Eqinisweni noma Fiction?
Imigqa ye-Ley, ekupheleni kokuyisisekelo, ukulungiswa kwezindawo. Lezi zingaba zendawo, izenzakalo zomlando noma zezinganekwane-kuxhomeke kakhulu kulokho okushiwo yiloyory lineory. Noma noma ngabe uyabiza ngokuthi "izintambo" (okuyizona "imigqa" kakade), njengoba umtholi wabo (noma umsunguli) enza. Ekuqaleni kwenkambiso ye-ley line yesimanje, izindawo ezisekelwe kuphela (ezibonakalayo) ezinjengezikhumbuzo zasendulo kanye nemigqomo yamatshe, iziqongo zemvelo nezindawo zamanzi zazifanelekile.
Lezi yizindawo lapho u-archaeologist wamathambo u-Alfred Watkins ehlangene nalokho ayekubiza ngokuthi "izingodo" (kusukela ngo-1921, ezincwadini zakhe ezithi "Early British Trackways" ne "The Old Straight Track").
U-Alfred Watkins nokutholakala kweLeys
Igama kanye nemibono yethu yanamuhla yemigqa eqondile yaqala ngo-Alfred Watkins. Ngesikhathi ehola emithonjeni yangaphambili futhi efunda mayelana nokuqondanisa kwezinkanyezi zasendaweni zasendulo (ezifana nalabo abathola khona, bathi, i- Newgrange noma i- Stonehenge ), ukubheka kwakhe siqu ngaseBlackwardine e-Herefordshire kwaqala ngo-1921 futhi kwakhiwa isisekelo semfundiso yakhe. Bafika kuye njengohlobo lwembukiso yangezelelwe, futhi wayengabaza ekuqaleni, hhayi ngokuthembela imephu yakhe yodwa. Ukuhlola kusuka endaweni ephezulu, wathola ukuthi imigwaqo, ama-ford, amatshe amile, imiphambano yendlela, izimbambo, izinqaba zamagquma namasonto asendulo (ikakhulukazi emakhulwini) ayebonakala ehambelana ngendlela eyakha umkhondo oqondile ezweni.
Umzila okwakhiwa ngaleyo ndlela wawuthiwa "u-ley" yiWatkins ("imigqa eqondile" ngaleyo ndlela i-tautology ephindaphindiwe) -ningi emigqeni efunyanwa nguye nje idlula ezindaweni ezinamagama aqukethe isichazamazwi esithi "ley" (noma ukuhluka kwezipela ). Ngombono wakhe, "izinhlamvu" zabekwe "abakwa-dodmen" ukusiza abahambi abahamba ngezindawo ezihlala emahlathini.
Ukuthi ezinye izindlela zaqhubeka (futhi empeleni zigijima) kulezi zici zazibufakazi obengeziwe kuWatkins.
Kuyinto ephawulekayo ukuthi iWatkins ibona njengendlela "inethiwekhi yomgwaqo" enezinsika, akukho lutho. Kumele futhi kugcinwe engqondweni ukuthi izintambo zikaWatkins zazingekho emgwaqweni omkhulu ukusuka ku-Land's End kuya kuJohn O'Groats , kodwa izindaba zendawo.
Ukuhlelwa kabusha kokusungulwa
Kodwa-ke, inkolelo yakhe yayidutshulwe yi-archaeologists ethemlando-isazi-ikakhulukazi ngesisekelo sokuthi izindawo zasemaphandleni ezihlolwe zinezinto eziningi (mhlawumbe) ezifanele futhi ukuthi noma yiliphi igridi elinokusiza ngokukhululekile kwamaphuzu afakwe ngokungahleliwe kuyoba nenani elikhulu "ukuqondanisa". Ngokuyinhloko, impikiswano ngokumelene nezinyathelo ziyahamba, kungenzeka ukuthi konke kube ngaphansi kwengozi. Yikuphi "okwafakazelwa" yi-archaeologist eyaziwa ngokuthi "izinyathelo zocingo" uRichard Atkinson "othole" ngokujoyina amachashazi amaka amabhokisi efoni ebalazweni. Ukungqubuzana okuphikisanayo kungase kubonise ukuthi amabhokisi ocingweni ngokuvamile abekwe eceleni kwemigwaqo ebaluleke kunayo yonke, engase iphinde isebenze kumathambo asendulo ...
Kuze kube yilona iphuzu: kuyilapho u-Alfred Watkins 'inkolelo yezinyawo ngesikhathi esisodwa ethakazelisayo futhi ekhungathekisa, ayizange ivezwe. ke-ke futhi akunakwenzeka ukufakazela ukungabi khona kwezinto.
Ukubuyiselwa Kweminyaka Entsha
Ngesikhathi umsebenzi wokuqala waseWatkins wawungasetshenziswanga ngokujulile emibuthanweni efundisiwe ngemuva kweminyaka embalwa, isithakazelo esisha emibonweni yakhe safika ekuqaliseni kwe-Age of Aquarius.
Ngomnyaka we-1969 umlobi uJohn Michell wabuyela ngokuzenzekelayo ngokuthi "imilayezo enamahloni" njengesihloko sokutadisha, manje esinomqondo ocacile oyingqayizivele neNew Age.
U-Michell wathatha i-Watkins 'phansi-to-earth theory kusukela endaweni yangakini eya ezingeni lomhlaba wonke, exutshwe ngomthamo we-feng shui waseChina (okungenani njengoba uqondwa noma uhunyushwa eNtshonalanga) futhi wadala inguqulo ephakeme kakhulu engqondweni yomqondo oyisisekelo, okuyinto yamukelwa futhi yandiswa ngabanye abalobi abaningi futhi isetshenziselwa kokubili izindawo zasendaweni zendawo kanye nokufinyelela okude kakhulu, ukulungiswa kwezwekazi jikelele. Yikuphi, lapho kuhlolisiswa ngentshiseko futhi encane kakhulu, ngokuvamile kuvame ukulala ngokweqile ngenxa yokuthola ibalazwe noma izinkinga zokufunda (i-globe ayithethi, ngemva kwakho konke) futhi ayikho iphuzu elilinganayo ngamamayela (ngenxa yokudweba kwamamephu amancane phakathi "amaphuzu" ubukhulu bamazwe amancane).
Ngenkathi i-Watkins 'inkolelo engaqiniseki futhi ingenabufakazi obubonakalayo bokusekela, izinkolelo zikaMichell (nokunye okuningi ngakho-ke labo abahlala bengabonakali kakhulu kubalandeli bakhe besikhathi sokugcina) bavame ukuthembela ekubalukeleni okubalulekile kwamaphuzu athile kanye nomunye uhlelo lokukholelwa. Kusukela ku-archeology yama-amateur nokubukwa kwezwe, imigqa egcweleyo iqhubekele phambili esimweni esivela esontweni.
Ama-Irish Leys?
Ekugcineni noma yikuphi isivakashi e-Ireland singahle sibone ukulingana okukhulu (endaweni yaseWatkins), kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ukubeka amathrekhi asendulo, noma ngaphezulu, kuningi kunalokho okubonwa ngumbukeli. Kodwa kuyindlela ejabulisayo yokuhlola umhlaba-futhi kungenzeka ungalokothi wazi ukuthi iyiphi indawo ekhangayo okulandelayo okungakuqondisa.