😱What Would Lead People To Make Something Like This?
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- Опубликовано: 24 ноя 2023
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NOTE: I do not claim to be an expert on anthropology, geology, or archaeology. I am just a hiker who loves to explore and see new things especially the ancient history that is all around us. This is what my channel is about. I hope you stick around and explore with me!
I take seriously the responsibility to protect and respect these ancient places. If you do find/visit one of these locations, please visit respectfully. Do not take any artifacts or relics. Do not climb on ruins or dig or disturb the ground. I try my best to hide noticeable landmarks, mountains, and canyons in my videos.
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Thank you for the kind words you said about shut-ins. At age 70, with failing health, I find myself in that position.
My husband and I used to hike in Alaska and Michigan. There was never too much snow... we were unstoppable. I miss my husband and hiking so much. Watching you, makes it seem so real. It is like I am there.
What a nice young man. Bless you.
It sounds like you had an adventurous life!
You know that God gave us a hundred and twenty years to live so your actually just ten years over half way and if you eat right like Adam and Eve did in the garden of Eden you can live until 120!!!
I'm 63 and since I quit eating all the garbage they feed us I totally turned my health around!!!
Eat vegetables and you will see the difference!
God bless!!!
I'm glad you had so many great memories of hiking with your husband! Hiking experiences are some of my most favorite memories with my own family and friends too. Thank you for sharing your story. I know it meant a lot to not only me, but to many others in the comments!
Long drives for these great videos. Thank you
Enjoyed from Australia
It seems like a hunting blind.
Thank you for taking us disabled folks with you. It means more than you can imagine.
Thank you so much!
Same here! Never fully recovered from COVID-19, but still have the desire to hike and explore, and I love these video explorations.
You're never alone out there, actually we're 100,000 strong and we all have your back! Great job as usual my friend!
Do a video of exploring at night at the locations you show us
@@bigkings.8804 sending big thoughts of success for you!! I hope this works for you!!!
Another thanks to you, not a shut in but a senior who enjoys adventures. -21 here today so it's nice to go along with you today. Thanks
I believe we don’t give enough credit to the ancient peoples of the SW deserts of North America. This site as well as others, seem to me at least, to be not only long term storage of food items, as well as celestial observation sites. The stars, planets and the night sky was very important to these folks.
Kudos to you my friend, for presenting wonderful adventures and treating these sites with respect.
rofl observatory and murder hole emporium. slavers.
Speaking as someone who can’t get out, you do bring us to a place where we feel we are out ! We hear that glorious sound of footsteps on rock ! And on trails , we hear the breathlessness of a challenging hike up hill and can watch the trail through your eyes and video as if we are there in person! For moments in time you provide a feeling that we are cured and on a hike ourselves! For this I thank you for this amazing experience and gift you offer to us all 💞💥☺️
I hike with him this way as well.
Yep
Until 15 years ago, I hiked for adventure and health. Now, I live vicariously through young, blessed man
I got emotional reading your comment. Thank you for sharing it. Thank you (and others!) for encouraging and inspiring me!
@@TheTrekPlanner I thank you back ! You have no idea how you and others help us out ☺️👍💥
One great thing about walking in the desert is the sound of your footsteps. A sound unlike walking any other terrain. Love it. Love your videos. Thank you.
Thank you for watching!! 🙂
i love that CC translates the sound of his footsteps as "applause"
I just want to say you are such a lovely person. The enjoyment and happiness you experience when you find parts of history that may have been untouched for centuries is so pure. Its so refreshing to see REAL love and happiness. I wish you all the best in your future travels and I hope you get tons of new subs- out of everyone I follow you really deserve it! I hope as your channel grows you always hold onto that awe and wonder that many of us enjoy seeing just as much as the places you go!
I once was a avid hiker/explorer but unfortunately my age has caught up with me. I'm 51 and can not do the things I once did. You are definitely my fav explorer on RUclips. If it weren't for you uploading these adventures, I'd have nothing to watch in the evening worthy of my time. I can sit and watch your videos for hrs in. Thanks for everything you do for us watching you. I absolutely love this channel. Be safe & march onward my friend.
51 is still young! Try and keep doing things so you don't get sedentary. I'm 41 with an unknown heart condition, and I have a defibrillator internally. I make myself so go do things so I don't get "old" 😉 (Money is my biggest obstacle when wanting to go adventure)
49 here. I hike all round my neighborhood land (hilly Georgia terrain) still. Don't let the number control you. Stay active and see the world.
@@julieinthedesert420 Thanks for the inspiration but I have had a ankle surgery that limits my ability on hiking of any kind. I do appreciate your kind words once again.
@@BillfromtheHillThat explains it. Not age or that you're 51. That's young
Let me give you a little advice. Dont let your age stop you. I was 59 and I thougI had limitations. Then I had a bad wreck in 2019. I broken my femur, shattered my hip, ruptured my spleen moved my brain around a little. Now I have limitations. 51 is young! Do everything you can NOW.
Age is just a number.
Thanks for the adventures. I'm 75 years old and the leg aren't what they use to be so I enjoy your videos of doing what I use to do when I was younger. Keep up the good work.
Can’t really comprehend the vastness of America, living in England but we love your videos!!!! x
There are many reasons why you aren't finding pottery sherds or other artifacts. (Looting comes to mind right off the top.) How busy was this place? What was its purpose? Was it ceremonial? Was it seasonal? How many people used the site? All of that and more can come into play but Ive got to tell you, this was by far my favorite video of yours! Good stuff man and I appreciate you not giving out locations.
Archaeologists also haul stuff away by the truck load for "future study"--- which never happens. Same with paleontological items--- it all ends up in some box in the deepest darkest part of the basement of the university. never to be seen again.
First of all, I really enjoy your videos. I spent a lot of time doing the same thing during the 1960s through to the 2000s. The lack of pottery might be due to the timing of the rainy season to build this due to the adobe used in the construction which is now all gone. This ruin is very old, even by desert standards. If so the main camp was somewhere down below. Look for a water source or a natural rain catchment. Fire wood is easer to obtain down below, along with shelter construction. It would be more efficient to walk down to camp rather than hauling water and fire wood up to the top. Camps were usually made on top a high spot, a small hump or bench. I have even found some temporary camps on the steep slope of a big ridge to stay out of the cold air at the bottom of a canyon.
Thanks again for sharing,
Mike
My thoughts too.
Great video thank you, thank you for not giving out location. I don't have to even have know what state your in I can get a general idea. One thing could you not bring an old blanket of sort and drag that big crystal back with you ? I know I know but but sigh ! Would it be considered a relic? it could pay for some of your trip or whatever. ❤
Thank to your explanations.
Dude, you live a charmed life. You get to visit all these ancient places, which were obviously very important to somebody long ago, now almost forgotten. The lack of pottery at the ridgetop structure might mean that it was not a dwelling, but a special purpose edifice, so people came and went,, but did not stay long. No picnics, just business.
There’s so much to see in our world that was lost to time and circumstances. I love to see the respect he gives and bringing these places back to life. I like to think it brings people back to life as well watching.
Maybe a watchtower, and maybe viewports instead of gun ports
I think he’d have more fun if he ate an edible first 😂
It is believed that choice ceramic pieces were broken (sacrificed) as offerings in special places. Perhaps this was done when a site was being abandoned. (The pottery represented fine artistic labor, whose fruits were being dedicated to the holy. It was NOT old broken cookware left around.)
The main structure is circular. Could be a kiva, could be an observatory, could be a last-ditch defensive position. The lack of pottery and lithics point to a special (occasional) use with folks living elsewhere.
That rock is pretty unstable, so you may find more pottery and such below there that has washed over the side. The site may have been looted, but my gut tells me that there wasn't much left there in the first place.
Cool site! And, I'm glad you found a better way down - sliding down shale is no fun, and you end up on your butt for most of it.
With torn-up pieces of skin here and there
A circular building has more enclosed area per length of wall than a rectangular building, so roundish buildings are more efficient. They are also more stable. There doesn't have to be a ceremonial reason for the shape.
I would like to know what shoes you’re wearing as you stated at one point in another episode how great they were! Thanks!
And,yes,it’s always a pilgrimage…isn’t it! Thanks are always in order!😊
This is an absolutely brilliant video. Excellent work. I think you actually said the key word when you said it looks defensive. 😉
Taking us to historic locations like this allows us to imagine the life of the people who made these structures must have lived. As always thanks for taking us along.👍
Your respectful manner is appreciated beyond words. I have a good idea what this was built for, having coordinates would explain more and be a deeper study. My life has been spent on the uncovering of the pathways of Man all over this whole world and have ancestors who may have passed this way. Thanks for going to these places in such a good way---I can never visit them, only the purest of hearts like yours can. ❤
Well said.🌞🌝
Totally agree. I have a great understanding of what this was used for. I have been to a few places like this. Coordinates would definitely help or at least east and west
I'm so glad your channel is growing. Think the joy you gain in making your vids is infectious
I really am having so much fun doing this! I've been wanting to share these places for a long time now and I hope I can keep doing this for years to come! Thank you for watching! 🙂
I think this is your most well done video yet. We get such a wonderful sense of size and scope. You were very thoughtful in your camera work. Thoughtful on every level. Kudos and thanks.
The fact that you couldn't find much pottery indicates that it wasn't a living quarters. It was most likely some kind of pilgrimage place where people would visit and then leave. And it's also a circle style building. Those were usually reserved as ritual gathering places. I would not be surprised if it was some kind of smoking or sweat lodge.
You don’t generally find windows in a sweat lodge
That's insane Jeff, absolutely insane, WOW. I Thank You Jeff, for showing us all how ingenious the people were who built this magnificent site. I am an exceedingly driven old man, and Jeff you are driven, and so were those ancient people, Kudos to you and them, all of them. Take Care Jeff, PS I am still in awe of your 3D digital image from last week. Jeff, that enigmatic site maybe Holy, and it was for special purposes. Those small windows may have allowed those people to align things in the distance to tell the time of year, a solar calendar or observatory. Take Care Jeff.
Thank you so much! I can't believe I haven't done 3D models sooner. It's because of you all that I can even make them...so...THANK YOU! 🙂
Jeff, do you ever visit any museums in the areas near your explorations? You may be able to gain some insight as to what some of these sights may have been. They would probably have some full pieces of pottery and artifacts too. I think the "Arrowhead" thing you found was actually more of a cutting tool. Like a hand held knife
Alot of the sites he visits are in the middle of nowhere so not many museums are out there. The best he can do is online research to find out what Native American tribes lived in the area and look to see if he can find any pictures of artifacts and pottery online and see if he can match up what he has found to what has been discovered in the past by archeologists.
And that's another thing I don't think archaeologists have ever been out to most of the places that he goes to because all the pottery shards, arrowheads, tools ect would be collected and documented. They wouldn't leave the stuff laying all over the floor like that. So until archaeologists come out to these locations most of these sites will remain a mystery unfortunately.
There aren't many museums but I do like to visit them when I get back to town. I haven't been there in a while, but I plan to visit Edge of the Cedars again soon in Blanding. I always say I'm going to get lots of pictures there and end up only getting like 10 lol I'll try and do a video on that place because they have some amazing artifacts!
I love watching you trek through the Southwestern deserts. I used to live in the desert of southeastern Utah a number of years ago. Just being able to walk around there, breathing the fresh air, seeing wildlife or finding an interesting canyon, and enjoying the views from atop a ridge is what I miss the most. Sometimes, it can be so silent, you can actually hear your own heartbeat in the stillness. Or just sitting on a boulder as Bighorn Sheep wander within only a few yards from you, takes your breath away.
Im going to be 71 on the 5th and my heart still yearns to be back in those deserts. Take care and keep exploring.
Another 70year old wheelchair bound.....im so grateful for your tireless adventures, respect for what you find and the way you push through, but still stay safe. Love from Grandma in Peru
I love how they appear to have used the prettiest piece of rippled sandstone @ 11:28 as the entryway, like they saw it was special. Very cool, thank you!
ETA: you may want to try using topographic maps in combination w/Google - that can help a lot with finding navigable paths.
GaiaGPS has some excellent layers and slope shading. But even then nothing is detailed enough….
I noticed that piece too. There were several. I believe that is wave ripple from the ancient inland sea on the sand that layered to form the sandstone.
So kind of you to take a moment to say a special hello to those of us who don't get out much. These days, I only get out when I have an appointment. The ruins are fascinating. Maybe they were some kind of fort. If people rushed there in a hurry to stay safe then perhaps that's why you don't see much pottery. That's just a guess from me...
Me too. He was a little unsure at first, but Jeff is doing a great job.
Y’all should try to get out more. Even if it’s a walk around the block. Lack of activity may have caused some of y’all’s issues. Jus sayin. Much love and hope y’all are as good as can be!
That was a defensive position and the lived some were else. ?
Those portals, at various heights, directing view to specific approaches are almost certainly for occupants using firearms. That would speak to a relatively young age compared to many of the ruins you find.
arrows too. or spears. crossbows. these likely predate firearms i think
@@nickthomas6206 You try to throw a spear through a hole that small. Native Americans or even the Spanish didn't use crossbows
@@tonydagostino6158 Even if you can't directly fire through them, just using them to see approaches reduces the amount of time it takes to shoot from somewhere you can with a bow, so they have value even with those weapons. European Medieval fortresses used holes not much bigger than that frequently. So..could be either way. The regular rectangle stones in the doorways though, also point to a younger structure - older native structures usually gave no attention to making sure the stones were regular; that's a thing societies with excess resources have time for.
The aerial views later in the video show that this fortress had three successive defensive walls. Yes. I said fortress. There is not another reason to have three successive walls cutting you off from the wilderness. That's both impressive and /interesting/ - whoever built this was expecting a numerically equivalent or superior attack. Or a siege. That's fascinating. Evidence of Seige Warfare was not what I was expecting to find in such a small desert ruin, but here we are. I wonder who or what they were defending from? It doesn't necessarily need to have been humans, but three walls suggests it was. Still, if they had a particularly large coyote pack running loose, I suppose that's also possible. (It's one thing to have a pack of 10 coyotes. It's another thing entirely to have 100 or 1000 coyotes.)
These seem to maybe be use for astronomical reasons
Wow....I suspect not many people have ever come across that ruin. Imagine what those walls would have looked like before all the clay mortar eroded and washed out over the centuries. Being on that steep ridge, perhaps 7 or more centuries of wind, rain and snow have washed a good bit of top soil down the side of the ridge to the valley below explaining the lack of surface finds like pottery shards. Or perhaps it was a retreat position for times of warfare and was not lived in except during emergencies. I think that is my favorite of the finds you've taken us to.
I live in Montana & the Rocky Mountains. Your treks are warm to watch if you find ruins or if you don't. Thanks for letting us tag on YOUR sweat.
The ripples on the sandstone is pretty cool!
The large rocks at the end look like burial dolmens we have in Ireland where large rocks are supported on smaller ones. The circular structure could be a gathering place, for excarnation or for remembering the ancestors. That might explain the lack of pottery as people were visiting rather than living there.
Your photography is brilliant. Makes these adventures even more enjoyable!
Phatfox here..,.I'm one of those bed ridden folks you were so kind to mention! I wait with worms on my tongue for a new post(baited breath!!lolol) I was watching when you mention us? Me?
Almost felt like you were talking to me!!! Thanks soóo much again!!
Glad to see you better prepared .😊7😊😮
Me too disabled in pain and will never walk again. Jeff's videos distract me if only for awhile. I'm grateful and impressed.
The current situation makes opening a new study of the pre-European inhabitants of this region impossible for me. But I certainly want to know more, totally appreciate your bringing these sites to our attention and hope there is an expert or two out there willing to contribute information. Your observation upon arriving that this site is special was right on the mark.
I really loved this one. So very unique. All of yours are special, but this one had that huge feature. Looked like they were peering out to see if bad people were going to invade their area. 😮 Well, keep all your videos coming. I am your 80 yr old watcher. I am unable to do what you are doing. I enjoy every one you do. My husband and I love the Utah area. We both enjoyed traveling. Watching you brings back so many memories. Poor health has put us watching and enjoying your very special shows.keep them up. You are a very sweet young man. And a very cute family.
I love that you respect these places and leave them as you find them. Thank you for sharing your travels. I have enjoyed several and look forward to many more. Be safe and enjoy!
As someone who can't get out and about so much anymore I really appreciate that you take us along for the ride . ❤
This was an interesting site, Jeff. It definitely looks like a defensive structure. Maybe the site is only a couple hundred years old. They could have been protecting themselves from the people moving out west. The holes in the rock wall looked like the perfect size to shoot a gun out of. This is just a thought. Did they still make pottery in that area when the settlers came through?
I agree it looks like an over watch, something i would of called an LP/OP listening post/observation post. Again i am guessing. it fun to speculate. wish i could see the topo maps of the area.
We love the Navajos, but the reality is that they were Athabaskan invaders who not quite wiped out the Puebloan (Aztek?) natives who were driven into these tragic last retreats. Zuni and Hopi may be the survivors. Before the whites not quite wiped them all out.
Amazing. I’m one of those that can’t walk very far. As a kid my favorite thing to do was exploring the plateaus and desert of New Mexico. I wish I did more in the southwest deserts. Now I get to explore thru others eyes. Thanks for the videos.
It was so much fun being on this amazing adventure with you. I was nervous because there was so much loss shale all around you but you are very careful. Blessings ❤🙏🏻
I wonder if this site was for ceremonies only…visited only on special occasions, and meant to be very private for a particular group. They packed in, and then packed out, trying to leave nothing behind. All I can say for myself, after just recovering from a broken foot and ankle, I could never go where you go. I get anxiety just looking down from your vantage point that’s on video. Thank you for the field trip, and thank you for being respectful, and careful for your own safety. Looking forward to more.
Looks like a crudely constructed Outpost possibly for game migrations but more likely defensive. If you locate it in respect to larger settlements in the area it may give you a better idea as to the purpose.
I just shared your video, with a family in dire need of comforting. I hope your gentle walk in nature helps them. Thanks Jeff.❤️
Kept waiting to see a 360 degree view of land around fortification…I would like to see what could be seen from the top. The views from the drone are amazing, they give insight not possible any other method.
Yes, a standard in video graphics for orientation, & visual insights.
Love watching your videos. You take me to places i may have never seen in my life till now.Thanks for the exsploration videos.😊
Thanks for bringing us along!
Very cool and interesting find!
Stay safe and happy, Friend!
Another great video! It would be great to see a 360 degree eye level perspective from these ruins to better evaluate their purpose. Probably a lookout for a vulnerable community.
I just discovered your videos like 10 minutes ago. Thank you. I don't get out much. I have a spinal cord injury and I am a caregiver to my bedridden mom. You are a brave soul. I love your videos.
Thank You so much for another exciting adventure, Jeff. I appreciate your perseverance, tenacity, and your wise approach, when accessing this site. I also very much appreciate the drone/camera shots of the geology. We don't have landscapes like this in Ontario, Canada. 😊 My guess is that was possibly a place of worship. That pottery seemed rather ornate, and it could explain why there was so little of it.
Thanks for putting in the energy to take us up there. An amazing find.
Wow! Another great find. I love going along on your great adventures. Thanks for sharing!!
Once upon a time, I could have traversed up to these sites right beside you. Now, with 73 years and 2 artificial hips and a whole lot to stiff joints thanks to arthritis from all the years of wear and tear, I have to just see this thru your eyes and camera lens. But that's ok...I have had my good days of walking and climbing and exploring, and so now it's your turn! Thanks for taking us armchair "warriors" along. It's great to see these incredible places. I can't imagine how strong and sturdy those folks were who built these walls and fortifications! That loose shale is so treacherous... watch your footing. It's a long way down with a super hard landing!! 😮Thanks for the great video!❤
One of your best finds yet! Thanks for exploring and sharing!
Dude I really appreciate you taking us on your journeys
I can’t help but wonder if these mountain top constructions weren’t used for communication over great distances. One outpost could see smoke signals or reflective surface flashes or something from one outpost to another. I seriously wonder if you started looking around at nearby high outcrops if there wouldn’t be more of these within a visible range which could be miles away. You could communicate to your people or even other tribes fast covering large distances without walking or riding a horse. Plus it would be much safer then traveling on ground level if it was for defensive purposes. That makes more sense then those being occupied living areas to me due to the difficulty getting up top. You would not want children and older people climbing up mountains. Most dwellings for people are made in areas that are more easily accessible.
I was at a place called Chestnut Canyon as a youth, in the cliff were dwellings you could not see until you were actually there
What a beautiful spot. When it comes to the pottery sometimes it may be buried under sand storms or rain or whatever I'm sure if you were an archaeologist you would probably find a whole lot more. You are more respectful than just picking up pottering and moving it around, thank you.
It’s very odd that this site is so intricate yet without a lot of pottery shards. It obviously took quite a number of people to build this and that would mean lots of food would have been consumed there…and water had to be hauled up to accommodate the builders…lots of water. Is it possible that this was not built by the ancient Indians but rather European explorers, etc.? Just a guess but maybe ? It was an awesome adventure for us watchers as well as yourself, Jeff. Thank you for all the hard work to bring this video to us.
It may have been a defensive fortress or castle built by native Americans. The "murder holes", high walls, and difficult to reach location would have been highly advantageous in battle. However, it's not someplace you would want to spend the majority of your time, hence the minimal number of pottery shards.
I have read other comments similar to yours! I don't know what to make of it still, but those windows and the location make it seem like a "last resort" type of place
If he was to dig inside the fortress im sure you could find things, but in the desert with the erosion from massive winds and monsoon seasons things wash away pretty easily
It may be that someone there towards the end of its occupation decided to tidy up the area, or was curious about what kinds of pots had been used, or had some project which required a bunch of pottery shards, and collected any broken pottery. You always have to allow for the possibility of individual actions from people who didn't have the same habits or thought patterns of the rest. People in the past were as varied as they are now. Nearly all of history is lost forever - even for the civilizations we have the most information for, only a very tiny amount remains.
@@speakfreely.1776Sounds about right. And the lack of mortar also suggests it was for temporary use. Cheers! :-)
Wow absolutely fantastic! What a way to start the day! Thanks so much for taking this trek because it was a wonderful look into the past. Can you imagine living up there - what a trip! LOL Great stuff. Keep it up!
The drone at the end really brings it all together.
I truly enjoyed. You have a very creative sense, I'm so glad you decided to express it by exploring and sharing your findings on you tube. Keep smiling 😊
Fantastic adventure! Thanks so much for sharing with us😊
I love your videos and being able to see the ruins and imagining how people built amazing structures a thousand years ago.
I love and appreciate the huge respect that you are showing, along with interest and enthusiasm! 🙏❣️🙏
I too used to be an avid hiker and explorer. Am now unable to walk. Due to nerve damage in my spine. Continue to try to overcome this disability. So find your work so interesting and beautiful. Glad to hear you have a satphone.
I really enjoy your videos - I’ve had three joints replaced in the last two years and it’s been difficult to do much. You make me feel like I’m really visiting these places and I appreciate you so much. Thank you for doing these and sharing with those of us who can’t explore right now.
If you close your eyes and just listen to the sound alone, you get the feeling of actually being there, magic.
I enjoy your videos, I grew up in the Southwest and can relate to terrain.
Glad you were respectful
This very easily could have been a look-out point for a town nearby. The lack of pottery tells me that no-one stayed long enough to have more than portable snacks.
End they took everything, burning no fires to not attract attention to themselves.
Neat find!
Pottery was often brought to a location away from the pueblo to be smashed. Unuseabl, unwanted, broken, old peices were smashed where you wouldnt walk on them with your bare feet.
They wouldn't have been barefooted. They wore moccasins or sandels woven from fibers of plants or bark
@@TurnipGreen yes, ancient people wore sandals and shoes but in and around the home people are more likely to be barefoot while shoes are worn more often when walking away from the home. Also children are playing near the home. Used pottery was brought away from the home. There wasn't ancient "do not litter" signs, but they had designated dumping sites and separated their waste.
Good morning. It’s so cool that you experience all that. Thanks for sharing. I live in Salt Lake and my wife wouldn’t let me go down there. Rick
Fantastic work
This channel is great, there is so much out there and google earth lets us see where we never could before. I'm glad you get out there for us to see it.
Imagine what this was like a thousand years ago with a brush & sod roof & people surviving. The drone says more and more about the site. Thank you so much for the trip!
As always thank so much, this was a WOW find. I try imagining how big it was when it was built. Lucky it's still here. ❤❤
This is a serious question: Are you "Dave on Arrival"'s twin brother? The two of you look and sound so much alike.
I gotta check this out.
Truly amazing to see the current ripples frozen into the ancient sandstone flagstones. This is magical. We are deeply indebted to you for making the effort to climb here and document all this, and share the post.
I absolutely love going along on your adventures and totally respect how humble and grateful that you are in regard to those who follow you. Thank You
Another elder whos hiking and backpacking days are over thanks to arthrttis. This was amazing. There are so many of these structures all over the country. The best of them are already in National and state reserves, but these smaller ones are pretty amazing. Thanks again.
Your sleuthing skills for possible adventurous and rewarding walks paid off enormously this time. What a cool find! As you mentioned, the sizes of the base rocks are huge, and one had obvious water rivulet marks on it, so It likely came from far below. Did the ancient Puebloans use pack animals for some of their work? Also, as a total guess as to why, it would be fun to see what the exact top of the ridge looks like. Is it a lookout for the area, or possibly a site of spiritual and / or astronomical importance?
I wanted to see out too, but I know he tries to keep it difficult to identify the area. It's a good tradeoff to keep places safe, right?
@@Fragrantbeard Yes. I woulnd't have it any other way.
I’m loving the longer video format.
I appreciate your sense of adventure and also the fact that you leave artifacts in place.
I can see what it is already. There's more than one circle there. I look forward to your videos. The red rock areas are my favorite. My feet stick to the rocks. When I'm climbing around barefoot, it feels natural to me. That was made for war. I can tell by the windows. Definitely a stronghold. BEAUTIFUL!! I'm wondering if there might be an AI app that reconstructs these structures? I see you are ahead of me on that. Lol. Cool! I'm paraplegic now, but I remember what it feels like finding places like this. Thank You for taking us along.
As a position made for war, it seems suicidal. Any invader could besiege that spot indefinitely because all the resources are _outside_ the walls. Unlike, say, medieval castles where there might be at least a water well inside the walls.
@@ordinaryaverageguy76 If it was a defensive position it reminded me of Masada in Israel - without the water! A death trap. Other's ideas of a lookout or for special ceremonies makes sense. Even Jeff perhaps "felt" the ceremonial aspect when he said this place felt special to him. Perhaps the original builders also felt that specialness at the site?? Which is why they built there.
@@philduoos2961 But when people are talking about feeling a place was special, that's emotions & not evidence on which to base a speculation. In _any place_ like that, ancient & formerly used but abandoned, I'd feel something special about it.
Love your Camara work! Makes me feel like lm there. Get yourself a jeep to get your adventures faster and reliable .
So glad you shared this adventure , treasures, and you are fit🎉
Very cool spot! I believe the stabilization of the rocks and the space underneath seems like a good place for someone to lay hidden, waiting to ambush someone! I wonder if the Indian/indigenous peoples built this? That would explain the lack of pottery because it wasn’t a living space.
I really enjoy your videos, I'm from northern Arizona and come across a lot of those sites. Thank you for being very respectful of the sites you visit. As for the site you just showed in this video, it appears like a sentry post, that's why you don't see any evidence of fire and a very limited pottery debris. If you had scanned the other high hills, I would think you will see other sentry points. So with that in mind, I would think there was a bigger dwelling for a large group of people. Just my thoughts, keep sending those videos, great job.
The absence of pottery could point towards pre-puebloan society. IE the Basket Weaver Era. This also looks like a highly defensive structure and you dont find a lot of pottery remains at purely defensive structures.
Great Video! Thank you for not showing the actual map when you showed your walk route. Lets keep these sites preserved!
It had to be defending something other than itself, there must have been an encampment or several encampments close by. It would have taken a considerable workforce to source suitable materials, carry them up there [ a monumental effort], water and provisions for the workers, and additional water for the adobe. There is a lot more to this immediate area than meets the eye, a topographical survey may help [ as some else suggested], possible water sources being as important as anything else.
What a find! Thank you for bringing us along on your adventure!
That is a defensive area where a tribe nearby could defend themselves from other hostile tribes. Those 'windows' are not only to see, but to also attack through. Someone carried two pieces of finger nail corregated black pottery, most likely from a "white man" at a later time from another site that is nearby where they actually lived. The site nearby would most likely be a pit house or cliff dwelling and you will find much of that pottery and other types at that location. It would be nearby so that if they needed quick protection from attackers, they could flee inside if needed and defend themselves through those holes if attackers were coming close. These "fortress" walls are typically much thicker than a typical liveable site as it would be much harder for attackers to knock over.
Morning Jeff.
I wish I lived in a part of the country that I could that!
Many of us who can never see these places, appreciate your effort & respect. Respect to you too
A thoughtful trek enjoy the time you take us with you. Glad you take provisions and care climbing.
Hello,Jeff, I'd encourage you to add some geological information to your posts. Reading the speculative comments about the ripples in some of the pieces of sandstone speaks to the lack of geological knowledge of a number of your viewers. Those patterns are NOT man-made! They're naturally formed in water (and subsequently covered) tens of, if not hundreds of millions of years ago. These ripples are found in the layers of sandstone all throughout the west and southwest. Much of the current desert terrain was once ocean bottom, sand dunes, wet masrhland, desert, shoreline, etc. Over and over throughout the millennia. Some of these layers contain fossils, footprints of dinosaurs...and ripples from the motion of water.
Maybe he doesn't want to so that people won't go there and mess up the beautiful scenery with graffiti and other stuff that ruins the true nature of the surroundings, which some people are just jerks enough to do!
Maybe he doesn't want to so that people won't ruin the beautiful surroundings with their stupid graffiti.
Thanks for the shout out regarding not being able to physically do what your sharing with others. Very much appreciated the work you’re doing. Wondering if the sight was an observatory of the heavens? The small windows could be used for such possibly, and the lack of pottery may indicate it was a destination type sight for a specific purpose unrelated to everyday life. Was watching another video earlier today where it was high lighting some recent archeological discoveries and one you should check out can be found under the article title: Italian archeologists open 2600 year old tomb for first time, find wealthy family treasures by CBS News. Within the article is a hoard of various pieces of pottery including black pottery. It relates to a culture that may have been part of an ancient pre Roman era wine trade as some of the pottery vessels were used for such. It’s not clear in the shots within your video but I suspect because of the circular crown shaped structure that the mountain itself may represent a Phoenix as the mountain does have a bird head shape: if so another nearby mountain would represent the Dragon that’s has a more rectangular head shape. Also they would have natural or manmade features representing where eyes would naturally be. Maybe some of the large rocks that were lifted up supported underneath are sculpture effigy features? At one time there may have been a water source near the area as such creatures are associated with such or maybe even a well spring still nearby? Maybe someplace not far off is an actual settlement site maybe even a cave type dwelling. I’d definitely throughly investigate the surrounding area more closely for the actual dwelling location. Great video! Gods Blessings 🙏🏼
those windows remind me of arrow slots in castles of old
14:27 I'm guessing that sherd is from the Pueblo II period (950-1250 AD). It would be really helpful if you could take a photo of the sherds when you find them, then hold them so we can see the backs and sides to be able to determine the use, thickness and makeup of the fabric of the pottery to better categorize them.
Seems like there may have only been a single person at a time at the blind. Love your videos, your sweet personality and your respectful nature! ❤😊
What an extraordinarily impossible and special place. The large stones on the bottom. Where did those come from? Most intriguing to me are the stones at 11:20 and 11:28 with the curvy lines that look as if they were done with fingers in clay. But how can that be? I think it's very, very ancient. Thank you for your persistence to get there. I think we were all rooten' for ya to find a way.
Does this location have line-of-sight to another, and did you find charcoal? This may have been a signal fire relay station. I read that the inhabitants had a network of hilltop locations where they used signal fires to transfer messages over long distances. That would explain the windows looking towards one position, which could have been another relay. Sure this system wasn’t as sophisticated as the internet, but some information got through. Thanks, and I love the videos.
Awesome, different than any ruin I've ever seen. Being so high up makes me think it was either defensive or sacred or possibly both. Great video.
Amazing place!! Great video!!