Your verts & turkey tracks were multi use for sharpening and also wedge building many of the holes were for storage and molding. Poles ran from ground to sandstone holes fixed above. skins were then wrapped. the inner wall hole was the centerline mounts. Many Siberian natives still practise these techniques currently. I live near probably the most significant known mound in the US those also were used to navigate from seasonally. Very cool👍
I’m sure you probably have but, the peacefulness insect sounds make me want to just sit in there, close my eyes and try to let my mind take me back to the time when they were there!!! It’s hard to imagine how it would have been that long ago. No technology, fewer people and just… ahh! Thank you for sharing your video, it is very relaxing and BEAUTIFUL!
Usually that time of year, late September through the first half of November in the Southern woodlands it sounds like that, quiet with lots of soothing crickets around, and we have plenty of warm fronts that time of year to go camping at night.
As a boy growing up in Tennessee you could find huge flint spear points in plowed tobacco fields after a good spring rain. You had about a month between plowing and planting to search. Farmers didn't care but after they plant STAY OUT. I would say that the carvings are a calendar. The long line probably represents the equinox and deer hunting and the autumn full moons as well as the sun's position as the seasons progress. It would be interesting to see if the sun actually beams down on the face of the carvings.
It is a beautiful place. We have had a huge influx of people moving here and they are tearing up & developing a lot of Greenspaces. It’s a battle right now. The hospitable culture and wild spaces is what makes it great. Money & greed are what we are fighting.
@@warriorwoman5422 North Alabama to, nothing but nonstop apartment buildings and strip malls, more rock quarries and neighborhoods being built on the sides of mountains.
Yes I live in East Tennessee its such a beautiful area but between the tourist the new combers and all the illegals things are changing I don't like it much don't mind the tourist they bring great income to the area but the illegals and new comers are driving the housing market to skyrocket plus job paid more 4 years ago then they do now illegals will work super cheap. Whata going on I'm today's America is doing anyone any good.
I so enjoyed this video! Warmest and most abundant thanks for sharing this. We're so fortunate to have these reminders of our ancestors and their lives.
This is beautiful. I would love to try to visit this site. I am in Sequatchie County Tennessee.. I will try to find this State Park area you are talking about in this video. Great job and explanations...thanks
Thank you! Looks like a beautiful place. The glyphs and markings made me imagine looking out of the cave at night, thru the bare winter branches with the starts peaking thru...
I wasn't aware of this location. I appreciate you taking the time to take the video. I am going to share it with a geophysicist who is a petroglyph enthusiast, hopefully he can provide some insight.
This takes my breath away it’s incredible beautiful I’m blessed that you share this thank you so much I’m learning about my history of native Indians blood line
Fantastic video. I’m from Ontario Canada. I have travelled through Tennessee, and absolutely love that states the area, Urian kind of reminds me of Mammoth Cave, which I have travelled to in Kentucky. Awesome to see this precious sight!!!
SWEET. I collect Native American artifacts. They were all legally found, Surface Finds. I collect them to preserve history. Thank you so much for sharing this.
I find a few arrowheads. Just walking along lake & stream shores. My great uncle found a honey pit in a field after it was plowed up right on a Bluff above a stream that turned into a river in flood season. Boxes of artifacts. I'm not sure which tribe these artifacts were from.
This video is so interesting! The carving with the circle at the bottom with "tails" trailing upward, reminds me of a comet. I live in the North Georgia mountains and have often wondered if the rocky areas here have caves that were used. As a child, I enjoyed gathering flint arrowheads after the garden was plowed.
this is awesome! I had the privilege of driving through TN and AR a few years ago and visiting some of the well-known sites like Petit Jean, Parkin, and Pinson mounds. Would love to come back and see some more of the off-the-beaten-path stuff. I live in MD now but have lived/worked/explored the southwest extensively. I really fell in love with AR and TN when I passed through.
As someone who grew up in the mid west for 31 years I appreciate you posting this. The nostalgia of the land really brought a lot of peace to my heart during my struggles with my health. I'm also eastern native! So thank you so much for all of your time and efforts putting together such a beautiful video to share with us. Blessings and I hope you have a wonderful Christmas and New Years. ❤
Fascinating video - thank you! Also, I have to say you have a wonderful speaking voice - very clear and pleasant with a nice Southern accent. That and the interesting subject make this an outstanding video.
certainly there some "designs" there..but can't help wonder if some of the random holes and grooves aren't the result of using the rock as an abrasive to smooth or sharpen various tools..
I'd say that one ball with the three lines off the back of it with the bigger ball behind the lines could be the moon or sun and comet or asteroid they witnessed or was told about it, or it was a vision of future?kinda looks like the wall is made to look like darkness to me?
I have heard that it is also suspected that they may have had ceremonies here during celestial events as well so that would make sense too. In that corner, there was evidence of fires so the darkenss could be soot from fires and some Aholes recently built another fire in there so that could contribue to it as wel.
Kosmographia on RUclips by Randall Carlson describes an event in the 1800’s of multiple fires to the west of and around the northern portion of the Great Lakes that looked like a broom sweeping everything away. The Great Conflagrations is what episode’s to search for. Interesting stuff that I immediately thought of when I saw the carving y’all are talking about. I also thought of an astrological conjunction, or winter solstice as possible ritual ceremonies. Thanks for the interesting share!
Just came by your channel, thanks for sharing the cool video...2 questions..what's your take on bigfoot, have you ever had any weird instances in the Tennessee woods? Thanks for the video, I really enjoyed it!
HellIo from northern California Mount Shasta area. Thank you for sharing Tennessee s only Excavated site Of petroglyphs. I They are wonderful I definitelywill be looking for more Of your videos!
Kind Thanks for sharing your petroglyphs at that Beautiful place! I live in south east Pennsylvania about 12 miles east of the Susquehanna River where many petroglyphs are carved on the rocks in the middle of the river, which is about a mile wide at this point. It is believed to be the largest concentration of glyphs known on the north east coast. Thanks Again and Many Blessings! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania
First time to your channel. Appreciate your work and enjoyed you showing and teaching us about this exciting shelter. VERY cool. You have me hooked and a new subscriber too. Keep up what you do as you are making a difference in the world !
Thanks! I went in a cave on the Giles and Maury county line probably 40 years ago in Tennessee. It was off Highway 245. We went deep and got nervous about finding our way back. It was interesting. Community Southport. Good video!
Thank you so much for taking me along on your wonderful hike. It is always so exciting to discover and learn about Native Americans. And how beautiful is rock and stone?!
Back in the early 90s used to spend a week paddling the creeks on the Cumberland Plateau. We paddled upper Clear Creek in high water and came across a huge rock house right on the river. I stopped and got out and the nooks and crevasses in there were full of shards and chips. Am sure it gets flooded all the time
Great video. As a descendant of the Cherokee of Georgia, I like to think that one of my distant relatives may have visited that site, and how I would like to myself. Peace ☮️
I imagined later natives using these caves then realised I was looking from a modern white perspective. Native Americans were modern people living in villages. They didn't need to live like cavemen. I guess they might well have sheltered from inclement weather here though. Greetings from Australia.
Great video. After 64 years of roaming Tennessee Cumberlands I am no longer able to hike rough terrain having broken both femurs. Thanks for letting me see this treasure through your lens. And for being such a knowledgeable virtual guide. Enjoy the woods while you can my friends.
Thank you. However, I am very sorry to hear about your femurs and no longer being able to hike. I love the outdoors here in Tennessee as there is so much to do and see. And you are right, enjoy it while we can. Thank you for watching.
Hey🙋🏻♀️ from the other side in WNC at the Foothills. I re-damaged my broken toe today & it’s throbbin’ like a “Son-of-UH-Gun” with “pretty colors” adorning it!😖 So I came across your video with ALL THE FALL COLORS & COOLNESS (UNlike NOW…Summer 🥵), leaves 🍂 CRUNCHING under foot. And then… THEN I HEAR THOSE “LIL DUSK-TIME CRITTERS” DOING THEIR MAGICAL THANG!!! That MAGICAL song that LULLS many of us ASLEEP & LOWERS our blood pressure into the “CALM ZONE”!! I wait to that FALL-TIME be able to OPEN the windows again at night & fall asleep to that “magical music & crisp Fall night air”🤫 😴 Aw…… Thanks for the video, enjoyed it, now I’ll definitely check out some more! ✌🏻
Well done and inspiring. I agree with you, this site was most likely use for ceremony and medicine. It has probably changed over centuries with new generations and visitors--but definitely a great site for spiritual reflection---near a water source, and inspiring location visually. Just imagine visiting the site at night when the trees are bare---I wonder what the skies, stars look like at night at that site. That might provide more insight into any ancient meaning of the site. Those worn niches/holes in the cave wall may have held herbs, poltices, medicine. No part of the animal (be it bear, deer, wolf, eagle, turkey) went unused. All had a purpose.
I would imagine the flora was a lot different 1000 years ago as far as what trees were growing close by etc, maybe the sky was a lot more visible? Thank you for bringing this beautiful place into our lives.
The cupules are interesting (vertical). We have a site by us in AZ that has them in deferent sizes under a over hang in a creek bed and some horizonal too. I go with ceremony -
Thanks for a wonderful video. Could you share which direction the shelter faces? Also, had anyone done any archeoastrology work on the petroglyphs? I have to laugh about the use of the term "ceremonial site". A friend, and fellow tribal member, was the head of a university archeology department and used to tell me that this phrase is archeo-speak for "we have no clue what this was". He said if the public knew this, then they wouldn't have any belief in what is presented as facts. Again, thanks for the video and a any further details.
Very nice vid TAG Caver .... do you know where one might get to see the artifacts of the excavation? Thanks again for the opportunity to come along on your adventure. I am leaving you some pictographs 🦌🐾🖐🏻✋🏻🏹👽😊
Thank you. Very interesting. I hope you are not on that hike alone because it looks like a good place to slip and fall with all of those loose leaves and rocks.
I am moving back to Tennessee from Florida. I will be living in sharps chapel, working in Knoxville, and my father lives in maynardville. Do you have any suggestions for those areas, I'm glad I found your channel it's really cool I am subscribing. Please let me know if you can thank you
Look up the East Tennessee Grotto and the Smoky Mountain Grottos. They are both a good group of folks who meet reguarly in that area. They will be able to help you get underground. I live down in Marion County, about 3 hours south of there (near Chattanooga)!
Really made me do some research of what’s south of Nashville. Been to Chattanooga and didn’t think of what else could be down there. Thanks a lot and really great video. Keep exploring!
I have seen some carvings west in Arizona. The one that has an ‘M’ like mark with circle on top looks like a person. Like maybe ceremony for people lost??? Like a place to grieve for loved ones?
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Tn resident, thanks for showing and educating others on our great state!!
Sweet! Thank you.
The glyphs you pointed out in the turkey tracks looked like tad poles and the other looked like a comet.
Your verts & turkey tracks were multi use for sharpening and also wedge building many of the holes were for storage and molding. Poles ran from ground to sandstone holes fixed above. skins were then wrapped. the inner wall hole was the centerline mounts. Many Siberian natives still practise these techniques currently. I live near probably the most significant known mound in the US those also were used to navigate from seasonally. Very cool👍
I’m sure you probably have but, the peacefulness insect sounds make me want to just sit in there, close my eyes and try to let my mind take me back to the time when they were there!!! It’s hard to imagine how it would have been that long ago. No technology, fewer people and just… ahh! Thank you for sharing your video, it is very relaxing and BEAUTIFUL!
Thank you and oh yes, to just sit there and listen. It is such a peaceful spot.
@@tag_caver Spend the night, bring camera.
Do you have the 👁
Yes luv! Absolutely love to do that in the woods on my property, nothing like it,fireflies, crickets singing ❤️
Usually that time of year, late September through the first half of November in the Southern woodlands it sounds like that, quiet with lots of soothing crickets around, and we have plenty of warm fronts that time of year to go camping at night.
Great job taking us with. Thank you so much for hiking out there. Job well done on the video!
Thank you
As a boy growing up in Tennessee you could find huge flint spear points in plowed tobacco fields after a good spring rain. You had about a month between plowing and planting to search. Farmers didn't care but after they plant STAY OUT. I would say that the carvings are a calendar. The long line probably represents the equinox and deer hunting and the autumn full moons as well as the sun's position as the seasons progress. It would be interesting to see if the sun actually beams down on the face of the carvings.
Your love for the Native American people has made you wise.🙏🏻❤️🕊🐾🦌🎄
You were lucky to have that background. We used to find points (mostly bird) after plowing and a spring rain.
Same up here in Illinois! Got a nice collection!
Same here in Oklahoma & Texas border.
Tennessee is so beautiful. Thanks for the video!
It is a beautiful place. We have had a huge influx of people moving here and they are tearing up & developing a lot of Greenspaces. It’s a battle right now. The hospitable culture and wild spaces is what makes it great. Money & greed are what we are fighting.
@@warriorwoman5422 North Alabama to, nothing but nonstop apartment buildings and strip malls, more rock quarries and neighborhoods being built on the sides of mountains.
Yes I live in East Tennessee its such a beautiful area but between the tourist the new combers and all the illegals things are changing I don't like it much don't mind the tourist they bring great income to the area but the illegals and new comers are driving the housing market to skyrocket plus job paid more 4 years ago then they do now illegals will work super cheap. Whata going on I'm today's America is doing anyone any good.
Looks like a whole bunch of natives watched a meteorite hit
@@mammothriders1325 that is exactly what I noticed
I'm so glad to see vandals haven't destroyed this beautiful piece of history.
I so enjoyed this video! Warmest and most abundant thanks for sharing this. We're so fortunate to have these reminders of our ancestors and their lives.
Thank you
What a great video! You give historical background; you show the site; you explain, and you show scale. Thanks so much.
Thank you
It is amazing that someone named Ronnie or ZGA have not spray painted the whole cave
This is beautiful. I would love to try to visit this site. I am in Sequatchie County Tennessee.. I will try to find this State Park area you are talking about in this video. Great job and explanations...thanks
Thank you! Looks like a beautiful place. The glyphs and markings made me imagine looking out of the cave at night, thru the bare winter branches with the starts peaking thru...
Happy to see these. Glad no one disturbed them
I wasn't aware of this location. I appreciate you taking the time to take the video. I am going to share it with a geophysicist who is a petroglyph enthusiast, hopefully he can provide some insight.
TN resident. Thank you for this video. I just found it. I am fascinated!
Sweet, thank you 😊
Thank you for doing such a great job showing your area.
Thank you
Awesome!!!! I love Tennessee
Me too!
Did you notice the rock above the petroglyphs? It's a perfect horizontal line.. just found that interesting. Great video. Very relaxing. Thank you 🤗
That was the one thing that stood out for me. So happy to know someone else noticed that fact.
cool video !!!!!
My favorite time of year to hike as well as the winter time, of course but I love the sound of the leaves crunching underneath your feet
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That's very interesting. I was born in Tennessee. But raised in California. I know very little about Tennessee. Glad to see something of it. Nice! ❤️
This takes my breath away it’s incredible beautiful I’m blessed that you share this thank you so much I’m learning about my history of native Indians blood line
Thank you and you are welcome. I feel so blessed to live where I do.
Fantastic video. I’m from Ontario Canada. I have travelled through Tennessee, and absolutely love that states the area, Urian kind of reminds me of Mammoth Cave, which I have travelled to in Kentucky. Awesome to see this precious sight!!!
What an awesome find! My dream job would be to work as a Park ranger and see awesome stuff like this all the time! How informative thanks for sharing!
Thank you
Make your dream come true. I think I would have definitely enjoyed that profession. It would be a great job.
Beautiful beautiful beautiful
Thank you!
SWEET. I collect Native American artifacts. They were all legally found, Surface Finds. I collect them to preserve history. Thank you so much for sharing this.
I find a few arrowheads. Just walking along lake & stream shores.
My great uncle found a honey pit in a field after it was plowed up right on a Bluff above a stream that turned into a river in flood season. Boxes of artifacts.
I'm not sure which tribe these artifacts were from.
Yeah try not to go there and steal or vandalize anything.
Thx you for sharing your story
Thank you!
Nice, ❤️ from West Virginia
This video is so interesting! The carving with the circle at the bottom with "tails" trailing upward, reminds me of a comet. I live in the North Georgia mountains and have often wondered if the rocky areas here have caves that were used. As a child, I enjoyed gathering flint arrowheads after the garden was plowed.
Thank you
You should get some rubbings of the spring cave wall. There may be glyphs you can’t see with the naked eye because of the lichen and moss.
Good idea. I just might go do that.
this is awesome! I had the privilege of driving through TN and AR a few years ago and visiting some of the well-known sites like Petit Jean, Parkin, and Pinson mounds. Would love to come back and see some more of the off-the-beaten-path stuff. I live in MD now but have lived/worked/explored the southwest extensively. I really fell in love with AR and TN when I passed through.
We visited Petit Jean a few years back too!
As someone who grew up in the mid west for 31 years I appreciate you posting this. The nostalgia of the land really brought a lot of peace to my heart during my struggles with my health. I'm also eastern native! So thank you so much for all of your time and efforts putting together such a beautiful video to share with us. Blessings and I hope you have a wonderful Christmas and New Years. ❤
Thank you and you as well
Fascinating video - thank you! Also, I have to say you have a wonderful speaking voice - very clear and pleasant with a nice Southern accent. That and the interesting subject make this an outstanding video.
Thank you
Great hike, Thanks! Did you notice the huge serpent head boulder between 15:50" and 15:56"?
I did not, I will have to go back and look for it.
Thank you for this walk & talk on History, Love from the Netherlands
Thank you
certainly there some "designs" there..but can't help wonder if some of the random holes and grooves aren't the result of using the rock as an abrasive to smooth or sharpen various tools..
Thank you very much
I'd say that one ball with the three lines off the back of it with the bigger ball behind the lines could be the moon or sun and comet or asteroid they witnessed or was told about it, or it was a vision of future?kinda looks like the wall is made to look like darkness to me?
I have heard that it is also suspected that they may have had ceremonies here during celestial events as well so that would make sense too. In that corner, there was evidence of fires so the darkenss could be soot from fires and some Aholes recently built another fire in there so that could contribue to it as wel.
Kosmographia on RUclips by Randall Carlson describes an event in the 1800’s of multiple fires to the west of and around the northern portion of the Great Lakes that looked like a broom sweeping everything away. The Great Conflagrations is what episode’s to search for. Interesting stuff that I immediately thought of when I saw the carving y’all are talking about. I also thought of an astrological conjunction, or winter solstice as possible ritual ceremonies. Thanks for the interesting share!
@@iammymusictoo8525 Oh yes, I agree. The more I think about those round holes, I wonder if it were the full moon they were carving.
I love these people I’m Irish ☘️ 👍🙏🙏🙏
Just came by your channel, thanks for sharing the cool video...2 questions..what's your take on bigfoot, have you ever had any weird instances in the Tennessee woods? Thanks for the video, I really enjoyed it!
Thank you. I've never had any Bigfoot experiences. Not sure I believe in it.
14:41 Thank you. I love learning about the Native Americans. I’ve always been intrigued with them. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
You are welcome and thank you.
HellIo from northern California Mount Shasta area. Thank you for sharing Tennessee s only Excavated site Of petroglyphs. I They are wonderful I definitelywill be looking for more Of your videos!
Thank you!
Amazing, thank you!
Very cool!
I just learned about these petroglyphs reading In Search of First Contact. Thanks for expanding more upon them visually!
All the carbon dating proves is that the place was last used 1000 years ago. It's probably older than that.
Yes it probably was used before that
Kind Thanks for sharing your petroglyphs at that Beautiful place! I live in south east Pennsylvania about 12 miles east of the Susquehanna River where many petroglyphs are carved on the rocks in the middle of the river, which is about a mile wide at this point. It is believed to be the largest concentration of glyphs known on the north east coast. Thanks Again and Many Blessings! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania
First time to your channel. Appreciate your work and enjoyed you showing and teaching us about this exciting shelter. VERY cool. You have me hooked and a new subscriber too. Keep up what you do as you are making a difference in the world !
Thank you
Thanks! I went in a cave on the Giles and Maury county line probably 40 years ago in Tennessee. It was off Highway 245. We went deep and got nervous about finding our way back. It was interesting.
Community Southport. Good video!
Thank you!
Thank you so much for taking me along on your wonderful hike. It is always so exciting to discover and learn about Native Americans. And how beautiful is rock and stone?!
Thank you
The beautiful Franklin.. Thanks fot showing us this shelter! It'd be amazing to see the potery that was found. 🙏
That is awesome I enjoyed the video
They are carved so deep! I’ve seen many but none so deeply carved. Thanks for taking us along to this special place! 😍
You are welcome!
Very very cool! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you
There's a couple of caves really close to my house in Rheatown Tennessee . It's part of Chuckey , Tennessee
Here in Tennessee, there are over 11,500 caves. More than any other state.
Your awesome!
Great interpretation of the sites history. I grew up in Tennessee and enjoyed the scenery. Thank You!
Thank you
Back in the early 90s used to spend a week paddling the creeks on the Cumberland Plateau. We paddled upper Clear Creek in high water and came across a huge rock house right on the river. I stopped and got out and the nooks and crevasses in there were full of shards and chips. Am sure it gets flooded all the time
Great video. As a descendant of the Cherokee of Georgia, I like to think that one of my distant relatives may have visited that site, and how I would like to myself.
Peace ☮️
I imagined later natives using these caves then realised I was looking from a modern white perspective. Native Americans were modern people living in villages. They didn't need to live like cavemen. I guess they might well have sheltered from inclement weather here though. Greetings from Australia.
Awesome Video Mamn...I Love Stuff like this...Thank You.
Thank you
Thanks for sharing this this. I've never seen petroglyphs like these. They have a strange symmetry & unearthly beauty.
Thank you. It's a very special place for sure.
Thanks.Great content!👍
Thank you
Thank you! Thank you for sharing this amazing site!
Great video. After 64 years of roaming Tennessee Cumberlands I am no longer able to hike rough terrain having broken both femurs.
Thanks for letting me see this treasure through your lens. And for being such a knowledgeable virtual guide.
Enjoy the woods while you can my friends.
Thank you. However, I am very sorry to hear about your femurs and no longer being able to hike. I love the outdoors here in Tennessee as there is so much to do and see. And you are right, enjoy it while we can. Thank you for watching.
Nice I find Patrick lives here in Tucson all the time I love finding them or just checking out the ones everyone knows about
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Hey🙋🏻♀️ from the other side in WNC at the Foothills. I re-damaged my broken toe today & it’s throbbin’ like a “Son-of-UH-Gun” with “pretty colors” adorning it!😖 So I came across your video with ALL THE FALL COLORS & COOLNESS (UNlike NOW…Summer 🥵), leaves 🍂 CRUNCHING under foot. And then… THEN I HEAR THOSE “LIL DUSK-TIME CRITTERS” DOING THEIR MAGICAL THANG!!! That MAGICAL song that LULLS many of us ASLEEP & LOWERS our blood pressure into the “CALM ZONE”!! I wait to that FALL-TIME be able to OPEN the windows again at night & fall asleep to that “magical music & crisp Fall night air”🤫 😴
Aw…… Thanks for the video, enjoyed it, now I’ll definitely check out some more! ✌🏻
Thank you and I am happy you enjoyed it. Hope you have a speedy recovery so you can get back at it again soon!
@@tag_caver Thank you
i absolutely love this sort of stuff!!
thanks good coverage.
Thanks for watching
Well done and inspiring.
I agree with you, this site was most likely use for ceremony and medicine.
It has probably changed over centuries with new generations and visitors--but definitely a great site for spiritual reflection---near a water source, and inspiring location visually. Just imagine visiting the site at night when the trees are bare---I wonder what the skies, stars look like at night at that site. That might provide more insight into any ancient meaning of the site.
Those worn niches/holes in the cave wall may have held herbs, poltices, medicine. No part of the animal (be it bear, deer, wolf, eagle, turkey) went unused. All had a purpose.
I would imagine the flora was a lot different 1000 years ago as far as what trees were growing close by etc, maybe the sky was a lot more visible? Thank you for bringing this beautiful place into our lives.
The cupules are interesting (vertical). We have a site by us in AZ that has them in deferent sizes under a over hang in a creek bed and some horizonal too. I go with ceremony -
Great video!! Thank you for sharing with us!!
I just have to see these petroglyphs! fun video. thank you
Enjoyed the video. Thanks 👍
Thank you
Some truly interesting news coming out of of America ... makes a nice change
Looks like a bolide at eleven twenty, my favorite subject. From The Deep Ocean Above
awwsome adventure... thank you
Thanks for a wonderful video.
Could you share which direction the shelter faces?
Also, had anyone done any archeoastrology work on the petroglyphs?
I have to laugh about the use of the term "ceremonial site". A friend, and fellow tribal member, was the head of a university archeology department and used to tell me that this phrase is archeo-speak for "we have no clue what this was". He said if the public knew this, then they wouldn't have any belief in what is presented as facts.
Again, thanks for the video and a any further details.
Very nice vid TAG Caver .... do you know where one might get to see the artifacts of the excavation? Thanks again for the opportunity to come along on your adventure. I am leaving you some pictographs 🦌🐾🖐🏻✋🏻🏹👽😊
Thank you. Unfortunately, no. I do not know where the artifacts went to. They are probably in a drawer at a university somewhere.
Thank you for the informative video.
An old friend of mine took me somewhere near rockcastle co ky to see some. Can’t for the life of me remember where!
Great Video.
Thank you
Thank you
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Thank you ,my heritage,
my mom was Cherokee.
Thank you for sharing!! Love Native history
Thank you
What a wonderful video. Thanks for taking us along! The shelter is so interesting.
Thank you
Fascinating!
Thats a beautiful area and bluff line! Id love to find a spot off trail like that to camp in.
That's really cool! Thanks for showing us around
Thank you
Thank you. Very interesting. I hope you are not on that hike alone because it looks like a good place to slip and fall with all of those loose leaves and rocks.
I was but am very experienced and someone always knows where I am at.
I am moving back to Tennessee from Florida. I will be living in sharps chapel, working in Knoxville, and my father lives in maynardville. Do you have any suggestions for those areas, I'm glad I found your channel it's really cool I am subscribing. Please let me know if you can thank you
Look up the East Tennessee Grotto and the Smoky Mountain Grottos. They are both a good group of folks who meet reguarly in that area. They will be able to help you get underground. I live down in Marion County, about 3 hours south of there (near Chattanooga)!
Thank you for the video
I SPENT ALMOST MY WHOLE LIFE DOING THIS VERY THING
Really made me do some research of what’s south of Nashville. Been to Chattanooga and didn’t think of what else could be down there. Thanks a lot and really great video. Keep exploring!
Thank you. Tennessee has a lot to offer.
Thank you!
I have seen some carvings west in Arizona. The one that has an ‘M’ like mark with circle on top looks like a person. Like maybe ceremony for people lost??? Like a place to grieve for loved ones?
Thank you for sharing this video. I would suggest that this area has been being used by indigenous peoples for over three thousand years.
Oh most definitely!
New sub from TN. I am starting to find interest in the Native American history in TN. Thank you for this video!
Thank you
Great scenic sight!
Many thanks!
Fascinating! I wonder if the panel on the left depicts a comet over the forest.
I could see that too. Most of what I mention is the interpretation of the archaeologist who studied the site.
@@tag_caver then I will yield to that person’s expertise. Thanks for that info. 🙂
I wonder if some of the larger holes had some sort of practical use. Board bracing or tool making.