000 zapitazo," University of Zadar idatero m'mawu ake a Facebook pazomwe adapeza posachedwa.
Ichi sichinsinsi chokhacho chomwe Korčula wakhala akusunga. Gulu lofufuza lomweli lapezanso malo ena apansi pamadzi kutsidya lina la chilumbachi omwe ndi ofanana kwambiri ndi Soline ndipo akupanga zinthu zakale zochititsa chidwi za Stone Age.
