Wahi a nā kānaka noiʻi ua loaʻa iā lākou ka hōʻike hōʻike kuhi hewa ʻole o ka mea a lākou e manaʻo ai he hana nui a Phoenician e hana ana i kahi pūnaewele ma waho o ke kahakai ʻo Carmel ma Haifa, kahi i hana ai ka poʻe holoholo kahiki i kahi waihoʻoluʻu poni a ʻimi nui ʻia i ka wā Iron.
ʻO kahi hoʻokele nui no nā ʻoihana waiwai o ka manawa, ua kāʻili ʻia ke kala mai nā nīnihi kai liʻiliʻi i ʻike ʻia ʻo Murex trunculus. He kākaʻikahi loa ka paʻakikī a paʻakikī hoʻi e hana a mālama ʻia ia mea no ka mōʻī wale nō.
I ka hala ʻana o ka manawa, ua nalowale ke ʻano hana o ka hana ʻana i ka kala kūikawā.
"I ko mākou ʻike he pena ʻulaʻula maoli ia, maopopo koke iā mākou he pilina ikaika loa o ka pūnaewele me nā wahi ʻē aʻe ..." ʻO ke haumāna kauka kauka o Haifa University ʻo Golan Shalvi, nāna i alakaʻi i nā ʻeli ʻana ma lalo o ke alakaʻi a Prof. Ayelet Gilboa, i haʻi aku i ka Media Laina.
ʻO ke kala, i ʻōlelo ʻo Shalvi, "pipiʻi loa. He waiho aliʻi ia no nā poʻe aliʻi. "
Ua maopopo ʻo Shalvi i ka wā o ka Iron Age, ʻo ka pūnaewele kahi mea nui loa no ka hana kala ʻulaʻula i ka Levant kahiko, i hōʻea i kai o ke Kaiwaenahonua mai kahi i kapa ʻia ʻo Suria ma o Lebanona a me Israel i kēia lā.
Ua hana nā ʻākoakoa mai ka Zinman Institute of Archeology ma ke Kulanui ʻo Haifa i nā ʻeli hou ʻekolu mau makahiki ma ka pūnaewele Tel Shikmona ma waena o 2010 a me 2013, e lawe ana i kahi i haʻalele ai ʻo Dr. Yosef Elgavis, ka mea i ʻeli ma laila mai 1963-1977.
Ma muli o kā lākou loaʻa ʻana o ka nui o nā pā pā ipu i pena ʻia me ka pena ʻulaʻula, a me nā mea i loaʻa ʻia, ua manaʻo nā kānaka hulikoehana o ke kulanui he kūlanakauhale nui ʻo Byzantine o 100 mau dunams (24 mau eka), me kahi hale waihoʻoluʻu poni ma ka kikowaena o kāna kālepa.
Ua wehe lākou i 30 mau ipu ipu lepo i hoʻāʻo ʻia i kemika e hōʻoia i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o ke kala; he nui o nā spindle whorls (kahi mea ulana kahiko); a me nā kaupaona loom, a nā mea noiʻi i hōʻike ai e hana ana nā lole lole a me nā hulu hipa ma laila.
Hoʻohui ʻia, loaʻa nā moku he nui i lawe ʻia mai Kupero ma ka pūnaewele.
Ke hōʻike mau ʻia nei nā mea hana ma ka National Maritime Museum ma Haifa.
'Saidleloʻo Shalvi i ka manawa mua, ua nīnau ka hui i kahi o ka hale hana. ʻOiai aia ma kahakai, ʻaʻohe ona wahi no ka heleuma. Manaʻo ʻo ia ua huki ʻia ka poʻe Phoenika ma ia wahi no ka mea he wahi koʻa koʻa i lilo i wahi ulu nui no nā hake Murex.
"ʻO nā ʻeli ʻana e hoʻomālamalama i ka wā Baibala e hoʻokipa ʻia e mākou. I kēlā me kēia manawa ke ʻike ʻoe i kekahi mea Baibala he pīhoihoi ia, "wahi a Kauka Baruch Sterman, ka mea hui pū o ka Ptil Tekhelet Association, ka mea e hana ana i ka waihoʻoluʻu polū kūikawā i hoʻohana ʻia no nā lole haipule i komo i loko o ke kaiāulu Iudaio ma o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka mea i manaʻo ʻia he mau ʻano hana like me nā mea i hoʻohana ʻia e ka poʻe Poenikia ma Tel Shikmona.
"ʻO kēia mau kaʻina hana a pau e pono ai i nā poʻe dyer kahiko e aʻo i alakaʻi iā mākou e manaʻo he akamai loa lākou a he loea hoʻi," i ʻōlelo ʻo Sterman i ka Media Line. "He kemika kā mākou i kēia lā akā ua hoʻokolokolo a ua hewa lākou, a me ka nui o ke ahonui."
Ma lalo o ka mōʻī Roma ʻo Justinian, ua pāpā ʻia ka poʻe mai ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā polū aliʻi a me nā poni i hana ʻia mai nā nīnū, ua hoʻohui ʻo ia. ʻO nā Iudaio i ʻaʻa i ka pena i ko lākou mau lole no ka mālama ʻana i kahi ʻaoʻao haipule ua hoʻoweliweli lākou i ko lākou ola e hana pēlā, e hōʻike ana i ke koʻikoʻi o ke kala i ka honua kahiko.
na: SHANNA FULD
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