Izinsalela zomgwaqo wamatshe oshone weminyaka engu-7,000 watholakala ngasogwini lwaseCroatia

Amanxiwa acwilisiwe omgwaqo oneminyaka engu-7,000 ubudala acashe ngaphansi kwamanzi ogwini lwesiqhingi saseCroatia i-Korčula. Isakhiwo se-Neolithic sake saxhuma isiqhingi nomhlaba wasendulo, wokwenziwa.

Abavubukuli bamemezele ukutholakala “kwezakhiwo eziyinqaba” kuFacebook ngomhlaka-6 Meyi 2023, bezichaza njengezinsalela zomgwaqo osezicwilile cishe ngamamitha angu-16 ngaphansi koLwandle i-Adriatic.

Umgwaqo uqukethe “izingcwecwe zamatshe ezipakishwe ngokucophelela” ezingaba amafidi angu-13 ububanzi. Izigxobo zamatshe zazigqitshwe udaka phakathi nenkulungwane yeminyaka. Abavubukuli bacabanga ukuthi umgwaqo wamatshe wakhiwa i-Hvar, isiko lasolwandle elalahleka elalihlala endaweni ngesikhathi seNeolithic (4 BC kuya ku-6,000 BC).

"Siphinde sathola izitsha zobumba ezihlotshiswe sekwephuzile ze-Neolithic, imbazo yetshe, izinto ezenziwe ngamathambo, imimese yetshe letsheza nezinhloko zemicibisholo," etshela uMate Parica, uprofesa osizayo eMnyangweni Wemivubukulo eNyuvesi yaseZadar eCroatia owabamba iqhaza ekumbeni. “Okutholwe izitsha zobumba kusisize ukuthi siveze ukuthi le ndawo ihlobene nesiko lamaHvar.”

Abavubukuli bacabanga ukuthi umgwaqo wake wawuxhumanisa indawo eseduze yaseHvar, ebizwa ngokuthi iSoline, neKorčula. Abavubukuli bathola i-Soline, nayo ecwile emanzini kodwa eyake yahlala endaweni yokwenziwa, ngo-2021 ngesikhathi socwaningo lwangaphambili lwemivubukulo. Ngokhuni lwe-radiocarbon-dating olutholwe endaweni, banqume ukuthi izinsuku zokuhlala zicishe zibe ngu-4,900 BC, ngokusho kwesitatimende esihunyushiwe.

"Abantu bahamba kulo mgwaqo cishe eminyakeni eyi-7,000 edlule," kusho iNyuvesi yaseZadar esitatimendeni se-Facebook mayelana nokutholakala kwayo kwakamuva.

Lena akuyona ukuphela kwemfihlo uKorčula abelokhu eyigcina. Ithimba elifanayo labacwaningi lithole enye indawo ehlala ngaphansi kwamanzi ngakolunye uhlangothi lwesiqhingi efana ngokumangalisayo ne-Soline futhi ekhiqiza izinto zobuciko ze-Stone Age.