Kūleʻa nā kānaka hulihonua ʻAmelika ma luna o nā mea i loaʻa iā Neolithic a me Graeco-Roman ma Fayoum, ʻAigupita

(eTN) - Ua ʻike ʻia kahi misionari archaeological ʻAmelika mai ke Kulanui o Kaleponi, Los Angeles (UCLA) i kahi noho Neolithic kokoke paʻa a me nā koena o kahi kauhale Graeco-Roman ma Faiyum, ʻoiai e hana ana i kahi noiʻi magnetic. Ua hoʻolaha ʻia kēia ʻike i kēia lā e ke Kuhina Moʻomeheu ʻAigupita ʻo Farouk Hosni.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kauka Zahi Hawass, ke kākau ʻōlelo nui o ka Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), ua ʻike ʻia kēia mea i ʻike ʻia i ka wā e nānā ana ka hui i ke kahua i ka wā e aʻo ana i ka piʻi ʻana o nā pae wai o ka loko, kahi i uhi ʻia ai nā mea waiwai i nā mika o ka loko. sediment a i ʻole i hoʻoneʻe ʻia e ka ʻeli ʻana.

Ua ʻeli mua ʻia kēia kahua e Gertrude Caton-Thompson i ka makahiki 1925, nāna i loaʻa kekahi mau koena Neolithic. I kēia manawa, akā naʻe, ua hōʻike ʻia ka ʻimi hoʻokalakupua i ʻoi aku ka nui o ka noho ʻana ma mua o ka mea i manaʻo ʻia, a me nā koena o nā pā pōhaku lepo a me nā ʻāpana pālolo.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kauka Willeke Wendrich o UCLA ua manaʻo ʻia ka Faiyum Neolithic i hoʻokahi manawa akā e loli paha kēia manaʻo ma muli o ka hōʻike ʻana o nā hopena o ke aʻo ʻana e pili ana ia i nā manawa like ʻole i ka wā Neolithic.

I mea e hoʻomaopopo ai i ka hoʻolālā ʻana o ke kauhale Roma ʻo Qaret Al-Rusas, ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau hikina o Lake Qarun, me ka ʻole o ka ʻeli ʻana, ua hoʻokō ka misionari i kahi loiloi magnetic. Hōʻike ka palapala ʻāina i nā laina pā a me nā alanui ma kahi ʻano orthogonal maʻamau o ka wā Graeco-Roma.

ʻO nā haʻawina mua, wahi a Wendrich, ua hōʻike ʻia ua uhi ʻia ke kahua e ka wai o Lake Qarun i kahi manawa ʻike ʻole ʻia a no ka manawa ʻike ʻole ʻia, ʻoiai ʻaʻole wale ka ʻili i hoʻopaʻa ʻia akā ua uhi ʻia nā ipu lepo a me nā limestone me kahi papa mānoanoa o ka calcium carbonate. , ka mea maʻamau e hōʻike ana i kahi kū o 30-40cm hohonu wai.

Ua hoʻonui ʻia ka hana a ka misionari i Karanis ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o ka puʻuwai Faiyum kahi e ʻike ʻia ai nā koena o kahi kūlanakauhale Graeco-Roman. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Kauka Hawass, i ka ʻeli ʻana o kahi hui mai ke Kulanui o Michigan i ka pūnaewele ma waena o 1926 a me 1935, ʻike lākou i nā hale i ke kūlana maikaʻi loa me nā koena mea ola i ola i nā makahiki. Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole i hoʻihoʻi ʻia ka pūnaewele, a kuhikuhi ʻo Wendrich i ka hōʻino ʻana i nā hale i kumu ʻia e ka ua a me ka ʻino ʻana o ka makani. ʻO nā ʻeli ʻana ma ia wahi i ʻike ʻole ʻia nā koena o kahi kahawai kahiko a i ʻole loko. I kēlā manawa, ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia inā aia kēia puna wai maʻemaʻe ma ka ʻaoʻao o ke kūlanakauhale a i ʻole i nā makahiki i hala.

ʻO ke kumu nui o ka noiʻi ʻana ʻo ia ka hoʻomaopopo maikaʻi ʻana i nā koena archaeological a me zoo-archaeological ma Karanis i kahi pōʻaiapili maikaʻi, a me ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ke ola a me nā hana hoʻokele waiwai o ka poʻe i noho ma Karanis ma Fayoum.