Ua hōʻike ʻo Adrian Marsden ka mea kālaihonua Pelekane i nā hopena o kahi noiʻi o kahi waiwai i loaʻa i kekahi mau makahiki i hala ma Norfolk County. ʻO nā mea waiwai loa i loaʻa he ʻumi mau kālā gula Roma - aureus, i hana ʻia i ka wā o Octavian Augustus. Manaʻo ka mea noiʻi ua kanu ʻia ka waiwai i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kenekulia mua AD, ʻelua mau makahiki ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka naʻi ʻana o Roma ma Pelekane. Wahi a kāna mau manaʻo, ua like kēia huina me ka uku makahiki ʻelua o ka legionnaire. Hōʻike ʻia kēia ma kahi ʻatikala i paʻi ʻia ma The Searcher magazine.
I nā ʻāina he nui, pāpā ʻia ka hana ʻana i ka noiʻi archaeological kahua me ka ʻole o ka ʻae kūikawā - he pepa wehe. Eia kekahi, no ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻano ʻenehana o ka ʻimi ʻana, no ka laʻana, nā mea ʻike metala a i ʻole nā radar, e hoʻopaʻi ʻia ka mea lawehala. Me he mea lā he mea pono kēia kaohi, no ka mea, ʻaʻole ʻo ka artifact wale nō ka mea nui i nā archaeologists (ʻoiai inā e pau ia me lākou, ʻaʻole e noho i kahi hōʻiliʻili pilikino), akā ʻo ka pōʻaiapili i loaʻa ai. Ua piha nā ʻimi ʻimi ʻana me ka luku ʻole ʻia o nā monuments a me nā papa moʻomeheu, ma ke ala, hiki ke waiho wale i kahi mau kenimika mai ka ʻili hou. Akā ʻaʻole i loaʻa kēlā pāpā i nā ʻāina āpau. No laila, ulu nui ka archeology amateur ma Denmark, kahi i loaʻa ai kahi hapa nui o nā mea waiwai i ka Viking Age (1, 2, 3). Hana i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā mea kahiko a me nā kamaʻāina o UK. No ka laʻana, i ka makahiki i hala ua hōʻike ʻia ua loaʻa ʻo Briton Kat Giles i ka ʻehā o ka waiwai Viking Age ma ka Isle of Man i ʻekolu makahiki.
Ua hōʻike ʻo Adrian Marsden mai ke Kulanui o Oxford i nā hopena o kahi noiʻi o kahi waiwai i loaʻa i kekahi mau makahiki i hala aku nei ma ka moku Pelekane ʻo Norfolk. Ma 2017, kokoke i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Norwich, ua ʻike ʻo Damon lāua ʻo Denise Pye i kahi kālā kahiko, a ukali ʻia e nā mea hana hou: ʻoi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi haneli mau ʻāpana keleawe Roma i hana ʻia i nā kenekulia ʻekolu o ko mākou au, ʻelua denarii, he mau brooches Roma a me kahi stater kahiko. . Ua hōʻike ʻia nā kiʻi lewa ma ke kahua o nā mea i ʻike ʻia ua kūkulu ʻia paha kahi puʻu ma kēia kahua i ka Bronze Age, kahi i hoʻohana ʻia ma hope e hana i kahi huna kālā.
ʻO nā mea nui i loaʻa he mau kālā i hoʻopuehu ʻia ma kahi wahi liʻiliʻi. Wahi a Marsden, ʻaʻohe kānalua he hoʻopaʻa hoʻokahi lākou. ʻO ia ka aureus - nā kālā gula Roma kahiko i hoʻopuka ʻia i ka wā o ka mōʻī Roma mua ʻo Octavian Augustus (27 BC - 14 AD). Ua hana ʻia nā kālā a pau ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Lungdum (ʻo Farani Lyon i kēia manawa). I kēia lā, ua ʻike ʻia he ʻumi o ia mau mea waiwai a ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei ʻo Marsden e loaʻa hou aku. Aia paha ma lalo o ka lepo i palau ʻia ka pahu i waiho mua ʻia ai kēia mau ʻāpana.
Manaʻo ka mea kālaihonua ua kanu ʻia ka waiwai i nā makahiki mua o ka 1st century AD, ma kahi o kahi hanauna ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka hoʻopio ʻana o Roma iā Beretania (43 AD). I kēlā manawa, noho ka ʻohana Celtic Iceni ma Norfolk, nona ka alakaʻi i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kenekulia 1 he hoa pili o Roma. Ua ʻike ka mea aʻoaʻo ʻaʻole i loaʻa pinepine nā kālā gula Roma i East Anglia, ʻoiai ma hope o ka pio ʻana o ka mokupuni. I kona manaʻo, ua like nā ʻumi aureses i ʻike ʻia me nā aureses ʻeiwa i loaʻa i kahi legionnaire ma ke ʻano he uku makahiki i ka waena o ke kenekulia 1. Akā ʻo ka mea hope, ma muli o ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka lako, ua koi ʻia e hoʻolilo ma kahi o ʻelima mau keneta no ka meaʻai, nā lako a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. No laila, ua like ka waiwai i ʻike ʻia me ka uku makahiki ʻelua o ke koa.
Kiʻi: Adrian Marsden / The Searcher, 2022
