The sign at the picnic area doesn't tell you where to find this pictograph, only that it exists. Many visitors end up walking up the stream to find the pictograph. (we did!) Turns out it was closer to the parking area and road---Jeff, you found it, reverently filmed this most stoic, regal and beautiful Moqui Queen. Thanks so much for sharing your trips. Love them!
It seems captured or enclosed in a huge bag, because it's arms are not distinguished at all. It's eyes, being so round, look frightened. It could look like wings folded down in some sort of fashion.
I was wondering why there weren't tons of signs and information posts everywhere! I'm glad I went the right way because I probably didn't have enough time to go searching on that night!
With so much fracturing within the alcove , I can imagine that a lot of rock art has fallen away . Four thousand years is a lot of time for such fragile rock to weather. Keep up your good work Jeff.
This picto site is commonly known as 'The Moki Queen'. In the canon of BCS rock art, this 'Big Shoulders' type is less than common, but other examples can be seen at the Great Gallery in the Horseshoe Canyon Unit of Canyonlands and at a site south of Moab. The figure alongside the anthro is generally felt to be what's left of a sheep, but one 'researcher' regarded it as a 'legless duck'. A quick archaelolgical 'dig' done many years ago revealed the base of a structure and slab-lined cysts (archaic 'storage' places) nearby. There are two very nice petro panels slightly north of the parking area and (at least) three others several miles north, right along the road.
I was thinking that "duck" could possibly be a grouse or a wild turkey. I know that the indigenous ancient people used turkeys not just for food, but also for clothing. They'd skin the bird, keeping the smaller feathers in long narrow straps. They then would weave the various straps together to make capes, or other items. I'm sure that with feathers, it provided some form of warmth and protection from the elements. Longer feathers for ceremonial uses. In the summer of 1990, I worked with Dr's Metheny and Metheny, doing a survey of Nine Mile Canyon and saw a grave that had the ancient corpse wrapped in a feather shawl, along with other grave goods. The grave was a hole dug down in the sandstone and covered with a large, flat stone. The reason we were surveying Nine Mile was because it hadn't been done since the last time around the 1900's. We do know that John Wesley Powell explored that canyon on one of his explorations. I think it was the expedition of the Green River. That was a great summer. I learned a lot of things during with the crew. I even brought my kids and they put them to work too! 😅
@@kurttate9446 Certainly not. Simply a shorthand way of saying 'bighorn' (without having to project whether it's a ram or an ewe, a desert bighorn or a mountain goat, etc.), especially since whatever the figure might actually depict isn't all that obvious to begin with. That and the fact that depictions of bighorn sheep in r.a. are ubiquitous throughout the West. Oh, and apologies to Jeff if any of this is a distraction or diversion. I genuinely enjoy the content you provide, sir..
The southwest is so beautiful. I wish I lived close enough to explore these places, but I'm a New Englander and that's not possible. This channel is the next best thing for me, for now at least.
Hi Jeff! In times where people mostly write very hateful things on the internet, me and my husband just wanted to share our appreciation of you and your content! You are truly a fantastic person! We love how you appreciate everything you see and your excitement for the traces of the ancient people, the ruins and the nature. The fun you are having on your adventures is truly addictive! Please continue with your videos, we love them so much and please know that your work is appreciated and loved and we can‘t wait for more adventures and google maps treasures! Take care and stay the way you are. greetings from germany ♥️
Red ochres are fine grained sandstones with more than 10% iron oxide. Therefore they look like blood (Yellow ochres have some 5%). The white paint (shell embroidery and hanging feathers?) is most likely pipe clay or kaolin. This weathers away much faster, so is mainly still visible on good sheltered locations.
One thing I remember about pictographs is that if the figure appears to have a face, the spirit is coming toward you out of the rock. If they don’t have a face, they’re going back into the rock!
Thank you so much for sharing your hikes and adventures. A person can see a lot from a car window but unfortunately I am in a wheelchair and could never get out and see all these amazing places that you take us to in your videos . Thank you so much!!!
Thank you for taking us on your adventures! I like your style. No hype. Straight forward. You're the real deal and I think all your followers appreciate that.
What a wonderful start to our Day! We do so appreciate your efforts and humbleness on these ancient discoveries, that we wouldn’t get to see otherwise. Hats off to you .
I enjoyed this episode so much because as you were going along I started wondering "what did they use to paint those?" "What's the difference between a pictograph and a petroglyph anyway?" etc And then at the end you literally went through every question I asked one by one! Spooky 💕 Also I know I'm just one person but I really love when you teach us stuff about these sites and their history in addition to showing us them. I'd love if you could incorporate some more of that into your videos from time to time (only if you want to though obviously!). I'm from the UK and I just love learning about the history of this beautiful part of the world I've never been to before 🥰
This is so good to know! Thank you for saying this. I am learning things along the way and I will try and share more of what I have been reading and learning! :-)
@@TheTrekPlanner aw yay this makes me so happy, thank you! Even if it's just stuff that seems like common knowledge to you with all your experience visiting these sights, im always happy to learn something new. Thank you for all the content you make - it's been lovely binging your channel when im struggling to fall asleep, I really appreciate it x
I really enjoy your content, really interesting, reminds me of trips with my parents in the 60s exploring! Nothing much was controlled then! The pictographs are fabulous!
My dad was doing the electrical work on that damn before it opened up the waters to flood a whole ancient city that was still being occupied. Utah Power n Light crews were very torn about the people that refused to leave. There is a huge part of our history under Lake Powell.
I got to see the ruins down in the bottom of Canyon De Chelly on my trip to Arizona and not only was the solo hiking route to the bottom still open, I got to meet some of the Native people who still lived down on the Canyon floor. I was on a missions trip in north central New Mexico building a community center on the Navajo reservation outside Farmington and got to go to a bunch of sites with amazing pictographs and found some cool ruins as well, even experienced Saint Elmo's Fire from Canyon De Chelly's rim as we were getting to summit right as a gnarly storm swept througn the canyon bringong a lot of lightning strikes to the bed. Those trips are a fond memory, and your videos remind me why I need to spend this next summer exploring more of the four corners region. Maybe I'll spend a week or two backpacking and camping around Utah this time! My buddy who drove from Pennsylvania to NM with me at the time stayed to do precisely that after our church trip ended. I always envied that decision as I took a flight home with everyone else. Maybe I'll get to do what I wish I'd done 15+ years ago. Thank you for taking us with you, as always!! ❤️⚡💙
Regarding the height and prominence above the landscape, remember that several hundreds to thousand years ago it would’ve been closer to ground level…erosion by the creek and wind and cold/freeze “put it” up high where it is today.
As much as we like to think every place on Earth (dry land Earth anyways) there are tons of places man has never ever been yet! Nice to go along with you and your adventures to see a little bit more each time. I appreciate it!
I wonder if the dots of white on the head and on the garment are meant to depict cowrie shells? You could find them on shores in what's now California and South America, and they were traded all over and are relatively easy to drill holes into and sew onto garments. They've been found in cave tombs and in burial sites all across the country, and traditionally were considered women's symbols. The setting of this pictograph is amazing-- it feels like a holy place, and there were definitely medicine holes drilled into the pictograph for gathering dust to use (I've seen that in a lot of sites, particularly in Chevalon Canyon in Arizona.) Also, did you notice the turkey-track petroglyph at the base of the pictograph? The white coloring is almost certainly white bentonite or kaolin clay; it was used a lot for this sort of thing, sometimes mixed with animal fat. Interesting thing: if white clay is subjected to high heat for a few hours, it can turn jet black-- one site I went to had animal figures and the Mother of Game in pictographs where a huge fire had been burned, and they'd gone black but kept their designs perfectly. The ranger explaining them to me and other hikers told us what had happened.
Thank you so much for sharing your finds with us that are unable to explore! I’m 74 and live by myself and health & physical difficulties and you have made such a difference to my life taking me along with others on your journeys❣️keep on trecking🤭😜
Chuck from OH. Thanks Jeff great adventures fun seeing thing I'll never see in person . I'm getting old and I'm an x smoker and I'm paying for it so no trekking in my future. Lol but I'm ok . Thank you be safe out in this big world 🌎.
1:30 Resembles a giant, carved eye! :D 2:15 Something once written there, has been 'erased'/spackled over. 2:31 Good call, Jeff! 4:244:404:515:51 Amazing!
the pictograph looks like it depicts a person wearing traditional jewelery or something. like a beaded poncho curtain thing around the neck. very pretty. looks like they painted their companion too. cat or dog ? half tamed dog? super cool!
Another great video. I appreciate how respectful you are when visiting sites. I only hope that the crazy comments don’t deter you from continuing to post your adventures.
That alcove, with it's fine acoustics, was probably a place ancient musicians would have gathered. I think there would be mostly woodwinds and percussion instruments. I am not an expert on the subject by any stretch of the imagination. Have you ever though about doing a video about "Pando"? Its right in the middle of your area. It's near Fish Lake in central/southern Utah. Pando is a clonal Aspen grove reprted to be a contender for records in several categories including: oldest living thing at 40000 years, heaviest living thing, most area covered by a single organism. It would be nice to see you document it before human activity kills it.
As someone who paints and does construction I can say even the best current products would not last 100 years let alone 4000. We could only wonder how they created such durable pigments.
For those who asked, the doors and windows in the shape of a T, the reasoning is that the top would have a branch or log that spans the top to allow a place for the roof to sit over the window or door without falling into it. It is a "window or door casing".
🇬🇧. when you first see this Alcove From a slight distance it reminded me of Carnegie Hall, or at least the photos I've seen of it. Oddly Carnegie Hall was built for music & sound, taking advantage of the science of acoustics within architecture to maximise & enhance sound This Alcove edifice also has accoustics & echo capabilities & Probably chosen as a sacred place because of the sounds it can make, and as I believe the ancient cultures were able to draw out the natural sounds in places & nature. Maybe even the architect of Carnegie Hall studied the acoustics & harmonies at this very place & designed his famous music venue Because of these qualities...? I've tried to write & send this comment 6 times ..... Each time I'm thwarted.. 🤔 It's probably nothing & I'm being A Pillock. Thanks Jeff, really good vid It's Not the length of the video that counts but the content! This was a super vid, I loved it & this Marvellous place Peace & Good Cheer 🇬🇧🙋
This is cool. Can you imagine if you played music in that space? You kept your voice quiet and I could hear you perfectly. What a near but kinda spooky place. Thank you for sharing your trip with us.
I watched two of your YT vids and subscribed 😊 I live in Australia and haven’t had the fortune to visit the USA. I love history, archaeology, fauna, flora, geology… Thank you for taking the time to take us all on your adventures 👍🏽💕
Chuck here from OH. Ok we're ready for a new adventure can't wait to see a new site . You seem to be a Decent gentleman you couldn't have had anything but good parents. Thanks for your hard work I only wish I felt like you again and go on adventures to find cool stuff . Ok see you soon .
Hi just to give some info on the shallow indention near the wall, people would dig shallow sleeping beds, some would heat up rocks near the fire and place them in these dig out beds and place sand back over them for warmth during the night. Sand is a very good heat conductor so you can lay out furs and skins on them and stay toasty all night long. Temperatures even in the desert can be very cold, you can even get hypothermia at 70F if you don't stay warm in the deserts at night. The rocks stacked along the beds was there for wind protections when you slept, you can lean sticks against the walls anchored by the rocks to lay out skins across for a crude lean-to shelters.
When you came out of the cave area, you should of had a rubber spider sitting on your shoulder to scare the crap out of your viewers. Thanks for the journey.
Another awesome adventure brother. Thank you. As for the guy with the binoculars. If you see something say something. He thought you were up to no good. Just being nosy. LOL
Watching,watching,munch munch sluuurp watching,watching.. Spill,swear,re- fill cup.....watching,watching,..Look out behind you,Jeff,oh,wait,it's just a rock.Carry on,MindSaver(or MindSlayer?)❤
Regarding the petroglyphs… the rock fall area is obvious under the figure. Maybe even some of the painting has already sourced off the side, nice. But it will eventually fall off too.
I just discovered your channel, and I subscribed within 60 seconds. I can't wait to check out the rest of your content! I would have loved to have seen the entire scene before the bottom bits crumbled off. You can tell from the way it fades out at the bottom that there was likely a larger mural below that at one point. Incredible.
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The sign at the picnic area doesn't tell you where to find this pictograph, only that it exists. Many visitors end up walking up the stream to find the pictograph. (we did!) Turns out it was closer to the parking area and road---Jeff, you found it, reverently filmed this most stoic, regal and beautiful Moqui Queen. Thanks so much for sharing your trips. Love them!
The man is standing next to a chicken
Interesting, I have never heard of Queen Moqui, I’m curious now. They have found remains in ancient America of a Queen Mu.
What does the name Moqui mean? Who named it, I wonder.
It seems captured or enclosed in a huge bag, because it's arms are not distinguished at all.
It's eyes, being so round, look frightened.
It could look like wings folded down in some sort of fashion.
I was wondering why there weren't tons of signs and information posts everywhere! I'm glad I went the right way because I probably didn't have enough time to go searching on that night!
With so much fracturing within the alcove , I can imagine that a lot of rock art has fallen away . Four thousand years is a lot of time for such fragile rock to weather. Keep up your good work Jeff.
I think you are right! Probably much more to the story than just these two
I thought that too..😢
Maybe pieces of art are mixed up with the rock. Interesting.
This picto site is commonly known as 'The Moki Queen'. In the canon of BCS rock art, this 'Big Shoulders' type is less than common, but other examples can be seen at the Great Gallery in the Horseshoe Canyon Unit of Canyonlands and at a site south of Moab. The figure alongside the anthro is generally felt to be what's left of a sheep, but one 'researcher' regarded it as a 'legless duck'. A quick archaelolgical 'dig' done many years ago revealed the base of a structure and slab-lined cysts (archaic 'storage' places) nearby. There are two very nice petro panels slightly north of the parking area and (at least) three others several miles north, right along the road.
I was thinking that "duck" could possibly be a grouse or a wild turkey. I know that the indigenous ancient people used turkeys not just for food, but also for clothing. They'd skin the bird, keeping the smaller feathers in long narrow straps. They then would weave the various straps together to make capes, or other items. I'm sure that with feathers, it provided some form of warmth and protection from the elements. Longer feathers for ceremonial uses. In the summer of 1990, I worked with Dr's Metheny and Metheny, doing a survey of Nine Mile Canyon and saw a grave that had the ancient corpse wrapped in a feather shawl, along with other grave goods. The grave was a hole dug down in the sandstone and covered with a large, flat stone. The reason we were surveying Nine Mile was because it hadn't been done since the last time around the 1900's. We do know that John Wesley Powell explored that canyon on one of his explorations. I think it was the expedition of the Green River. That was a great summer. I learned a lot of things during with the crew. I even brought my kids and they put them to work too! 😅
By 'sheep' you don't mean modern old world domestic sheep. They of course weren't introduced till long, long after this pictograph was painted.
@@kurttate9446 Certainly not. Simply a shorthand way of saying 'bighorn' (without having to project whether it's a ram or an ewe, a desert bighorn or a mountain goat, etc.), especially since whatever the figure might actually depict isn't all that obvious to begin with. That and the fact that depictions of bighorn sheep in r.a. are ubiquitous throughout the West.
Oh, and apologies to Jeff if any of this is a distraction or diversion. I genuinely enjoy the content you provide, sir..
That "duck" looks more like a rattlesnake to me. Tail up warning.
The blob is the Moki Queen's "bag of tricks"... maybe some peyote! haha
The southwest is so beautiful. I wish I lived close enough to explore these places, but I'm a New Englander and that's not possible. This channel is the next best thing for me, for now at least.
I’m from Maine and would love to travel out there again. Jeff’s videos really help with the yearning. 😅
@@Saladmama57 I'm from Vermont. Not far from Lake Champlain and the US/Canada border.
I love the Southwest USA, so beautiful and worth exploring.
Thank you for bringing us along.
Hi Jeff! In times where people mostly write very hateful things on the internet, me and my husband just wanted to share our appreciation of you and your content! You are truly a fantastic person! We love how you appreciate everything you see and your excitement for the traces of the ancient people, the ruins and the nature. The fun you are having on your adventures is truly addictive! Please continue with your videos, we love them so much and please know that your work is appreciated and loved and we can‘t wait for more adventures and google maps treasures! Take care and stay the way you are.
greetings from germany ♥️
Red paint is made from red ochre, it's a mineral. It's usually mixed with rendered animal fat.
Red ochres are fine grained sandstones with more than 10% iron oxide. Therefore they look like blood (Yellow ochres have some 5%). The white paint (shell embroidery and hanging feathers?) is most likely pipe clay or kaolin. This weathers away much faster, so is mainly still visible on good sheltered locations.
Now ruin everyone's dinner by explaining how to render animal fat........ better yet don't.
Hematite rubbed on sandstone with small amount of water is instant red paint .
Hematite rubbed on sandstone with small amount of water is instant red paint .
Sometimes cinnabar is used.
Spectacular Pictos! Smaller one looks like a chicken, maybe a large bird sitting or nesting. Thanks Jeff❣️
Looks like some part below has fallen off maybe.
One thing I remember about pictographs is that if the figure appears to have a face, the spirit is coming toward you out of the rock. If they don’t have a face, they’re going back into the rock!
That’s cool, thanks. I’ve been told several times that the spiral 🌀
Meant there was a portal there.
Thank you so much for sharing your hikes and adventures. A person can see a lot from a car window but unfortunately I am in a wheelchair and could never get out and see all these amazing places that you take us to in your videos . Thank you so much!!!
Your videos are absolutely packed with information & beauty.
I'm glad you decided to do this. Keep it up.
Positive waves.
Thank you for taking us on your adventures! I like your style. No hype. Straight forward. You're the real deal and I think all your followers appreciate that.
It seems that many who aren't able to get around that well so enjoy being able to be able to come along with Jeff.
Love the pre and post road shots. Reminds us how much car time you spend to bring us these treasures!
What a wonderful start to our Day!
We do so appreciate your efforts and humbleness on these ancient discoveries, that we wouldn’t get to see otherwise. Hats off to you .
dude, I found a giant sliding door 😆 I love all this I hope to visit one day in my lifetime I appreciate your treks so much ❤️
Lol, I saw the same! It's so different from the surrounding rock.. 😳
Another excellent adventure. Thank you for sharing your exploration hikes. ❤❤❤❤ they are always interesting.
Just amazing Jeff! TY! 😊
This was a fun one! Thank you for watching, Robert! :-)
Seeing things like this just makes me was to know how those people lived and survived and what they did all day. Such a beautiful area.
This was a magnificent place ❤thank you for sharing 💯🪶
I enjoyed this episode so much because as you were going along I started wondering "what did they use to paint those?" "What's the difference between a pictograph and a petroglyph anyway?" etc And then at the end you literally went through every question I asked one by one! Spooky 💕
Also I know I'm just one person but I really love when you teach us stuff about these sites and their history in addition to showing us them. I'd love if you could incorporate some more of that into your videos from time to time (only if you want to though obviously!).
I'm from the UK and I just love learning about the history of this beautiful part of the world I've never been to before 🥰
This is so good to know! Thank you for saying this. I am learning things along the way and I will try and share more of what I have been reading and learning! :-)
@@TheTrekPlanner aw yay this makes me so happy, thank you! Even if it's just stuff that seems like common knowledge to you with all your experience visiting these sights, im always happy to learn something new.
Thank you for all the content you make - it's been lovely binging your channel when im struggling to fall asleep, I really appreciate it x
THANK YOU FOR SHOWING THE SURROUNDS AS WELL!
I really enjoy your content, really interesting, reminds me of trips with my parents in the 60s exploring! Nothing much was controlled then! The pictographs are fabulous!
Yay, my first notification since I subscribed! You really lift my heart, whenever you go places I can’t. Bless you.
Wow, thank you! I love sharing these places and am happy to have you along!! :-)
Hard to believe those are still around after 4,000 years, amazing!
I think then been there over 5-7 thousand years ago.Did you notice the horse at 6:10? This things can even be older than 7000 years old in my opinion
@@JoseLopez-i2q yeah it's pretty wild to imagine!
Thanks for telling us the size of things in feet. It really helps me to visualize.
Awesome area. So sad about Lake Powell and the entire Colorado River system. Just a beautiful area. Thanks for the adventure.
My dad was doing the electrical work on that damn before it opened up the waters to flood a whole ancient city that was still being occupied. Utah Power n Light crews were very torn about the people that refused to leave. There is a huge part of our history under Lake Powell.
Nice one Mano. The end piece begs the question, how many flood/drought cycles have these areas survived?
I got to see the ruins down in the bottom of Canyon De Chelly on my trip to Arizona and not only was the solo hiking route to the bottom still open, I got to meet some of the Native people who still lived down on the Canyon floor. I was on a missions trip in north central New Mexico building a community center on the Navajo reservation outside Farmington and got to go to a bunch of sites with amazing pictographs and found some cool ruins as well, even experienced Saint Elmo's Fire from Canyon De Chelly's rim as we were getting to summit right as a gnarly storm swept througn the canyon bringong a lot of lightning strikes to the bed. Those trips are a fond memory, and your videos remind me why I need to spend this next summer exploring more of the four corners region. Maybe I'll spend a week or two backpacking and camping around Utah this time! My buddy who drove from Pennsylvania to NM with me at the time stayed to do precisely that after our church trip ended. I always envied that decision as I took a flight home with everyone else. Maybe I'll get to do what I wish I'd done 15+ years ago. Thank you for taking us with you, as always!! ❤️⚡💙
Lots of others are trying to do what you do and it just doesn't work for them. Just keep being you and bless you for these awesome adventures.❤
Absolutely beautiful, thank you for your time and effort.
Such a wonderful and noble pictograph! Thanks for respectfully sharing with us.
❤❤❤❤❤thank you!! Great job! Steady camera and beautiful views!
I loooooove these videos! I am 62 fully disabled and can't get out. Much love and keep the great content coming!!! ❤❤❤❤❤
Lovely art and cultural find today. Thanks.
❤❤❤thank you so much. 😊love your chanel. 🇨🇦
Looks like it is a symbol of a bride ...thank you so very much for taking us on these hikes ..❤..its just so beautiful and tranquil.....
Regarding the height and prominence above the landscape, remember that several hundreds to thousand years ago it would’ve been closer to ground level…erosion by the creek and wind and cold/freeze “put it” up high where it is today.
Thank you so much! Beautiful pictographs! Love your videos. Thanks ❤
As much as we like to think every place on Earth (dry land Earth anyways) there are tons of places man has never ever been yet! Nice to go along with you and your adventures to see a little bit more each time. I appreciate it!
That’s the coolest pictograph! Thank you so much for sharing this!
I wonder if the dots of white on the head and on the garment are meant to depict cowrie shells? You could find them on shores in what's now California and South America, and they were traded all over and are relatively easy to drill holes into and sew onto garments. They've been found in cave tombs and in burial sites all across the country, and traditionally were considered women's symbols.
The setting of this pictograph is amazing-- it feels like a holy place, and there were definitely medicine holes drilled into the pictograph for gathering dust to use (I've seen that in a lot of sites, particularly in Chevalon Canyon in Arizona.) Also, did you notice the turkey-track petroglyph at the base of the pictograph?
The white coloring is almost certainly white bentonite or kaolin clay; it was used a lot for this sort of thing, sometimes mixed with animal fat. Interesting thing: if white clay is subjected to high heat for a few hours, it can turn jet black-- one site I went to had animal figures and the Mother of Game in pictographs where a huge fire had been burned, and they'd gone black but kept their designs perfectly. The ranger explaining them to me and other hikers told us what had happened.
Such magical areas and beautiful photography! Thanks so much for sharing again.
Thank you so much for sharing your finds with us that are unable to explore! I’m 74 and live by myself and health & physical difficulties and you have made such a difference to my life taking me along with others on your journeys❣️keep on trecking🤭😜
Another good adventure. Keep trekking nd sharing.
When i see the places you go & have been i am very aware I’ve been nowhere. Thx for sharing. From Australia
Thank you for sharing your adventures .. can't wait for the next one.
👍🙏>>>💚~~~ Thank You I lived at Hite from 1995 to 2000.... Houseboat maintenance.... LOVE IT
Chuck from OH. Thanks Jeff great adventures fun seeing thing I'll never see in person . I'm getting old and I'm an x smoker and I'm paying for it so no trekking in my future. Lol but I'm ok . Thank you be safe out in this big world 🌎.
1:30 Resembles a giant, carved eye! :D
2:15 Something once written there, has been 'erased'/spackled over. 2:31 Good call, Jeff!
4:24 4:40 4:51 5:51 Amazing!
Always look forward to all of your videos!!!!!!!!!!!
the pictograph looks like it depicts a person wearing traditional jewelery or something. like a beaded poncho curtain thing around the neck. very pretty. looks like they painted their companion too. cat or dog ? half tamed dog? super cool!
Totally agree
Looks like a fabulous place for a large group. The best of both worlds. Open sunny areas and a lot of shade.❤
Another great video. I appreciate how respectful you are when visiting sites. I only hope that the crazy comments don’t deter you from continuing to post your adventures.
The rock with the pictograph very much looked like a face when you were first approaching it. Amazing work as always. Thank you so very much
Great trek! Fascinating.
Very Beautiful Area - very Unique Rock Painting - wow - could be 4000Years old - wow again ! Thank You and many Cheers from Australia !!!!
That alcove, with it's fine acoustics, was probably a place ancient musicians would have gathered. I think there would be mostly woodwinds and percussion instruments.
I am not an expert on the subject by any stretch of the imagination.
Have you ever though about doing a video about "Pando"?
Its right in the middle of your area. It's near Fish Lake in central/southern Utah.
Pando is a clonal Aspen grove reprted to be a contender for records in several categories including: oldest living thing at 40000 years, heaviest living thing, most area covered by a single organism.
It would be nice to see you document it before human activity kills it.
Enjoyed watching. Thanks
That style is utterly amazing. Another excellent video, keep up the good work
Thank you so much for sharing. 😊❤
Awesome and inspiring...❤
I love the clarity of your videos. Good camera equipment makes all the difference.
Thanks for taking us along on your journeys. These are outstanding.
I am mesmerized with your content.
Great video....love the last pics.......
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Found this years ago, looks like it may be very difficult to reach. Im too old to make the journey now. Maybe you could do it.
As someone who paints and does construction I can say even the best current products would not last 100 years let alone 4000. We could only wonder how they created such durable pigments.
So true!
Thanks again for another awesome video
Looks like Australian Aboriginals in full dancing outfit with red ocher paint and white dot paint. Ancient tribals loved contrasting colors.
Thank you so much for sharing
WOW!! This video is absolutely beautiful!!!
Fabulous place.👍👍
Thank you once again, you took us on an amazing adventure with you, so gorgeous! And educational! Aloha!
For those who asked, the doors and windows in the shape of a T, the reasoning is that the top would have a branch or log that spans the top to allow a place for the roof to sit over the window or door without falling into it. It is a "window or door casing".
🇬🇧. when you first see this Alcove
From a slight distance it reminded me of Carnegie Hall, or at least the photos I've seen of it.
Oddly Carnegie Hall was built for music & sound, taking advantage of the science of acoustics within architecture to maximise & enhance sound
This Alcove edifice also has accoustics & echo capabilities
& Probably chosen as a sacred place because of the sounds it can make, and as I believe the ancient cultures were able to draw out the natural sounds in places & nature.
Maybe even the architect of Carnegie Hall studied the acoustics & harmonies at this very place & designed his famous music venue
Because of these qualities...?
I've tried to write & send this comment 6 times .....
Each time I'm thwarted.. 🤔
It's probably nothing & I'm being
A Pillock.
Thanks Jeff, really good vid
It's Not the length of the video that counts but the content!
This was a super vid, I loved it & this
Marvellous place
Peace & Good Cheer
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This is cool. Can you imagine if you played music in that space? You kept your voice quiet and I could hear you perfectly. What a near but kinda spooky place. Thank you for sharing your trip with us.
Thank you for your interest in the ancient past....
I enjoy very much your exploring! Keep it up!
Per from Sweden
Thank you so much for doing this!!
I watched two of your YT vids and subscribed 😊 I live in Australia and haven’t had the fortune to visit the USA. I love history, archaeology, fauna, flora, geology…
Thank you for taking the time to take us all on your adventures 👍🏽💕
Love your channel, but wish you took more people out there for safety purposes. I live vicariously through your efforts. Thank you.
I love this and hope you will do more.❤❤
I can't believe how much has changed over the years at Lake Powell.😥😥 What a beautiful place to go and see ancient art. 🥰🥰
Chuck here from OH. Ok we're ready for a new adventure can't wait to see a new site . You seem to be a Decent gentleman you couldn't have had anything but good parents. Thanks for your hard work I only wish I felt like you again and go on adventures to find cool stuff . Ok see you soon .
Hi just to give some info on the shallow indention near the wall, people would dig shallow sleeping beds, some would heat up rocks near the fire and place them in these dig out beds and place sand back over them for warmth during the night. Sand is a very good heat conductor so you can lay out furs and skins on them and stay toasty all night long. Temperatures even in the desert can be very cold, you can even get hypothermia at 70F if you don't stay warm in the deserts at night. The rocks stacked along the beds was there for wind protections when you slept, you can lean sticks against the walls anchored by the rocks to lay out skins across for a crude lean-to shelters.
Always fun to watch
Goooood morning. Thanks for the video.
When you came out of the cave area, you should of had a rubber spider sitting on your shoulder to scare the crap out of your viewers. Thanks for the journey.
Another awesome adventure brother. Thank you. As for the guy with the binoculars. If you see something say something. He thought you were up to no good. Just being nosy. LOL
They were looking at the pictographs like most people do that stop there. You can see them from the road.
The top of the arc and other areas look as though a red clay has been swiped across the stone. Very unique area. Thanks for sharing
Watching,watching,munch munch sluuurp watching,watching.. Spill,swear,re- fill cup.....watching,watching,..Look out behind you,Jeff,oh,wait,it's just a rock.Carry on,MindSaver(or MindSlayer?)❤
PS I love your content,bro,dude,yo..peace out,aye
That is really beautiful
If it's 4000 years old, looking at the rubble below it, there could have at one time been more below it that have since crumbled
Few things carry the eerieness of the rock art of the old ones
Regarding the petroglyphs… the rock fall area is obvious under the figure. Maybe even some of the painting has already sourced off the side, nice. But it will eventually fall off too.
Beautiful place!
Extra large figures could be Sasquatch, which is part of Native culture.
Breathtaking!
Amazing glyphs. It looks like they had "visitors." Thanks! That paint lasts longer than Ben Moore.
I just discovered your channel, and I subscribed within 60 seconds. I can't wait to check out the rest of your content!
I would have loved to have seen the entire scene before the bottom bits crumbled off. You can tell from the way it fades out at the bottom that there was likely a larger mural below that at one point. Incredible.
I have been there! Stunning site.
Noticed the Muddobbber nest on the 'The Moki Queen'. Makes finding a nest easy.