Umtshina wensimbi uthole inqwaba yezinto zamaRoma ne-Iron Age ezigcinwe ngendlela engavamile eminyakeni engu-2,000 edlule ensimini yaseMonmouthshire, isifunda esiseningizimu-mpumalanga yeWales.
Umtshina wensimbi uJon Matthews wathola lezi zinto, ezasukela ezinkulungwaneni zeminyaka edlule, ensimini ese-Llantrisant Fawr ngo-2019. Okutholwe amaRoma, manje osekumenyezelwe ngokusemthethweni njengengcebo, kungase kuphakamise indawo yokuhlala engakatholwa endaweni, ngokusho kochwepheshe.
Lokhu okutholiwe kufaka phakathi ibhodwe lamaRoma kanye nentaba yebhakede leCeltic, eqale yavela njengeqoqo le-bloc lamagugu angcwatshiwe. Ngokombiko wabezindaba, abavubukuli bathola ukuthi izinto zobuciko ezineminyaka engu-2,000 XNUMX zaziyi-Iron Age kanye nezitsha zobumba zaseRoma zakuqala. Endle, kutholwe izinto zobuciko eziyisishiyagalombili, okuhlanganisa nezingcezu ezimbili eziphelele.
Izinto zobuciko cishe zangcwatshwa ndawonye “ngesikhathi sokunqotshwa kwamaRoma, engxenyeni yesibili yekhulu lokuqala AD,” kusho ukukhululwa. Phakathi kwezinto ezitholakele kwakukhona isitsha esithakazelisayo esihlotshiswe ngobuso benkabi, njengoba kubonakala kwesinye sezithombe. Inkabi enamehlo abanzi enezimpondo ezikhotheme iboniswa emklamo wensimbi oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka. Ukhipha udebe lwakhe olungezansi noma umhlathi ku-loop efana nesibambo.
“Angikaze ngiyibone into enje. Ngangingacabangi ukuthi okhokho bethu bangenza into enhle, enhle kangaka. Ngethuka kakhulu. Ngizizwa ngihloniphekile ngokuthola into eyingqayizivele exhumene neWales nokhokho bethu,” kusho uMatthews etshela iWales Online.
Ithimba labavubukuli laqamba inkabi ngokuthi “Bovril,” kusho u-Adelle Bricking, umvubukuli owasebenza ekumbeni. Kusho Bricking. “Cabanga nje ukumangala kwethu lapho siphuma odakeni futhi sidalula ubuso obuncane bukaBovril obuthandekayo !!!” wabhala.
Uphenyo olwalandela olwenziwe ngochwepheshe abavela ku-Portable Antiquities Scheme e-Wales (PAS Cymru) kanye no-Amgueddfa Cymru kwembule isamba semikhumbi emibili ephelele neyisithupha eyizicucu. Phakathi kokutholwe kwakunezinsalela zamathangi amabili okhuni, ibhakede le-Iron Age elalihlotshiswe ngezinto ezixutshwa nethusi, isitsha sengxube yethusi se-Iron Age, i-cauldron, nesisefo, kanye namasoso amabili engxubevange yethusi yaseRoma.
“Ngizizwa ngihloniphekile ngokuthola into eyingqayizivele exhumene neWales nokhokho bethu,” kusho uMatthews.
U-Alastair Willis, umnakekeli omkhulu e-Amgueddfa Cymru, yathi, “Ukutholakala kweqoqo lezinhlamvu ezimbili endaweni eyodwa nasezindaweni eziseduze nedolobha laseRoma eCaerwent, kuyajabulisa futhi kuyaphawuleka. Imiphumela yenhlolovo ye-geophysical eyenziwe iphakamisa ukuba khona kwendawo yokuhlala engaziwa ngaphambilini noma indawo yezenkolo lapho amaqoqo ezinhlamvu zemali angcwatshwa khona. Lokhu kukhanyisa ukuphila ezindaweni ezisemaphandleni eduze nedolobha laseRoma i-Venta Silurum. Okutholakele kubalulekile ekuqondeni izenzakalo ezenzeka eningizimu-mpumalanga yeWales ngesikhathi lapho amaRoma ehamba, ekuqaleni kwekhulu lesihlanu AD.”
