Iro Dombo reCochno: Iyi mepu yenyeredzi ine makore 5000 ingave humbowo hwekurasika kwebudiriro?

Vanochera matongo havagone kusimbisa izvo zvinonyatso kuratidzwa pane hombe slab, inodonongodza semapuraneti nenyeredzi.

Dombo reCochno, rinowanikwa kuWest Dunbartonshire, Scotland, rinotendwa kuti rine muenzaniso wakanakisa wemukombe weBronze Age uye mifananidzo yemhete muEurope, ine mazana ematombo anotenderera, akavezwa indentations, geometric dhizaini, uye inokatyamadza mapatani emhando dzakasiyana.

Sketch yeCochno Stone naWA Donnelly muna 1895
Sketch yeDombo reCochno naWA Donnelly muna 1895 © Wikimedia Commons

Dombo reCochno rakatanga kunyorwa muna 1887 naRev. James Harvey. Makore 78 gare gare, ibwe rakavigwazve muna 1965 kuti ridzivirire pakuparadza. Mufundisi James Harvey vakawana dombo re42ft by 26ft muna 1887, paminda iri pedyo nezvino yava Faifley housing complex iri kunze kweClydebank. Iine akakomberedza makumi mapfumbamwe akavezwa indentations anozivikanwa se "mukombe" uye "mhete" mamaki.

Mukombe nemhete mhete imhando yehunyanzvi hwechinyakare hunosanganisira concave depression yakachekwa padombo uye dzimwe nguva yakakomberedzwa nemadenderedzwa akatsikirirwa akaiswa mudombo. Iyo dhizaini inoratidzika sepetroglyph pamatombo echisikigo uye kunze, pamwe nepamusoro pemegaliths senge slab cists, mhete dzematombo, uye makuva ekupfuura.

Cochno stone markings
Tsanangudzo yemukombe uye mhete mamaki paCochno Stone. © Royal Commission pane Ekare uye Nhoroondo Monuments yeScotland.

Northern England, Scotland, Ireland, Portugal, North West Spain, North West Italy, Central Greece, neSwitzerland ndidzo nzvimbo dzakawanda. Nekudaro, mhando dzakafanana dzakawanikwa pasi rese, kusanganisira muMexico, Brazil, neIndia.

Kapu uye mhete padombo reCochno, izvo zvinofungidzirwa kuti zvave nemakore anoda kusvika 5,000 XNUMX, zvinoperekedzwa nemuchinjikwa wakaiswa muKristu asati avapo wakaiswa mukati meovhari, pamwe chete nemapeya maviri etsoka dzakavezwa, chimwe nechimwe chine zvigunwe zvina chete. Nekuda kweakasiyana mamakisi pairi, Dombo reCochno rakaziviswa sechiyeuchidzo chakarongwa uye chakakosha nyika.

Tsoka dzine zvigunwe zvina zvakasungirirwa pamusoro peDombo reCochno.
Tsoka dzine zvigunwe zvina zvakasungirirwa pamusoro peDombo reCochno. © Royal Commission pane Ekare uye Nhoroondo Monuments yeScotland.

Vanochera matongo havagone kusimbisa izvo zvinonyatso kuratidzwa pane hombe slab, inodonongodza semapuraneti nenyeredzi. Hapana chirevo chinoperera kubva kuvatsvaguri pamusoro pezvinoreva zviratidzo zvakaoma kunzwisisa zvinowanikwa pamusoro payo. Imepu yedenga here kana yepasi? Kana kuti iatari yaiitirwa tsika here?

Kunyangwe kukosha kwekutanga kweDombo reCochno kwakanganikwa, fungidziro dzakasiyana siyana dzakarongwa kuti basa rayo ringave raive rei.

Vamwe vakatotaura kuti slab ichokwadi portal, yehupenyu nerufu, inomiririra kuzvarwa patsva. Nepo dzimwe nyanzvi dzezvinocherwa mumatongo dzakataura kuti mifananidzo yakaoma kunzwisisa yedome, mitsetse, uye marin’i, kuratidzirwa kwekare kwounyanzvi hwe<em>rock kwakawanikwa munzvimbo dzakawanda dzenyika.

Maererano nenyanzvi, zviratidzo zvinodzokera kuNeolithic uye kutanga kweBronze Age asi pane zvimwe zvakawanikwa zvakawanikwa kubva kuIron Age.

Muongorori Alexander McCallum akakurudzira kuti Cochno Dombo imepu inoratidza dzimwe nzvimbo dzekugara muClyde Valley. Sekureva kwaAlexander, mamaki anoshamisa anoyeuchidza denderedzwa rakakura rezvirimwa izvo zvagara zvichinzi zvakakonzerwa nekubudirira kwekunze.

Chirimwa Chidenderedzwa cheLiddington, England.
Chirimwa Chidenderedzwa cheLiddington, England © lucy pringle

Mumakore achangopfuura, Dombo reCochno harina kuvigwa, rakadzidzwa uye kuvigwazve nevanochera matongo kakawanda. Vakafukunura saiti uye vakashandisa ongororo yemazuva ano uye kutora mafoto (3D-imaging tekinoroji) kurekodha mifananidzo, vachitarisira kuti huwandu hukuru hwe data ravakakwanisa kuunganidza huchabatsira vamwe vaongorori mukuyedza kududzira iyi mitsetse yekare isinganzwisisike. Naizvozvo, zvinoreva Dombo reCochno rinoramba riri chakavanzika chisina kugadziriswa kusvika nhasi.