Kudos! You respected the site by putting everything you picked up right back where you found it. That is one of the biggest problems with many people who come to ancient sites. There is so much that can be learned by researchers when they come to look at a site.
@77justin96
Жыл бұрын
Oh shut up. There is nothing wrong with surface hunting. No digging!
@jsiqueblue4948
Жыл бұрын
I agree with you, someone else would have kicked down the walls
@modestoca25
Жыл бұрын
@@77justin96 m0r0n
@leroykjames
Жыл бұрын
I worked in the 4 Corners area and had the opportunity to do a lot of back country, off-trail exploring. The thing that astounded me was the amount of pottery 4:16 shards I continually came across, to be found everywhere I went. It would indicate that the region was at one time heavily populated.
@Trackdayroadtrip
Жыл бұрын
At 4:20 I thought you found an earring in the green vegetation in the upper right hand corner of the screen! Hahaha I’m too much of a lost artifact junky!
@missingremote4388
Жыл бұрын
What broke the pottery? Could it be the wind? Or a heavy snow load? Or cavemen
@greg6235
Жыл бұрын
No, it only means that a small population left a lot of trash. Thin walled pottery easily breaks, in one year dozens could be broken, and dozens broken each year after. It was easy, and some women perhaps their full time job, to make more pottery.
@markgibsons_SWpottery
Жыл бұрын
The population was the same 800 years ago as it is now... sickness came 500 years ago and then the spaniards... The population was already on the decline when the spanish arrived, and it just got worse from there...
@modestoca25
Жыл бұрын
@BOGDAN SERBAN derp
@TeeKing
Жыл бұрын
As a lady of a mature age, a wish at the top of my list is to find a companion for adventures like this. So much of the world we don't know; thank you for leaving its integrity as you found it.
@TheTrekPlanner
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Tee King!
@roxannedreaden7607
Жыл бұрын
Just like fine wine.this is a awesome findfor our viewing pleasure
@davidgross9908
Жыл бұрын
I have a love for the west and ancient ruins of America. Being from Indiana, trips to the west of few and far between. I enjoy living vicariously through your adventures. Please keep them coming, and I hope your channel grows exponentially. Be safe.
@robwoodke6592
Жыл бұрын
I too am from Indiana, the northern Kankakee region. This area has a rich Native American history. Unfortunately it cannot be explored as easily because it being farmland and/or privately owned and they’re not keen to letting people poke around their property.
@goodeye6373
Жыл бұрын
The majority of people are not interested in native artifacts or their history. One reason why people do not know of these things.
@victorhopper6774
Жыл бұрын
@@robwoodke6592 so much stuff in the flatrock river area and great fossils
@victorhopper6774
Жыл бұрын
@@goodeye6373 most all land in the east is private and farmers don't want to lose use of their land. 20,000 years of living means most places have stuff. my brother picked up over a hundred points on our small farm near catawba ohio. he would look in a freashly plowed field after a rain. likely way more natives living in the east for its size cause better game and water.
@goodeye6373
Жыл бұрын
@@victorhopper6774 I had said to other people pre Columbus that the East was full of people. Don't know what happened perhaps they burnt the dead after Columbus, but people assumed that there was not a large population East of the Mississippi. Also Native Americans are one of the least studied people . People were discredited for years for having older dates than the land bridge theory people and not changing the narrative for years.
@M711-n5n
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for showing us what the pottery looks like when its not busted ❤
@robertallen6710
Жыл бұрын
That region, there's tons of cliff dwelling ruins, glyphs, etc. Glad no one decided to dig up that entranceway. Thanks Jeff!
@jamesyoung1167
Жыл бұрын
Great Searching and Discoveries ! You leave it the way you find it & this is Commendable !
@whitelightshadow1435
Жыл бұрын
Very well done, a rare find, those "tower" look very much like burial mounds we have here in Africa. The pottery can even be grave goods. It does look like grave robbers was digging the area. Which is very sad. A lot of cultures would set areas out for the dead, where they would build structures like these to house the dead. Also it looks like multiple cultures used the area by the different building styles. Nice work on spotting the rock art in the area. Well done.
@CrAck-MoNey
Жыл бұрын
I absolutely love this area of the country. I've driven through here many times in the last 5 years. There's always something new, and beautiful to look at. When you are out there you realize how far away from everything out there. Alot of untouched beauty. Oh and an answer to your question. Yes I am enjoying it very much. Thank you for being so interested, and so respectful at the same time. Love the channel!
@nitaweber6532
Жыл бұрын
Wow wouldn't it be fun to go back with a achaeologist and see what they think about the site and the ruins. Pretty cool
@markgibsons_SWpottery
Жыл бұрын
I would like to see all of the artifacts and learn what tribe or tribes were occupying the site!
@davidnorton5980
Жыл бұрын
New viewer here from AZ. Your "I don't know everything" attitude and your absolute respect for the locations is so enjoyable to watch. I will be catching up on all of them. Great work and hope you continue to do so well.
@TheTrekPlanner
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, David! I truly don't know everything haha I'm just an unlearned explorer who loves this stuff! Thank you for being part of my channel! Means so much to me!
@markmark2080
Жыл бұрын
I greatly respect the way you do your channel, it's content, and your really cool little family, best wishes...
@Materialworld4
Жыл бұрын
That last footage from the drone was insane, the amount of rubble was stunning. What you created was visual testament to the ingenuity, tenacity, and creative power of those ancient people. It left me in awe of the spirit of those people, and your love redicovering them for all of us. Truly your video was amazing, and you did it all with reverence for them as human beings worthy of our respect. As a Digital Artist with for years experience in the digital realm I appreciate their artistic skill. Thank You Trek Planner. Now I Wish You A Glorius Week!!!
@l.g.duboise1448
Жыл бұрын
After living on the Navajo Rez with my kids mom, I found many interesting places like what you have found. Sometimes while following the sheep and goats across the big mesa I would stumble across pot shards. Sometimes if you can find cliff dwellings like I did you will see the finger prints of those who lived the there. I saw many unbelievable beautiful rock art. It was amazing living in the four corners area.
@TheTrekPlanner
Жыл бұрын
That is so amazing to see not only the cliff dwellings and pot shards, but to also see the finger prints is just so incredible!
@Cynthia-pf4hm
Жыл бұрын
Wow - What an amazing video! Thanks so much for bringing us along on these adventures. The Drone footage made it so easy to see how large scale this settlement was.
@davidfromamerica1871
Жыл бұрын
Some kid discovered an ancient buried city using Google Earth awhile back. Scientists went out with ground penetrating radar imaging. Sure enough the kid was right..🤗👍😎
@ocotillooutlaws4101
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing! This place is awesome! So many structures of all types in one place. Great adventure, looking forward to the next one ☮
@lindaliestman4397
7 ай бұрын
An amazing find! Very unusual! I wish an artist could reconstruct it virtually! But, sometimes the imagination is the best artist! Thank you for sharing this. So interesting!
@reymundofierro6461
Жыл бұрын
Have you ever been to Hueco Tanks in El Paso County , Texas? There is an ancient Indian ruin area. Great videos you've posted. Thanks Trek Planner.
@-Todays-Tom-Sawyer-
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for interesting videos. I really respect and admire your commitment to tread lightly on these treasures.
@cw4608
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing and also for leaving the potsherds in place for others to enjoy.
@kenneththiessen1674
Жыл бұрын
It is facinating to see these places and think about those who once lived there. Thanks for making and sharing these videos.
@NsixVHF
Жыл бұрын
Wow man...thanks for taking us to these places that I doubt I will ever get out to see. That would be so exciting.
@markgibsons_SWpottery
Жыл бұрын
these are the types of places I like to go and find herbs and clay... I am a potter and an herbalist and I find that near these establishments there are usually more edible and medicinal plants than in random areas throughout similar regions... come check out our pottery, Sir! We are native Americans, but not full blood... so we make pottery from the pueblos mostly! Great videos, Sir! Keep making them and we will keep watching!
@robwoodke6592
Жыл бұрын
Do you report these finds to Archaeologists? If so how do you decide whether or not to?
@SongOfSongsOneTwelve
Жыл бұрын
These are definitely ruins and should be reported to the antiquities and First Nation authorities.
@mirandamom1346
Жыл бұрын
@@SongOfSongsOneTwelve When I started hiking in southern Utah, I reported the first site I found to the State Archaeologist’s office. I was completely ignored. There is an undocumentably large supply of ancient remains in this area.
@johnmca5643
Жыл бұрын
@@mirandamom1346 That's sad to hear. You'd think they'd want to investigate all findings.
@mirandamom1346
Жыл бұрын
@@johnmca5643 Maybe they’d like to, but I imagine it would be far more manpower than their budget allows.
@markgibsons_SWpottery
Жыл бұрын
@@mirandamom1346 it would take more man power than this country has... there are too many of these sites... your local shopping mall probably replaced one of these important sites... I think they all should be investigated heavily!!!
@johnkraemer5505
Жыл бұрын
Wow! Very interesting. The site looked like a very large community! Thank you for sharing!
@jamescromer550
Жыл бұрын
Excellent find! That is too cool.
@tuff-duty
7 ай бұрын
your research methods, what you share with us, is remarkable. great job, really!
@giuseppe4909
Жыл бұрын
I used to live in the southwest and loved exploring the back country…. You have me seriously thinking about moving back ! I really miss the adventures.
@johnnorth9355
Жыл бұрын
There is a history of the Americas that has yet to be fully told. Thank you for doing your bit to bring some of it to us.
@shamelessbastardgames9158
Жыл бұрын
This very much reminds me of what i see on another YT channel from the Middle east where they search out and locate ancient works like you have there.. After watching a few of there videos i can see a great deal of carved large rock that just jumped right out at me when you showed them .. Very interesting indeed thank you !
@jonashagstrom4664
Жыл бұрын
With all the effort you put into it you should write a report of what you find with photos, koordinates, finds etc. Then send it to the nearest university with an archaeological department - the site might be unknown to them!
@chateaumojo
Жыл бұрын
I like how you see an interestin inkg spot on GE and you actually GO there . That was really an impressive area.
@scottnewsome8472
Жыл бұрын
wow, that would be extremely exciting to explore, I would have to stay there for days! thanks for sharing.
@pacalvotan3380
Жыл бұрын
Very interesting...what a great adventure. Pretty good drone shots too.
@notflanders4967
Жыл бұрын
It's fun to imagine bodies of water in these valleys, and differences in the surrounding foliage.
@GreenTara1234
Жыл бұрын
We have these also in Desert Australia regions, amazing stuff, you are brilliant 🌟🙏🌟
@christinadupuy897
3 ай бұрын
This is so fascinating, someone just passing by, would just see rocks, you show us how it is ancient remains, proving it with the potsherds. Makes me wonder about climate and social pressures from other people moving into the area.
@annakeye
Жыл бұрын
I have to say this is probably the best one so far. IMHO obviously. The sheer scale of it. I found myself wondering about the lives of the people who made their homes here. What did they talk about? What did the kids do? What did they eat and drink? What were their clothes and bedding made of? They valued design if 4:49 is anything to go by. 7:50 had me asking more questions such as who put those rocks up on these shelf like pieces and for what purpose? 7:57 the rocks on the right hand of the one's you're pointing to I was really intrigued by. Okay, that's enough of me. Thanks so much for sharing your time with us.
@TheTrekPlanner
Жыл бұрын
Really appreciate your comment! I also love envisioned what life would have been like for them. Im hoping I can make a visit to several Ancestral Pueblo museums soon to show more artifacts and get more context for my videos
@headlessspaceman5681
Жыл бұрын
They drank water. They ate corn, bunny rabbits, wild plants, and sometimes other people. Their clothes were made from cotton they grew and other plant fibers and animal skins.
@NellieNutkins
Жыл бұрын
Not me suddenly interested in the Anasazi and reading about Cliff dwellings on the smithsonian website because this is FASCINATING. Whenever there’s a great amount of personal belongings left behind I’m always so curious as to why they left such things behind. Apparently they would have potentially faced a cataclysmic event like severe drought that forced them to relocate to the rio grande and other areas? I guess you just carried what you could. Hence pottery being left behind as it was cumbersome and not vital. Really like that you don’t pilfer and you’re so respectful. Thanks for sharing. Honestly some of the best new content I’ve seen on YT in a whole.
@marcyboucher8130
Жыл бұрын
You are correct on your comments as I observe and listen. Definitely another visit. I’d say pottery definitely 1k yrs ago. Probably fire clouds on pottery also. This is incredible to observe And petroglyphs? Wow
@howardsmith9342
Жыл бұрын
I wouldn't say all those loose rocks were part of structures, but clearly there was a lot of activity on that hilltop. And that stonework on that corner wall in the pit was outstanding. Sadly, that looked like a looter's pit. And most of those "cliff dwellings" were most likely granaries or storage rooms. Still, a neat place. I have seen the remains of room blocks that were just piles of rocks like the ones you saw; any evidence of walls was either gone or completely buried under the rocks. Thank you for respecting these places, so many people don't.
@Lb-df4xi
6 ай бұрын
Love your videos and appreciate all the hard work you do to show it to us. I just wish it was a little longer so we could see more of the areas you venture into! Its so fascinating i want to see more, thank you!
@merlin0215
Жыл бұрын
One of the most fascinating channels I found recently! Seeing the ruins makes me think it may have been an enemy tribe who knocked down these buildings. What say you?
@rhondaflynn3
Жыл бұрын
Wow! Thanks for sharing. This is amazing!
@gr00vechamp
Жыл бұрын
Holy jumping coyote skin walkers! When you were walking back to your camp in the dark it sketched me out. Ahhhhhhhh!
@houseofsolomon2440
Жыл бұрын
Very cool- thank you for sharing that!
@adventurecreations3214
Жыл бұрын
Fascinating. Thanks for sharing.
@wandapease-gi8yo
Жыл бұрын
Proud to see you paying for your campsite!
@stevewhite56
Жыл бұрын
Glad I stumbled on to you! Love it!
@Emily_Marilyn
Жыл бұрын
you are on top of an old building. really interesting! you can see the bricks at that opening on top.
@thelizabeth909
Жыл бұрын
Totally cool. Keep it up. Fascinating
@davidcormier6346
Жыл бұрын
That was an amazing find thanks for sharing that
@lynn9176
8 ай бұрын
I'm a new subscriber and I really love your channel I am enjoying going through your videos. Fun to watch.
@saulgranados8601
Жыл бұрын
You can find the same mogollon pottery in Samalayuca, Mexico (35 miles south from EL Paso TX). The Mogollon tradition is found in high-altitude and desert areas in the mountains and plateaus of what is now central Arizona, west-central and southern New Mexico, western Texas, and northern Sonora and Chihuahua.
@soylainglesaloca5308
Жыл бұрын
wow what an amazing place I would have wanted to stay longer😊👍
@charleshicks3492
Жыл бұрын
An amazing find, thanks for bringing me along 😎⭐️🤩
@kellyharper367
Жыл бұрын
Old disabled house bound dusty rusty rockhound here: This trip was so cool!
@DingbadYoutube
6 ай бұрын
Thanks a great video to enjoy.
@heysilence
Жыл бұрын
I don't know for sure and may be way off the mark, but the structure at ~6:00 appears to be a burial mount that has been looted. I've seen looted mounds before and that looks very similar.
@taylorlapham6367
8 ай бұрын
Hey, saw your Boston Red Sox Hat. I grew up in Massachusetts, lives in New Hampshire for 30 years. Retired in Remote New Mexico in 2005. Lots of old stuff here.
@123456wasp
Жыл бұрын
You’re doing a great job! 😎👍
@margo5873
Жыл бұрын
Wow, that is awesome!
@guardianmx8567
Жыл бұрын
As a Native American, thank you for not stealing these pieces
@RCake
Жыл бұрын
It might actually be a good idea to do an interview with an archaeologist, maybe at a state University? I guess some of those sites may be known to them already and purposely not signposted. Others may well be new to science as well, who knows? ...and hey - thank you so much for sharing with us!
@ashemgold
Жыл бұрын
6:30 is why people go missing and never turn up again. Glad you didn't chance it. Millions would have. Stay safe.
@tracieblack1599
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely brilliant 👌
@dorianmclean6755
Жыл бұрын
Totally awesome !! Thx
@jamesfoster9946
Жыл бұрын
Yep those pottery shards - straight up Mesa Verde Black on White pottery shards - Anasai for sure.
@francoloma2971
Жыл бұрын
Kiva? Fantastic find. Any archeologists know about this? So cool to see all that pottery
@BearCache
Жыл бұрын
That petroglyph is a turkey hunting map relative to the area!
@joanneleclair5170
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the great video.
@MorganBrown
Жыл бұрын
Nice find. I love that area
@MrLostson
Жыл бұрын
Awesome video Go Sox!
@yupperdude1
Жыл бұрын
Living the Indians Jones dream I had as a kid man. I wish I was able to live in proximity to some of these amazing sites you visit.
@roythomas1108
Жыл бұрын
At 5:56 it reminds me of ancient kilns. Given the amount of pottery pieces I wonder if it was a place of pottery production.
@katesutton1476
Жыл бұрын
Good explore. Looked like a lot of ppl lived there.
@randallthomas5207
Жыл бұрын
The civilization/communities existed when the climate was moister. When the climate dried, they didn’t have enough water to flush the salts from their fields, and the agriculture collapsed. Then the couldn’t feed themselves and the civilization collapsed.
@averywatlington5263
Жыл бұрын
Nice discovery!!
@sixtyfiveford
Жыл бұрын
Father was an archaeologist. These sites are all well known and documented. They just aren't anything special enough to warrant excavation. They are off the beaten path so very few people disturb them.
@samuelplew5630
10 ай бұрын
Wow! That rock scatter if it’s all structural, that could be a significant structure. Or those. I’d say you’ve found something important if it isn’t already known.
@BootsEditor11
Жыл бұрын
Nice remote find!
@spiritinthesky572
Жыл бұрын
great find
@janiceconnett3192
Жыл бұрын
In California the Natives would take their old pots that were broken and further break them in a specific place like a mound. This area you found might have been the "junk yard" of broken pots.
@jamesstrawn6087
Жыл бұрын
I believe that Walter Ceram once wrote up a history of Southwestern US archeology (at a time far closer to its infancy). I read this a long while ago and what I recall makes me a bit suspicious of the timeline. The Mesa Verde area uses dendrochronology for dating which is relatively precise but would require a timber sample from one of the structures.
@StirlingLighthouse
Жыл бұрын
This cite was extensive! You could have spent a week there. Very cool! Thanks so much for taking us along 🙏
@buckjones6334
Жыл бұрын
Maybe you could interest some well funded archeologists Sorry about the drown suggestion, I stopped the video right before you mentioned your use of the drown! Very interesting and informative! Thank you!
@Dixiedream
9 ай бұрын
Love watching your treks! Wish I could go…but, physically impossible, so thank YOU for sharing! Just be safe! ❤ Watch for Skinwalkers….JK
@BeccAcCardenas
Жыл бұрын
UNLV would love these finds.
@artisticdriver4218
Жыл бұрын
Looks like something that needs to be excavated by archeologists! You might get credit for discovery😊
@hplarli510
Жыл бұрын
Wow That’s called adventure ❤
@cumberlandquiltchic1
Жыл бұрын
Are you an archeologist? Or is this a hobby? Just curious about what you do, besides KZitem. Your channel is fascinating! Im glad i found you! Makes me want to know more. I wonder if this site has ever been excavated by NPS etc.
@SKLund-ir2wr
Жыл бұрын
The area at 9:10 are actually sharpening marks for tools and projectile points.
@jburnett8152
Жыл бұрын
I hope one day you come upon a undiscovered cave with a intact pottery full of grain.
@f1s2hg3
Жыл бұрын
You found the old gold mine and the piles of rocks are the tailings after they empty the mine shaft they go through the tailings to find gold nuggets. The hamlet was a few families living onsite working the mine for a living before child labor laws
@chino3796
Жыл бұрын
I so admire what you do. Wish I could go with you.
@Ddax-td7qy
Ай бұрын
I am so glad I got to see Hovenweep, which may represent "towers" you speculate here. Why would the infrastructure be so collapsed at your site? So sad.
@tpobrienjr
Жыл бұрын
People in India reserve a place outside the house for broken pots - the idea, I think, is to return the clay to the Earth so it can be reused by some future people. Every house seems to have such a spot.
@davidlaforce1855
Жыл бұрын
How cool, Ive encountered a few ruins while hiking about in Utah myself. Also visited Mesa Verde and the Taos Pueblo’s Those people had a good life. Life was good up on the Mesa Verde.
@mrbard1
Жыл бұрын
Cool. Ive been living in the rez for 30 years and never seen any of this. I need to hop on google earth and look at my surroundings
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