Wani sabon bincike ya nuna cewa kayan aikin ƙarfe guda biyu (ƙananan ƙasa da kuma munduwa) a cikin Treasure of Villena an yi su ne ta hanyar amfani da ƙarfe na meteoritic na ƙasa. Wannan yana nuna cewa an samar da Taskar a cikin Late Bronze Age kafin samar da ƙarfe na ƙasa ya fara daga baya a zamanin Iron Age.
Taskar Villena, wani nau'i na musamman na nau'i 66 na karafa daban-daban, ana daukar shi a matsayin mafi mahimmancin kayan tarihi a Turai. An gano dukiyar a cikin 1963 kusa da birnin Villena a lardin Alicante na Spain kuma an baje shi a cikin gidan kayan tarihi na José María Soler na gida. An boye gawarwakin shekaru 3,000 da suka gabata kuma na zamanin Bronze Age. Koyaya, kasancewar guntun ƙarfe guda biyu na ƙarfe (wul ɗin maras nauyi da kuma munduwa) a cikin Taskar ya sa mutane da yawa sun rage tarihin zuwa ƙarshen Bronze Age ko farkon shekarun ƙarfe. Wanda ya gano asali kuma ya lura da 'siffar ƙarfe' na guda biyun. Don haka, buƙatar tabbatar da gano baƙin ƙarfe.
An ba da shawarar yin nazarin abubuwa biyu tare da "siffar ƙarfe" don sanin ko an yi su da ƙarfe na ƙasa. Idan an same shi da ƙarfe na ƙasa, to Taskar ta kasance ta Late Bronze ko farkon zamanin ƙarfe. Asalin meteoritic, a gefe guda yana nufin kwanan wata a cikin Late Bronze.
Iron mai siffar meteorite ya samo asali ne daga sararin samaniya kuma ana samunsa a wasu nau'ikan meteorites da ke faɗuwa zuwa Duniya daga sararin samaniya . Sun ƙunshi ƙarfe-nickel gami (Fe-Ni) tare da sinadarin nickel mai canzawa wanda galibi ya fi 5% da sauran ƙananan abubuwan da ba a iya gani kamar cobalt (Co). Yawancin meteorites na Fe-Ni suna da tsarin Widsmanstätten wanda za a iya gane shi ta hanyar nazarin ƙarfe na sabon samfurin ƙarfe. A gefe guda kuma, tsarin ƙarfe na ƙasa da aka samu daga raguwar ma'adanai da ake samu a Duniya ya bambanta. Yana da ƙarancin nickel ko babu wanda za a iya gano shi ta hanyar nazari. Ana iya nazarin bambance-bambancen da ke cikin abun da ke ciki da ƙananan tsarin a dakin gwaje-gwaje don tantance ko wani ƙarfe an yi shi ne da ƙarfe mai siffar meteorite na waje ko ƙarfe na ƙasa.
Masu binciken sunyi nazarin samfuran da aka fitar. Sakamakon binciken ya goyi bayan ra'ayin cewa guda biyu na baƙin ƙarfe (wato hula da munduwa) a cikin Treasure of Villena an yi su ne da ƙarfe na meteoritic saboda haka tarihin Late Bronze Age kafin farkon samar da ƙarfe na ƙasa. Koyaya, ana buƙatar ƙarin gwaje-gwaje don haɓaka ƙimar tabbas.
Amfani da ƙarfe mai faɗi a cikin Taskar Villena ba wani abu bane na musamman. An gano ƙarfe mai faɗi a cikin kayan tarihi daga wasu wuraren tarihi a Turai kamar a kan kibiya a Mörigen (Switzerland).
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References:
- Majalisar yawon bude ido. Taskar Villena da José María Soler Archaeological Museum. Akwai a https://turismovillena.com/portfolio/treasure-of-villena-and-archaeological-museum-jose-maria-soler/?lang=en
- Rovira-Llorens, S. ., Renzi, M., & Montero Ruiz, I. (2023). Iron Meteoritic a cikin Taskar Villena ?. Trabajos De Prehistoria, 80(2), e19. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3989/tp.2023.12333
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 in the Treasure of Villena were made using extra-terrestrial meteoritic iron. This suggests that the Treasure was produced in the Late Bronze Age before the production of terrestrial iron started later in the Iron Age.){kind=link}