My son and I were walking along the creek on our property a number of years ago and went into a grove of California Bay trees. To my surprise there was a large boulder hidden in the trees with a number of pestles still in the mortars. It was a little hard to believe they were still there ready for use.
Alex, I've had a fascination for Native American pictographs, archeology, and culture since high school. Having recently moving back to my home state of California, I didn't realize how many sites there are throughout the state until I started watching your videos a few years ago. I just want to take the time to thank you for your time and energy for producing them, and your deep reverance and respect for our distant and sometimes forgotten people and cultures from our last ! Thank you. I'm now residing in the San Diego area and look forward to visiting some of the many sites throughout the area!
I just found your channel but truly appreciate your passion for ancient cultures. I, too, am fascinated by the areas, tools, and cultures of ancient peoples. I have studied coastal middens, mounds, habitats, trails, and even Black Tea ceremony sites along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico for many years… I even noticed evidence in my neighborhood of things like trail trees, habitation evidence, or oyster shell tools for example. Suburbia just got built right on top. Everyone too busy putting in a new layer of grass to think about what could be literally just underneath. Living only 1/2 mile from a lagoon and 1 mile from saltwater beach, the history of my area shows that many Native Americans would have and did thrive in this area. Fast forward to 2018. My home and town suffered a direct hit from a category 5 hurricane. It was like a war zone- destruction everywhere. My backyard once had many oak and pine trees. I have only 3 small oaks that didn’t come down. The others either snapped or the combination of the ground being so saturated and the constant barrage of cat 5 winds - most of them just fell over and out of the ground pulling the roots along with them. The months that followed the awful destructive power of the hurricane was spent just cleaning and clearing…..survival mode. It was really devastating. The nightmarish life in those first months immediately following was like a bad zombie movie… Unfortunately, this place will never be the same- 90 % of the tree canopy came down. Poor wildlife :{ However, there was a bizarre silver lining for me personally. While the storm permanently changed the landscape, and some history was inevitably lost forever- I was amazed at what was in my very own backyard that those now exposed tree roots held secret for so long. There were so many amazing artifacts right there including, dishes, tools, and pottery. There was even a sort of red clay pit where it appeared pottery was either made or the clay was prepared. Though I mourned my trees, I marveled at the secrets their roots held. There are a couple of spots where I’ve never removed the stumps- they remain as a sort of shrine to those who came before. I have always said this house had amazing energy. It truly does. It feels special. Now I think I know why. Cheers.
I have lived in California all of my life, and never considered the idea of ancient man existing right where we played on those beaches!! We always were well aware of the sites in the hills and mountains. Our entire family were avid explorers in our 4X4 Toyota Land Cruisers. Spent much of my childhood in the Seirras. And visited many interesting sites of Native American habitation. I'm still an avid explorer, and love to hear about places I haven't seen yet. So I'm very happy I found your channel with all the interesting content!! Thank you, and keep up the fabulous work!! 💖
You should consider taking school children on field trips to excite the minds of young ones so someday down the road one or two will fall in love with the history and knowledge of ancient peoples and also pass on that love and knowledge to the next generation.
Fascinating! My family and I would find tons of artifacts in the '70's while walking along the shores of Clear Lake in Northern California during the drought.
Wow really? I bet.. what kind of things did you find there? I live in the bay area. Whenever I drive by Shasta Lake I imagine what must be in the earth around there too.
Hey Alex! Thanks for the awesome vid. Just wondering if you’ve ever seen the ancient site behind judkins middle school here in pismo beach. You should do a video on it!!!
I could tell right away that you were on a California beach... The ice plants growing and covering the drifts... Enjoy your posts. I miss living on the West coast....Had to leave for a state I can afford... Sure do miss the Monterey Bay area.💔🌹
I found a arrow head in the Carmel valley, "Rancho San Carlos" while working in construction and wondered where the obsidian came from. That was the beginning of my California indigenous obsession..
Hello, and thanks for watching the video. I think I have about 12 films specifically produced for ancient sites in Monterey County. Keep on trekking.......................alex
Obsidian in northern California comes from 10 different sources all up and down the coast. Gary S. Breschini published 30 years of reports about these types of points, and rocks. Many artifacts have been preserved from Early, Middle, And Late occupations dating from 6.5 thousand years to now from "digs" done in Santa Cruz down to Cayucas .
Now I will have to stroll that beach with new eyes! I grew up on the Central Coast, and we would always check the bluffs by our home town after a storm had washed out some more of the embankment. There were shells, bones, pestles, and once a fragment of a portable mortar. Like you, we left them. The one exception was a huge boulder of polished black stone that my mom and I freed and managed to carry in to the car our sweatshirts. We called it the idol, and it must have weighed at least a hundred pounds. It adorned our yard for years. It's now on my mom's grave, only a mile or two from where it was found.
Alex because of your videos I now have a son that is knowing more about our native people in California. I have taken him to a few of the locations you have trekked and he is fascinated and reflective. He is now 12 years old. When we go he likes to sit there and close his youthful eyes and meditate on the moment. Thank you sooo much.
Burstey, it is a pleasure to hear that you son has developed an interest about California native people. Keep trekking and thanks for watching the series and your kind words..........alex
Thanks for watching and your comment. Today, in California there are 109 federally recognized. Because of the temperate climate and easy access to food sources, approximately one-third of all Native Americans in the United States were living in the area of California during pre-contact times........Alex
Very cool place Alex, we're a live in the UK, we are near the Scottish Borders in Northumberland a beach called druridge bay was excavated because of the sea arosion of the dunes the was a couple of kist burials and after a heavy winter of storms the beach unveiled a ancient forest and in the mud that had been preserved the was children and adults foot prints from neolithic man it's only half an hour walk from home a was down there talking to the head of the archeology and he said the was remains of round houses and also numerous pits that looked like they were looking for coal! Amazing thanks for sharing my friend take care Liam
Quite coincidental finding so many treasured artifacts over such a small exposed area. Let's just say for the sake of a most informative tutorial, the presentation was stellar. I want to go back there again for an entirely different purpose. My first was getting certified for scuba at Monastery Beach. Hope to see you there Alex! Be reminiscenttour
Another great video, Alex. I've marked this as a place to visit in the near future. I was in Paris last week and went to the Pompidou Center where I saw a stone covered in cupules that was over 30,000 years old. Thought of you immediately!
MR. ALEX MAY NAME IS DANIEL, I LIVE IN SALINAS AND I HAVE WALKED THAT BEACH MANY TIMES... MY KIDS HAVE WENT THROUGH MANY ROCKS AND THROWN SO MANY IN THAT OCEAN NOT KNOW THAT THEY WERE THROWING A PIECE OF HISTORY!! IF YOU CAN GET IN CONTACT WITH ME I CAME ACROSS IMPORTANT INFORMATION YOU WOULD APPRECIATE TO HEAR ABOUT.. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR VIDEOS..
You have trained your eyes to see into the past, a very exciting and fascinating video. You have helped me to find more of these things too!! Also thought that those mortars have a good windscreen with that upward piece of stone. A good place to prep food and keep blowing sand out of it!! Thank you
I can see where it is difficult to see things you're looking for. But one thing that is important is that we look at these sites with new eyes, open to what may be there instead of just glancing and then passing by. Sometimes I think you can look at the topography of someplace and see something recognizable, perhaps a mound or a depression.
Just point of order -- I bet those shell clusters were from ancient woman preparing the food rather than the ancient men. But very cool site. I happen to live a couple blocks from the old Castro Shell Mound long since destroyed for fertilizer. But people tell me as kids they did find arrow heads just 2 blocks above that.
HI Alex, I've also read about the man in the chair looking out to the sea, very nice to see it! I enjoyed the video. love your presentation and enjoy your knowledge. Have a nice weekend!!
As a teen of the 70's living in Seal Beach, back behind town is a place not unlike this one. We would find all kinds of Native American relics. In the late 80's/90's perhaps they started developing the area and the site was then rediscovered, construction was halted and the site studied. No Houses were built in that spot and a plaque was put up. ....Can't recall what it said though. Think I'll take the kids and check it out again! Thanks for the Great Show, Love UR knowledge! 👍🧐😉
Went today to show the kids the sight, no less than 14 signs along the path speaking on the history of it's people and the site. The people were called the "Gabrielino Tongva." The location is called "Landing Hill." Known as one of the most wealthiest of tribes. The territory was from Malibu to Aliso Creek, inland to San Gabriel and Riverside, as well as Catalina Island for estimated 5,500 years back. When the Spanish landed they welcomed them with open arms but shortly there after realized that was a very bad idea!
Alex, what a treasure trove. Thanks for sharing. Have you explored any sites in the Half Moon Bay area! I've been hunting for years and could use some tips. I know there were a few prominent villages here. Thank you!
That shell you picked up at 5:00 is a mussel, if you look all around there are no rocks that support mussel life for it to grow,, it was transported to that location to be consumed.
I grew up in Southern California in the 50s and 60s, and, in my humble opinion, life there in those days was so much better in so many ways than it is now. Over the intervening half century I've come to increasingly love the natural world, and to realize that coastal California is one of the most naturally wonderful places on earth. Many moderns will think me crazy, but I sincerely wish I had lived my life in coastal California hundreds or even thousands of years ago.
Ricky, let me say hello! inkaté! in the Rumsen language as they were the people that once inhabited the site we just visited. Thanks for watching........................alex
Alex I was hanging with a Native American Mexican lady we went to Dana Point in Orange County, the location is the Marque luxury probably "time shares" or hotel. Its gorgeous on top of the cliff over looking the rock out cropping and ocean views, there is a like 125ft to 150ft wooden staircase down to the beach level to the water front it was low tide and we got wet buy worked our wqy around to some aeq caves that high tode would allow you to get close I guess, ae told me once i the cave or washed out over hang you could be on sand I cant say completly dry either but ahe showed me drawings on the ceiling cant call it a wall O could hardly see it it could.have bee some recently and not even ancient but the wierd thing was she gave thanks for safe passage and the time we spent there, she spoke to something in the ocean and it was like the waves were all normal and when ahe spoke to the big animal or creature kicked up and splashed the waves and she thanked it and was totaly believing everything ahe was grateful for life. I had never been around in a personal way with a native person who would explain their beliefs I wasnt judgemental I was totaly enthusiastic and enjoyed my time and she was a great story teller half the time I thought she was full of it she had a grear sense if humor and laughes so hard mu side and jaw hurt after apending a number or hours with this beautiful lady.
Alex, Have been to that site many times, but did not see it as you do. Your sharp eye reveals the history of the original people of Monterey. Thanks for your insights. John
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Thank you saying what you did about leaving things in place. I can't watch Indiana Jones anymore, because I cringe when he says "It belongs in a musuem!" No sir, it needs to be studied in context or the artifacts lose much of their meaning.
@@storiesbyalex sure, I feel the support is important. I'm dealing with living on an ancient burial site with mounds and serpent walls. Great hunting to you. Jimmy
For those that don’t know, this State Beach is in Carmel, just a stones throw from Pebble Beach golf course and 17 mile drive, it is some of the most expensive property per square inch anywhere in California or the US.
@@jeffhildreth9244 I got your note of this reply and cant find it here.. what was it about? --"Ryan Molyneaux Why? It is not legal to remove such items unless on privately owned property and with permission from the owner. There is nothing farther south that cannot be found north and south of Half Moon Bay... or inland just a few hundred yards." --thanks
Wrong - no one can throw a stone that far (2 miles at least). This is just south of the Carmel river mouth. Spent my childhood there. Too bad about all that horrible invasive Iceplant.
found middens in the aleutians...small shells, limpetshells, lots of urchin shells in some layers other layers no urchins, sea lion whiskers, bird bones, slaty tools, serpentine tools (large bone crushers)...same type of location right by the ocean on clffy hills
Why didn't the ancestors of these people do this presentation with you? That would have been incredible. You always wonder if there are still any people left
What I've wondered about is the human settlements tend to be near freshwater and the ocean. And considering that during ice age ocean levels were 200 feet lower, there's a multitude of possibilities of site's underwater! I mean the Mediterranean wasn't nearly it's size. We are missing so many site's that must be underwater today!
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finally a day without the shit clouds! i grew up right there, love the old man looking out to the sea, such a shame a superior culture like theirs was replaced with such barbarism and trash as ours! though we are still good people, mostly. man you found a ton that day! those central coast middens are rich! cheers.
Sorry Alex, I have to call BS on this video. Many of these “finds” appear to be planted and in very pristine condition.. There is no doubt in my mind this is an ancient village but the implements you discovered seemed far too coincidental to be considered legitimate - especially if the site has been excavated in the past. As you know, much of the archeologists finds were collected and not left behind.
Matt, unless you live near and frequently visit a coastal midden adjacent to the seashore you would not be personally aware that all manner of cultural material will sluff of the midden. I assure you that all those objects and much more has revealed itself over the years........alex
I stand corrected. I should have known better. The implements discovered during this video, in their natural displayed state, ( following several hundred years of storms, runoff, and natural erosion) are legit. No one should be suspect of the pristine depiction and video representation of some of objects shown on this video. “Oh my goodness” ....followed by precise and immediate description of your find - very impressed with your ability to surprisingly discover many hidden artifacts and possessing the ability to immediately identify your find and how these items are used.
Thanks for all of your treks and revealings, Alex. I live in Half Moon Bay, California. I'm always searching along the beach and surrounding mountains. Any suggestions on specific areas or sites in the area I could find mortars, shell mounds, or even arrowheads? Thanks and keep connecting to the natives / ancients!
Andrew, thanks for watching the series and your comment. It all depends on the circumstances of the burial. Archaeologists are continuously finding preserved bones from humans and animals that are hundreds and in some cases thousands of years old............alex
TO MUCH STANDING AROUND STATING THE OBVIOUS FACTS!! NEED A LITTLE MORE PICTS WITH OUT THE CHURCH LADY CHIT CHAT CONSTANTLY!!!! NICE THOUGH?????????????
I'd rather have more of the narrative. The pictures of stones would be meaningless without the interpretation of what was going on. The artifacts may be neat to look at but without the understanding of the setting in which they are found, they're just chipped stones or piles of shells or simple rock depressions. I just found Alex's channel and am impressed at his knowledge and research.
Looks like the central California coast, no palm trees in all the modern coastal development is the giveaway, Nice that a small portion of land was actually left as is and unencroached, So little of is left untainted or undisturbed these days. 9000 years ago the ocean shoreline was considerably distant from the modern , the old shoreline being anywhere from 20' to 100 feet under sea level today, La Jolla area in north San Diego county has many submerged village sites off shore, In the past century hundreds of well crafted stone bowls and stone implements of all shapes and sizes have been found offshore at various depths up to 100' deep, To my knowledge no ceramics from that distant time in the past have been found at those depths only stone. I am happy to see people taking interest and especially finally giving much respect to the ancestors and modern day descendants/ survivors. Pretty much everything else was taken awa since the Spanish arrived, except their dignity and attachment to the land they lived on for so long.
like fine wine each episode gets stronger over time
My son and I were walking along the creek on our property a number of years ago and went into a grove of California Bay trees. To my surprise there was a large boulder hidden in the trees with a number of pestles still in the mortars. It was a little hard to believe they were still there ready for use.
off the charts mind blowing ALEX
Alex, I've had a fascination for Native American pictographs, archeology, and culture since high school. Having recently moving back to my home state of California, I didn't realize how many sites there are throughout the state until I started watching your videos a few years ago. I just want to take the time to thank you for your time and energy for producing them, and your deep reverance and respect for our distant and sometimes forgotten people and cultures from our last ! Thank you. I'm now residing in the San Diego area and look forward to visiting some of the many sites throughout the area!
John, thank you for watching the series and the kind words..............................alex
Great Video Alex! Thank you so much for being here on RUclips!
I just found your channel but truly appreciate your passion for ancient cultures.
I, too, am fascinated by the areas, tools, and cultures of ancient peoples. I have studied coastal middens, mounds, habitats, trails, and even Black Tea ceremony sites along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico for many years… I even noticed evidence in my neighborhood of things like trail trees, habitation evidence, or oyster shell tools for example.
Suburbia just got built right on top. Everyone too busy putting in a new layer of grass to think about what could be literally just underneath.
Living only 1/2 mile from a lagoon and 1 mile from saltwater beach, the history of my area shows that many Native Americans would have and did thrive in this area.
Fast forward to 2018. My home and town suffered a direct hit from a category 5 hurricane.
It was like a war zone- destruction everywhere. My backyard once had many oak and pine trees. I have only 3 small oaks that didn’t come down. The others either snapped or the combination of the ground being so saturated and the constant barrage of cat 5 winds - most of them just fell over and out of the ground pulling the roots along with them. The months that followed the awful destructive power of the hurricane was spent just cleaning and clearing…..survival mode. It was really devastating. The nightmarish life in those first months immediately following was like a bad zombie movie… Unfortunately, this place will never be the same- 90 % of the tree canopy came down. Poor wildlife :{
However, there was a bizarre silver lining for me personally. While the storm permanently changed the landscape, and some history was inevitably lost forever- I was amazed at what was in my very own backyard that those now exposed tree roots held secret for so long.
There were so many amazing artifacts right there including, dishes, tools, and pottery. There was even a sort of red clay pit where it appeared pottery was either made or the clay was prepared. Though I mourned my trees, I marveled at the secrets their roots held. There are a couple of spots where I’ve never removed the stumps- they remain as a sort of shrine to those who came before.
I have always said this house had amazing energy. It truly does. It feels special. Now I think I know why.
Cheers.
I have lived in California all of my life, and never considered the idea of ancient man existing right where we played on those beaches!! We always were well aware of the sites in the hills and mountains. Our entire family were avid explorers in our 4X4 Toyota Land Cruisers. Spent much of my childhood in the Seirras. And visited many interesting sites of Native American habitation. I'm still an avid explorer, and love to hear about places I haven't seen yet. So I'm very happy I found your channel with all the interesting content!! Thank you, and keep up the fabulous work!! 💖
Wild Beauty, thanks for watching and your kind words.............alex
LANDCRUISER!
You should consider taking school children on field trips to excite the minds of young ones so someday down the road one or two will fall in love with the history and knowledge of ancient peoples and also pass on that love and knowledge to the next generation.
Train your eyes and you will no longer be blind to what was left behind The signs are everywhere here in all parts of California
Yes!
Fascinating! My family and I would find tons of artifacts in the '70's while walking along the shores of Clear Lake in Northern California during the drought.
Wow really? I bet.. what kind of things did you find there? I live in the bay area. Whenever I drive by Shasta Lake I imagine what must be in the earth around there too.
@@Anthroponeural i live on the peninsula and think the same thing driving up there!
You find obsidian points in coastal California and I find shells in the Arizona desert not far from an obsidian source. Amazing!
Hey Alex! Thanks for the awesome vid. Just wondering if you’ve ever seen the ancient site behind judkins middle school here in pismo beach. You should do a video on it!!!
Shea, thanks for watching. Yes, I have heard of that site and perhaps one day I will trek that site...................alex
I could tell right away that you were on a California beach...
The ice plants growing and covering the drifts...
Enjoy your posts.
I miss living on the West coast....Had to leave for a state I can afford...
Sure do miss the Monterey Bay area.💔🌹
I found a arrow head in the Carmel valley, "Rancho San Carlos" while working in construction and wondered where the obsidian came from. That was the beginning of my California indigenous obsession..
Hello, and thanks for watching the video. I think I have about 12 films specifically produced for ancient sites in Monterey County. Keep on trekking.......................alex
Obsidian in northern California comes from 10 different sources all up and down the coast. Gary S. Breschini published 30 years of reports about these types of points, and rocks. Many artifacts have been preserved from Early, Middle, And Late occupations dating from 6.5 thousand years to now from "digs" done in Santa Cruz down to Cayucas .
Now I will have to stroll that beach with new eyes!
I grew up on the Central Coast, and we would always check the bluffs by our home town after a storm had washed out some more of the embankment. There were shells, bones, pestles, and once a fragment of a portable mortar. Like you, we left them. The one exception was a huge boulder of polished black stone that my mom and I freed and managed to carry in to the car our sweatshirts. We called it the idol, and it must have weighed at least a hundred pounds. It adorned our yard for years. It's now on my mom's grave, only a mile or two from where it was found.
Jane thanks for watching and sharing your story.................alex
So beautiful but so sad! yes, I see the old man!
It was really exciting to see the old man as I had known of the description at least 2 years before I spotted him.........alex
Alex because of your videos I now have a son that is knowing more about our native people in California. I have taken him to a few of the locations you have trekked and he is fascinated and reflective. He is now 12 years old. When we go he likes to sit there and close his youthful eyes and meditate on the moment. Thank you sooo much.
Burstey, it is a pleasure to hear that you son has developed an interest about California native people. Keep trekking and thanks for watching the series and your kind words..........alex
I am Jicarilla Apache on my moms side. This was great as I am unfamiliar with the California tribes of ancient people.
Thanks for watching and your comment. Today, in California there are 109 federally recognized. Because of the temperate climate and easy access to food sources, approximately one-third of all Native Americans in the United States were living in the area of California during pre-contact times........Alex
Alex- Your channel is my all time favorite.
Keep up the great work!!!!
Paul, thank you for watching and your kind words - I appreciate them.......................................alex
Very cool place Alex, we're a live in the UK, we are near the Scottish Borders in Northumberland a beach called druridge bay was excavated because of the sea arosion of the dunes the was a couple of kist burials and after a heavy winter of storms the beach unveiled a ancient forest and in the mud that had been preserved the was children and adults foot prints from neolithic man it's only half an hour walk from home a was down there talking to the head of the archeology and he said the was remains of round houses and also numerous pits that looked like they were looking for coal! Amazing thanks for sharing my friend take care Liam
Hello Liam, thanks for watching and sharing your experience at Druridge bay. Its always amazing to encounter these sites.....................alex.
Quite coincidental finding so many treasured artifacts over such a small exposed area. Let's just say for the sake of a most informative tutorial, the presentation was stellar. I want to go back there again for an entirely different purpose. My first was getting certified for scuba at Monastery Beach. Hope to see you there Alex! Be reminiscenttour
Yeah kind of crazy that arrow head just sitting there, anyways, cool arrow head
You just brought the past alive in my head mate. Cheers.
Thanks for watching. It was definitely a fun trek.......alex
Another great video, Alex. I've marked this as a place to visit in the near future.
I was in Paris last week and went to the Pompidou Center where I saw a stone covered in cupules that was over 30,000 years old. Thought of you immediately!
FriscoKittens, thanks for watching the video and your kind words. Next time I am in Paris I will visit the Pompidou..........alex
MR. ALEX MAY NAME IS DANIEL, I LIVE IN SALINAS AND I HAVE WALKED THAT BEACH MANY TIMES... MY KIDS HAVE WENT THROUGH MANY ROCKS AND THROWN SO MANY IN THAT OCEAN NOT KNOW THAT THEY WERE THROWING A PIECE OF HISTORY!! IF YOU CAN GET IN CONTACT WITH ME I CAME ACROSS IMPORTANT INFORMATION YOU WOULD APPRECIATE TO HEAR ABOUT.. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR VIDEOS..
You have trained your eyes to see into the past, a very exciting and fascinating video. You have helped me to find more of these things too!!
Also thought that those mortars have a good windscreen with that upward piece of stone. A good place to prep food and keep blowing sand out of it!!
Thank you
One of your best videos!
I can see where it is difficult to see things you're looking for. But one thing that is important is that we look at these sites with new eyes, open to what may be there instead of just glancing and then passing by. Sometimes I think you can look at the topography of someplace and see something recognizable, perhaps a mound or a depression.
Just point of order -- I bet those shell clusters were from ancient woman preparing the food rather than the ancient men. But very cool site. I happen to live a couple blocks from the old Castro Shell Mound long since destroyed for fertilizer. But people tell me as kids they did find arrow heads just 2 blocks above that.
Great video ! Those Morteros by the low tide line are incredible, that Granite takes Thousands of years to break down.
Is there a chance you could equalize your music tracks to your video voice tracks?
Love your videos!
Thanks!
One of the best videos! Very informitive! Thank you !
HI Alex, I've also read about the man in the chair looking out to the sea, very nice to see it! I enjoyed the video. love your presentation and enjoy your knowledge. Have a nice weekend!!
David, thanks for watching and your comments.............................alex
As a teen of the 70's living in Seal Beach, back behind town is a place not unlike this one.
We would find all kinds of Native American relics. In the late 80's/90's perhaps they started developing the area and the site was then rediscovered, construction was halted and the site studied.
No Houses were built in that spot and a plaque was put up. ....Can't recall what it said though. Think I'll take the kids and check it out again!
Thanks for the Great Show, Love UR knowledge! 👍🧐😉
CDH, thanks for watching and your comments. I hope you will be able to see some evidence of ancient life with the kids......alex
@@storiesbyalex Yes indeed, Including the importance of leaving it all be as we see it.
Seal Beach was the spiritual center of the Tongva/Gabrieleño culture and home to one of their largest villages.
Went today to show the kids the sight, no less than 14 signs along the path speaking on the history of it's people and the site.
The people were called the "Gabrielino Tongva."
The location is called "Landing Hill."
Known as one of the most wealthiest of tribes.
The territory was from Malibu to Aliso Creek, inland to San Gabriel and Riverside, as well as Catalina Island for estimated 5,500 years back.
When the Spanish landed they welcomed them with open arms but shortly there after realized that was a very bad idea!
@@paulvachier Do you know of any other sites to visit around Seal Beach area?
Kids Dig It! ...Me 2!
Yes inspirational it is well done Sir you have accomplished your goal with this bit of film much gratitude
Alex, what a treasure trove. Thanks for sharing. Have you explored any sites in the Half Moon Bay area! I've been hunting for years and could use some tips. I know there were a few prominent villages here. Thank you!
just sent you a FB request. I am in Redwood City. Let's go!
@@MartinSoundLabs me? Ok thank you!
I love these videos! Keep up the excellent work!
Thanks for the positive feedback......................alex
My pleasure! Hello from Salem, Virginia!........Jeff
That shell you picked up at 5:00 is a mussel, if you look all around there are no rocks that support mussel life for it to grow,, it was transported to that location to be consumed.
I grew up in Southern California in the 50s and 60s, and, in my humble opinion, life there in those days was so much better in so many ways than it is now. Over the intervening half century I've come to increasingly love the natural world, and to realize that coastal California is one of the most naturally wonderful places on earth. Many moderns will think me crazy, but I sincerely wish I had lived my life in coastal California hundreds or even thousands of years ago.
Old man looks comfy.. thanks for sharing Alex
Oh my goodness. I tell ya.. this is quite fascinating!
Oh, my goodness, thanks for watching.......................alex
Love the video! Very educational. I'm Choctaw and Seminole from Oklahoma. Ah ho
Ricky, let me say hello! inkaté! in the Rumsen language as they were the people that once inhabited the site we just visited. Thanks for watching........................alex
Spectacular site, Alex! Good work.
Thanks Alfred and thanks for watching......................alex
Love your videos. Very informative. Thank you!
Fascinating video. You found a lot of evidence of village life. Thanks for sharing
Where are you in this video?
Alex I was hanging with a Native American Mexican lady we went to Dana Point in Orange County, the location is the Marque luxury probably "time shares" or hotel. Its gorgeous on top of the cliff over looking the rock out cropping and ocean views, there is a like 125ft to 150ft wooden staircase down to the beach level to the water front it was low tide and we got wet buy worked our wqy around to some aeq caves that high tode would allow you to get close I guess, ae told me once i the cave or washed out over hang you could be on sand I cant say completly dry either but ahe showed me drawings on the ceiling cant call it a wall O could hardly see it it could.have bee some recently and not even ancient but the wierd thing was she gave thanks for safe passage and the time we spent there, she spoke to something in the ocean and it was like the waves were all normal and when ahe spoke to the big animal or creature kicked up and splashed the waves and she thanked it and was totaly believing everything ahe was grateful for life. I had never been around in a personal way with a native person who would explain their beliefs I wasnt judgemental I was totaly enthusiastic and enjoyed my time and she was a great story teller half the time I thought she was full of it she had a grear sense if humor and laughes so hard mu side and jaw hurt after apending a number or hours with this beautiful lady.
What a beautiful experience. Thanks for sharing. 💖
EXCELLANT ALEX!! Really enjoyed it! Enjoy your day!
David, thanks for watching..........................alex
Another amazing video, thank you.
Alex, Have been to that site many times, but did not see it as you do. Your sharp eye reveals the history of the original people of Monterey. Thanks for your insights. John
Where exactly in CA? It looks like central coast..
Oh I see..it’s secret 🙄
Hematite is red? I always thought it was metallic black/grey.
Hello Chadrach, occurs in a range of forms, and its color can range from black to gray, or from red to brown depending on which variety is present. Regardless of their different appearances, all varieties of hematit exhibit a distinctive reddish-brown streak that serves to distinguish it from most common minerals
Where’s this coastline? Sorry if I missed this in vid.
Michael, thanks for watching. This site is located in Monterey County, California. Pacific ocean coastline..................alex
Where is this?
Thank you saying what you did about leaving things in place. I can't watch Indiana Jones anymore, because I cringe when he says "It belongs in a musuem!" No sir, it needs to be studied in context or the artifacts lose much of their meaning.
Good find on the spear point and complete shell
As the sand dunes erode to the elements many signs of ancient life reveal themselves..........alex
storiesbyalex have you explored the Guadalupe dunes near Santa barbara
@@edenuccio3690 I have filmed in the Santa Barbara area, but I have not visited the Guadalupe site.......alex
Did they not annually migrate from the seashore to some higher ground seasonally?
Alex, what a great site. Perspective is a living thing.
Great narrative! Jimmy
Do you find petroglyphs or carvings very often? Jimmy
Thanks for watching the series......................................alex
@@storiesbyalex sure, I feel the support is important. I'm dealing with living on an ancient burial site with mounds and serpent walls. Great hunting to you. Jimmy
where is this place?
Chucky, thanks for watching. The area is located in Monterey............................alex
Is that a serious question?
Fun journey. Keep giving us more, 'Notice'.
So many priceless artifacts found and left in such a short amount of time. Seriously
For those that don’t know, this State Beach is in Carmel, just a stones throw from Pebble Beach golf course and 17 mile drive, it is some of the most expensive property per square inch anywhere in California or the US.
...thanks. was wondering what its location was.
@@jeffhildreth9244 ....violated? seriously? how do you figure that?
@@jeffhildreth9244 I got your note of this reply and cant find it here.. what was it about? --"Ryan Molyneaux Why? It is not legal to remove such items unless on privately owned property and with permission from the owner. There is nothing farther south that cannot be found north and south of Half Moon Bay... or inland just a few hundred yards."
--thanks
Wrong - no one can throw a stone that far (2 miles at least). This is just south of the Carmel river mouth. Spent my childhood there. Too bad about all that horrible invasive Iceplant.
@@jameswatt4694 I bet you are a big hit at all the parties Claven.
found middens in the aleutians...small shells, limpetshells, lots of urchin shells in some layers other layers no urchins, sea lion whiskers, bird bones, slaty tools, serpentine tools (large bone crushers)...same type of location right by the ocean on clffy hills
Where is this in California?
Why didn't the ancestors of these people do this presentation with you? That would have been incredible. You always wonder if there are still any people left
may be the male of ur family couldn't conceive baby and one of the ancestors of these people take care of u know what so may be not say these people
Where?
Pretty cool and very interesting
Awesome show ! Thank you
What I've wondered about is the human settlements tend to be near freshwater and the ocean. And considering that during ice age ocean levels were 200 feet lower, there's a multitude of possibilities of site's underwater! I mean the Mediterranean wasn't nearly it's size. We are missing so many site's that must be underwater today!
That beach is where I proposed to my wife some 55 years go, used to SCUBA right there monastery beach.
Are there areas near me. At the confluence of the snake and Columbia river. I live in a town called Kennewick
Hello, and thanks for watching the series. The site is located in the California central coast area........alex
I have a picture of a large ancient stone I'd like to send you
I love your videos. One of a kind documentaries:)
@@originallee1985 , Yes, I'd like to see your photo. My email address ia alex@storiesbyalex.com
@@originallee1985 I would enjoy seeing your picture. You can email it to me at - alex@storiesbyalex.com
Very educational thank you
They could've also been crushing shells to be traded as fertilizer, not just food.
Fasenating! Thank you!
I know one thing for certain - the Ohlones couldn't afford to live there these days...
So where is this exactly
As usual, thanks Alex.
Fascinating!
Beautiful
The midens were burnt also thus the coal like black stone is a cinder. The black sand is from fires not organ8c deposit.
very very cool
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Brilliant.
outstanding thankyou !
Midens were dumps, discard areas.
Wow!
Grinding stone was a left handed one
finally a day without the shit clouds! i grew up right there, love the old man looking out to the sea, such a shame a superior culture like theirs was replaced with such barbarism and trash as ours! though we are still good people, mostly. man you found a ton that day! those central coast middens are rich! cheers.
Is this Monterey?
@@JobuXXI carmel just north of point lobos, which can be seen in the background. how nice was the living there 1000 years ago?? cheers
I hunt a ancient seashore 120 miles north of the gulf of Mexico.
Sorry Alex, I have to call BS on this video. Many of these “finds” appear to be planted and in very pristine condition.. There is no doubt in my mind this is an ancient village but the implements you discovered seemed far too coincidental to be considered legitimate - especially if the site has been excavated in the past. As you know, much of the archeologists finds were collected and not left behind.
Matt, unless you live near and frequently visit a coastal midden adjacent to the seashore you would not be personally aware that all manner of cultural material will sluff of the midden. I assure you that all those objects and much more has revealed itself over the years........alex
I stand corrected. I should have known better. The implements discovered during this video, in their natural displayed state, ( following several hundred years of storms, runoff, and natural erosion) are legit. No one should be suspect of the pristine depiction and video representation of some of objects shown on this video. “Oh my goodness” ....followed by precise and immediate description of your find - very impressed with your ability to surprisingly discover many hidden artifacts and possessing the ability to immediately identify your find and how these items are used.
Thanks for all of your treks and revealings, Alex. I live in Half Moon Bay, California. I'm always searching along the beach and surrounding mountains. Any suggestions on specific areas or sites in the area I could find mortars, shell mounds, or even arrowheads? Thanks and keep connecting to the natives / ancients!
The GLOBE?!
A rib bone wouldn't be perfectly persevered after at least 200 years
Andrew, thanks for watching the series and your comment. It all depends on the circumstances of the burial. Archaeologists are continuously finding preserved bones from humans and animals that are hundreds and in some cases thousands of years old............alex
@Whoop
TO MUCH STANDING AROUND STATING THE OBVIOUS FACTS!!
NEED A LITTLE MORE PICTS WITH OUT THE CHURCH LADY CHIT CHAT CONSTANTLY!!!! NICE THOUGH?????????????
I'd rather have more of the narrative. The pictures of stones would be meaningless without the interpretation of what was going on. The artifacts may be neat to look at but without the understanding of the setting in which they are found, they're just chipped stones or piles of shells or simple rock depressions.
I just found Alex's channel and am impressed at his knowledge and research.
Your “nature “ is GOD’S creation 🧐
80-90% staged imo
I just looked at your channel. Your opinion is worthless. Please go to another site to troll.
@@superpoof And I just looked at yours. Get the fuck outta here, auto slim! WTF!
Paul Ryan hey Pawl Rien get your head out of your black hole
@@jeffhildreth9244 Why even visit a channel you think only seeks attention? What is YOUR channel about?
Looks like the central California coast, no palm trees in all the modern coastal development is the giveaway, Nice that a small portion of land was actually left as is and unencroached, So little of is left untainted or undisturbed these days. 9000 years ago the ocean shoreline was considerably distant from the modern , the old shoreline being anywhere from 20' to 100 feet under sea level today, La Jolla area in north San Diego county has many submerged village sites off shore, In the past century hundreds of well crafted stone bowls and stone implements of all shapes and sizes have been found offshore at various depths up to 100' deep, To my knowledge no ceramics from that distant time in the past have been found at those depths only stone. I am happy to see people taking interest and especially finally giving much respect to the ancestors and modern day descendants/ survivors. Pretty much everything else was taken awa since the Spanish arrived, except their dignity and attachment to the land they lived on for so long.