NgoJulayi 1889, kwavunjululwa intwana encinane yomntu ebudeni bomsebenzi wokugrumba kakuhle eNampa, eIdaho, nto leyo eyabangela umdla omkhulu wenzululwazi kwinkulungwane edluleyo.
Ngokungathandabuzekiyo eyenziwe ngezandla zomntu, yafunyanwa kubunzulu (malunga ne-320ft) eya kubonakala ibeka iminyaka yayo kude ngaphambi kokufika komntu okulindelekileyo kule nxalenye yehlabathi, ngokutsho kweendlela ezamkelweyo zokuziphendukela kwemvelo. Nangona konke oko kwalityalwa libutho lezenzululwazi ngokubanzi, ubungqina, xa bujongwa ngaphandle komkhethe wendaleko, busavakala bubeyisa kwisithuba senkulungwane emva kokufunyanwa kwabo.
“Unodoli” omncinane (obizwa ngokuba nguNampa Image) ubunjwe ngesiqingatha sodongwe nesiqingatha sequartz, yaye ngokutsho kwengcali enye ubuncinane, uNjingalwazi uAlbert A. Wright weOberlin College, wawungeyomveliso yomntwana omncinane okanye umntu ofundelwayo, kodwa yenziwe ligcisa lokwenyani.
Nangona ibethwa kakubi lixesha, ukubonakala kwenodoli kusahlukile: inentloko ene-bulbous, enomlomo kunye namehlo angabonakaliyo: amahlombe abanzi: iingalo ezimfutshane, ezinzima: kunye nemilenze emide, umlenze wasekunene uphukile. Kukwakho neempawu zejometri ezityhafileyo kulo mzobo, ezimele iipateni zempahla okanye ubucwebe - zifumaneka ikakhulu esifubeni esijikeleze intamo, nasezingalweni nasezihlahleni. Unodoli ngumfanekiso womntu wempucuko ephezulu, enxibe ngobugcisa.
Ngokungafaniyo nezinto ezininzi zakudala zabantu kunye namathambo afunyanwa kwigrabile ethwele igolide kwiiNtaba zeSierra Nevada zaseCalifornia kwinkulungwane edlulileyo (Gentet, 1991), uMfanekiso weNampa unokuba ngumkhondo wempucuko yangaphambili ngoku engcwatywe nzulu phantsi komhlaba.
Ngokucacileyo, kunzima kakhulu ukubanga uMfanekiso weNampa ukuba bubungqina obubalaseleyo bempucuko yabantu bamandulo eMntla Melika. Nangona kunjalo, ubungqina bobunyani boMfanekiso weNampa bubonakala bunobunzima. Imeko ye-artifact ingazisa ucelomngeni oluntsonkothileyo kumntu okwimida yokuqala. Kwaye impompo yesanti, eyayisebenza ngexesha lokufunyanwa kwe-artifact, ayibandakanyi ukufakwa ukusuka phezulu ngexesha lomsebenzi oqhubekayo kunye nokusinda.
Impompo yesanti edityaniswe phezulu ingaphezulu kancinci kwe-intshi ezintlanu kwigumbi. Impompo yesanti ngokufanelekileyo yi-4 1/2 i-intshi ngaphandle kwaye ivalve imalunga ne-3 1/2 intshi ngaphakathi. Nantoni na efakwe phezulu ibiya kudada phezu kwamanzi ize icolwe ibe ngumgubo ngesenzo sempompo yesanti. ― Icatshulwe kwenye yeeleta ezibhalwe nguMark A. Kurtz eya kuG. Frederick Wright, yomhla wama-30 kuNovemba 1889
Ngaphaya koko, ngelixa umntu enokuba nombono wesizathu sobuqhetseba (nangona ingcamango yenkohliso yokukhuthaza idolophu entsha yomda ayizange ikhankanywe ngomnye umbhali, ababhali baphandwa), abantu ababandakanyekayo babesoloko bechazwa njengabemi bomgangatho kuluntu. , yaye babenyanisekile ngamazwi abo.
Kukho, nangona kunjalo, kuhlala kukho ithuba lokuba yonke into ayifani njengoko ibonakala ngathi. Mhlawumbi asisoze sazi ngokuqinisekileyo, kodwa oku kuninzi esikwaziyo: ukuba okufunyenweyo bekuvela kwindawo yejoloji apho kulindeleke khona izinto zakudala zabantu, bekuya kubakho impikiswano encinci ebandakanyekayo. Ke ngoko, ithiyori zangoku zendaleko kunye nethayimthebhile yejoloji eyoluliweyo akufuneki ithintele ukwamkelwa kwezinto zakudala zabantu okanye amathambo afunyenwe kwistratum apho “ubulumko” besiqhelo buthintela.
