18:35 I just saw a video about those quartz crystals they put in their rattles possess triboluminescens and make light when they're shaken or rubbed together. They literally make Cold Light. Imagine that 🤯🔥🙏🏼
that dirt may be similar to south georgia, or they may have scraped it off the surface and is now only on the mound. or that dirt may have gone down a stream in flooding and ended in south georgia from the nearby area. Maybe some brought their ashes of relatives with them and traveled there, and covered it with sand of their home lands.
I see late archaic, early woodland design in some of those pyramid points. Chips came first, Then the pyramid design, then it came with notches, then rounded shank end, with veried notches.
I’m not sure the size of the obsidian slabs they brought there; but if they were very big, it makes me wonder what kind of equipment they used to haul them over the Rockies and through forests. Amazing
generally they were hauling finished material and not knapping large exotic material on site..... why haul a huge preform so far when you can just make what your making and cary the smaller finished item. if you have further questions feel free to reach out to the park!! they are Fantastic people and love to help people get the story of the site correct! also check out our other episodes in this series on Moundville, Poverty Point, and Spiro Mounds! also check out the Seven Ages Audio Journal Podcast, a fantastic archaeology podcast where you get up to date interviews with the men and women who are in the field trying to piece together what prehistoric north America was like! its a REALLY Great Show!! thanks for your comment!
Any chance the 'light house ' mound could have been cremation point for the cremated remains put into the other mounds? Had to be done somewhere. I'd think a prominent location of honor would be more likely than random place in the woods somewhere.
thats a great thought. the archaeology that was done there did not show any human remains, just wood ash.. as far as it is know, native Americans of this era did not practice cremation... but thank you for your thought!
@@ChasingHistory i would think that burned human remains in mound 28 would suggest human cremation as evidence. Is there a reason for those, yet no archeological evidence for cremation? Thanks
we are not fimiluar with that pottery and could not find any information online.... what is the spelling? their is a weeden island? is that the island?
@@ChasingHistory Weeden Island is near Tampa, Florida. And the Panhandle of Florida. Kolomoke in South West Georgia is Weeden Island type site. Sorry about the spelling.
a lot of cultures throughout the world did similar art on skulls, but it is very unlikely that those were made by Mexican Pochtecas. thanks for sharing
Those rattles were probably made from the skulls of high-status enemies, like defeated chiefs. The reason: people have this misconception that Native Americans before European contact were "peaceful tree-huggers" - they were NOT. They warred with each-other nearly constantly. They raided for resources. They took captive women, raped them, and incorporated them into the captor's tribe or traded them. They took scalps. They ritualistically tortured captives to see how "strong" they were. They sometimes sacrificed enemies. Yes, not all the time, and yes, there was a lot of trade among friendly tribes and confederations, but there was an awful lot of warfare and brutality mixed in. And cultures that did these things didn't really do something like keeping grandpa's skull fragments around as decorative objects; they would have considered this disrespectful and to have "denied rest" to a dead person - In historical battles with whites, upon winning a fight they would sometimes mutilate the defeated person's bodies. They would scalp, hack off genitals and stuff them in the deceased's mouth, cut off noses, etc... You see, they believed your condition in the afterlife reflected your body's condition at death. The mutilation was meant to insult, and make an enemy go to the afterlife afflicted with that shame and mutilation. Very few cultures worldwide have ever developed a system where taking parts of dead kin and re-purposing them was not seen as greatly disrespectful, and almost all had strong taboos about not disturbing the honored dead. Quite a few, however, messed with the dead of their enemies - eating them, shrinking heads, making things out of them, sacrificing captives by ripping out their hearts, scalping, mutilation of defeated enemies' bodies, etc... So no, I can say with near-certainty those rattles are skulls of defeated great enemies. And further, if it was common practice to keep parts of loved ones, we'd be finding necklaces and beads and flutes made from human bones in use by average persons, but instead they used animal bones for that. No, these were war rattles, displays of power over one's enemies, and displays of might and medicine against them, probably used in pre-battle dances and ceremonies.
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18:35 I just saw a video about those quartz crystals they put in their rattles possess triboluminescens and make light when they're shaken or rubbed together. They literally make Cold Light. Imagine that 🤯🔥🙏🏼
Its Incredible!
Never heard of this place before, but after this, I definitely want to come. Might be a while, I live where the copper comes from. :)
We hope you get to visit!!
that dirt may be similar to south georgia, or they may have scraped it off the surface and is now only on the mound. or that dirt may have gone down a stream in flooding and ended in south georgia from the nearby area. Maybe some brought their ashes of relatives with them and traveled there, and covered it with sand of their home lands.
Lots of good questions!!
I live 45 minutes from Pinson Mounds. Love the history there.
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Grew up five minutes from here. Pinson Mounds is an amazing place. Check it out if you get a chance.
We hope our episode will inspire more people to visit the site!
Wow....didn't know about this site. I'd love to visit it in person
Jet... it is Defiantly worth a visit!! a VERY Amazing Site!! we also have episodes on other incredible sites coming soon so be sure to subscribe!!
Thanks for the great video on Pinson. I got to spend 1/2 of a day there a few years ago.I need to go back !!! Thanks
That's so awesome you got to visit!! It was very humbling and loaded with history! Thanks for watching!! History Rocks!! Wahooooooooooo!!
Going to this site in July! Thank you for the information Chase! Looking forward to meeting you one day!
Thank you for the support!!!.....
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There tombs!
Yes.
I see late archaic, early woodland design in some of those pyramid points. Chips came first, Then the pyramid design, then it came with notches, then rounded shank end, with veried notches.
interesting, thanks for sharing!
@@ChasingHistory I have the proof now.
Is there a connection to poverty point
Not that we know of... but you can contact the park and they would be happy to answer any questions!
Perhaps the soil was a form of tribute
could have been.. that's a good thought!
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Wow
thats what we said!!! WOW
All I can think is how much it would suck to be the guy carrying a bunch of obsidian from the Rockies to Tennessee. 😂
haha.... probabally not the best job!
I’m not sure the size of the obsidian slabs they brought there; but if they were very big, it makes me wonder what kind of equipment they used to haul them over the Rockies and through forests. Amazing
generally they were hauling finished material and not knapping large exotic material on site..... why haul a huge preform so far when you can just make what your making and cary the smaller finished item. if you have further questions feel free to reach out to the park!! they are Fantastic people and love to help people get the story of the site correct! also check out our other episodes in this series on Moundville, Poverty Point, and Spiro Mounds! also check out the Seven Ages Audio Journal Podcast, a fantastic archaeology podcast where you get up to date interviews with the men and women who are in the field trying to piece together what prehistoric north America was like! its a REALLY Great Show!! thanks for your comment!
Any chance the 'light house ' mound could have been cremation point for the cremated remains put into the other mounds? Had to be done somewhere. I'd think a prominent location of honor would be more likely than random place in the woods somewhere.
thats a great thought. the archaeology that was done there did not show any human remains, just wood ash.. as far as it is know, native Americans of this era did not practice cremation... but thank you for your thought!
@@ChasingHistory i would think that burned human remains in mound 28 would suggest human cremation as evidence. Is there a reason for those, yet no archeological evidence for cremation? Thanks
The designs on the skull caps looks like designs on Widen Island incised pottery.
we are not fimiluar with that pottery and could not find any information online.... what is the spelling? their is a weeden island? is that the island?
@@ChasingHistory Weeden Island is near Tampa, Florida. And the Panhandle of Florida. Kolomoke in South West Georgia is Weeden Island type site. Sorry about the spelling.
The Weeden Island people become the Appalachee.
Tampa is a Huasteca word. Tam in Huasteca means place .
Let's hear the rattles
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The Skull Caps were made by Mexican Pochtecas.
a lot of cultures throughout the world did similar art on skulls, but it is very unlikely that those were made by Mexican Pochtecas. thanks for sharing
@@ChasingHistory why? since they all traded and traveled far and wide.
The design around the skull rattle are the brains of the individual
How the hell do you know this ? We need to talk.
interesting idea...
Those rattles were probably made from the skulls of high-status enemies, like defeated chiefs. The reason: people have this misconception that Native Americans before European contact were "peaceful tree-huggers" - they were NOT. They warred with each-other nearly constantly. They raided for resources. They took captive women, raped them, and incorporated them into the captor's tribe or traded them. They took scalps. They ritualistically tortured captives to see how "strong" they were. They sometimes sacrificed enemies. Yes, not all the time, and yes, there was a lot of trade among friendly tribes and confederations, but there was an awful lot of warfare and brutality mixed in. And cultures that did these things didn't really do something like keeping grandpa's skull fragments around as decorative objects; they would have considered this disrespectful and to have "denied rest" to a dead person - In historical battles with whites, upon winning a fight they would sometimes mutilate the defeated person's bodies. They would scalp, hack off genitals and stuff them in the deceased's mouth, cut off noses, etc... You see, they believed your condition in the afterlife reflected your body's condition at death. The mutilation was meant to insult, and make an enemy go to the afterlife afflicted with that shame and mutilation. Very few cultures worldwide have ever developed a system where taking parts of dead kin and re-purposing them was not seen as greatly disrespectful, and almost all had strong taboos about not disturbing the honored dead. Quite a few, however, messed with the dead of their enemies - eating them, shrinking heads, making things out of them, sacrificing captives by ripping out their hearts, scalping, mutilation of defeated enemies' bodies, etc... So no, I can say with near-certainty those rattles are skulls of defeated great enemies. And further, if it was common practice to keep parts of loved ones, we'd be finding necklaces and beads and flutes made from human bones in use by average persons, but instead they used animal bones for that. No, these were war rattles, displays of power over one's enemies, and displays of might and medicine against them, probably used in pre-battle dances and ceremonies.
Thanks for sharing
I want to know what is weird and bizarre. You never explained.
everything! from the finds to reasons behinds a lot of the features on the site... its all unusual!
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Cool dont think ive heard of this site . I Would Cut the trees on the mound thats eroding they fall the uproot it and water goes around the tree roots
Thanks for watching!! This was an epic location and absolutely full of history! It's defiantly worth the visit if you ever get the opportunity!!
The word is maracas 😂 not Macarena. 😂🎵
mistakes happen..
@@ChasingHistory hey, just clarifying. 🙏
@@ChasingHistory I thought it was a funny mistake. Spanish was my first language so it was easy for me to pick up. 🥁
so basically just interviewing everboyd but native americans....
There were no Native Americans to Interview if there were we would have Loved to include them on our documentary
I also feel the mounds were developed by glaciers & the natives shoveled into it to bury their loved ones.
that didn't happen because Glaciers didn't make it that far south... please give native cultures credit for creating great monumental works!