Epic Desert Discoveries: Uncovering Hidden Wonders in the American Southwest
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- čas přidán 27. 11. 2023
- Welcome to my exciting adventure through the stunning American Southwest! In this video, we embark on a journey to unveil the hidden wonders that lie within the epic deserts of this mesmerizing region. Join me as we traverse breathtaking landscapes, uncovering the secrets kept by the canyons of this extraordinary region. Along the way, I'll share insightful narratives and historical facts about these remarkable wonders. Delve into the mystical allure of the American Southwest with Desert Drifter. Thanks for tuning in! Don't forget to hit subscribe! Join me now and unlock the secrets of this extraordinary region that has captivated adventurers and explorers for centuries.
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I cannot thank you enough for your awesome channel. As a scientist & researcher (Geomorphology specializing in Volcanology and Plate Tectonics), I especially cannot thank you enough for always stressing #1 Rules of: SAFETY FIRST - tied with that - LOOK BUT DON'T TOUCH!
These are very precious places an you, your wife, and your friends, definitely stress that not only are these sites that some of you may be the first non-Indigenous person/people to find, but they're considered extremely important to the local Indigenous communities where they're located but from a scientific research standpoint as well.
'Leave nothing but footprints; take nothing but pictures.', as you remind people many times.
I'm always excited to see a new video from you & am honored to help out with what I can. I didn't look over at your main 'about me' page and so I'm not sure if you have a Patreon platform as I'd love to support the 'Desert Drifter' on a monthly basis 🙂.
Thank you again for all your incredible work & would love to see more videos with you and your wife! 🙂♥️ As a woman scientist/researcher myself, I'm very involved in showing other young ladies that yes they can do this work, despite what any naysayers might try to flood their minds with 🙂. ONLY with your permission first of course, 🙂.
Very Respectfully,
LadyAnnePhD
(Jessica M. Kandal, PhD)
You mentioned “plaster” when looking at clay walls. The Sinagua used natural elements to build these ancient dwellings, aka pre Pueblo… This video has excellent examples of their resources. These prehistoric people ‘plastered’ their walls with clay probably mixed with other available materials or elements to help strengthen it. Not all sites (ruins) are built the same either. It’s a fascinating way to live. Your enthusiasm is admirable. After watching a dozen of your videos, I’m hooked on learning about this time period. And I have never been a person who loves the desert. So, thank you for introducing me to this part of pre-America history!
Always be safe and careful when your out there.😊👍🙏
Thank you, I will
Desert Drifter, you ARE the MAN!! Leaving that fine arrowhead where you found it, is a very classy thing to do. Great video to boot!
Thank you Don. In these places where no one is around it’s all about your own integrity, and I hope I can live out a good example of that
This is so cool, I’ve been here and actually sat outside of this ruin for around 2 hours just wondering what could have gone on around this canyon.
I think one of my favorite parts of your video presence is the empathetic view you share in consideration of the history you experience ❤️ it would be interesting to see someone recreate a similar building method to see the time and process needed. Also longer videos if you are able ! You are fun to explore with
Awesome, thanks man. Means a lot. Thanks for watching. Have you checked out my other videos? I’ll try to make some longer videos if people are interested
I jumped into the comments to say the same. The respect is awesome.
My family are very interested. Love your content and I love history! I love how you give an in depth look at the ruins.
I enjoy how you return the pieces you find to their original places.
When I click your profile it says you are top commenter ❤ and received one of the most hearts from this creator
This was a great video! Those ruins were fantastic, especially since it's been probably 700 to 11 or 1200 years since those were built. Those people were such hard workers!! Wouldn't it be super to be able to go back in time and watch a day in their lives? We couldn't even begin to keep up with them! ❤
Haha well said Sandy!
My new favorite channel. I live in Pennsylvania and have always wanted to visit the Grand Canyon. You are the perfect guide and your respect for this land is grand in itself. I'd bet they placed that log there to come and go all those years ago. Thanks for sharing your views!
There are some dry washes and Anasazi areas that I know of that are littered with half pots, full pots and thousands of arrowheads just poking in and out of these dry washes. And a secret cave that drops into a little fortress inside…looks like a mini mesa verde with everything still intact. All the structures were smooth and stuccoed. Several had weird red and black designs on them. Several doors had a yellow paint that looked like sun rays coming from the edges and upward. There were some bundles and clay pottery’s in the rooms. Lots of bird and rat droppings. There were several doors with wood or stone doors couldn’t tell as the area was immense. My friend being Navajo did not enter and hopped over any relic. Wouldn’t touch anything. I saw these in 1985. It’s on private land so it will not be discovered. I plan on making a trip out west and visiting my old friends and hopefully return to the summer sheep camp…and revisit this area. Perhaps making a video. Idk if I would do that though…the family is very traditional. They also have a uncle that lives an hour away in Piñon. He has a secret valley that rivals the petrified forest. Huge petrified trees….many are buried. Not to mention dinosaur tracts also.
I love watching your videos and the history that you're sharing with us. I have to admit to being a little bit jealous, but am very grateful that you take us along.
Hey man, just found your channle the other day and benched all of your videos. It's amazing to watch a diffrent nature for a swedish man like me. keep the vido comming pls!
Hi,
Fantastic to look at the outstandingly beautiful territory and stunning artifacts art and old buildings, what I miss is insight into the lives of the people who lived there
I used to come across these as a young kid, I had no appreciation for what I was seeing. Now that I do, it's a struggle for me to find them again. Thanks for sharing
You show pictures of agitation built on the face a mountain, please give us a look of the inside 3:52
🌺🌺 THAT WHITE ARROWHEAD WAS COOL 🌺🌺
That was so cool, man. So cool, so cool, so cool. Cool, cool, cool. Cool, man./
i love your adventures Sir.im in australia and as rugged as OZ is .your country is very appealing for the ancients way of life..please keep them coming
Thanks Robby. Glad you’re along for the journey! I’d love to see sites in Australia, I know you all have a rich history too
@@Desert.Drifter yes we are very fortunate here in history. but the original dwellers were Aboriginals that never built [as far as i can tell] so that makes your explorations very desireable to see and get the feel of your ppl..god bless Sir..please keep them coming..cheers
❤thanks for sharing you exciting finds and respecting the native s
So cool... I got to see some similar areas back in the '90's with my now ex-brother-in-law who lived in Flagstaff. Most were more out in the open with only foundation and bits of wall remaining. I kept imaging them as they must have been when they were being constructed and inhabited. That really made me want to see cliff dwellings and other places that didn't have a paved road leading to them. Your video is the closest that I have gotten to that so much gratitude and appreciation to you! Since you obviously adhere to the leave it as you found it philosophy I've got to ask, have you ever gotten to spend a night in or close to ruins like that? I'm not into much new age Sedona style stuff but I did get a "vibe" from the places that I managed to see and wondered what an over night stay would be like & what kind of dreams you might have. Thanks again!
I was wondering the same thing, it would be cool to stay in one of these dwellings for a night. Love as the ancients did for a night.
Cool shit, man. So cool. Cool, man.
The discoveries you make, just wow me.
The architechture is of many different styles, some more professional than others. Definitely additions were being put on.
Thank you so much for showing this!
Wonderful!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks again for another enjoyable video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Enjoying the channel and appreciate your respect for these sites.
Glad you like them!
You have me wanting to go back and check out some areas!
😎 WOW very cool👍Thanks for sharing
Thank you Pete!
💥WOW‼️Thank you!💥
Sweet back in the mid 80s (dang almost 40 years ago!) I spent quite a bit of time in an area very similar to that canyon, may have been the same one I used to just trip thru them thinking and feeling the peoples that had been surviving there. I was into bouldering and exploring then but Id go back in the canyons for 2 or 3days sometimes walking sometimes on my stumpjumper. Very cool thanks for bringing us along!
Thanks for sharing your experience deepblu! I would’ve loved to see these places in the 80’s, before more and more people travel to them and loot. You can still find really neat stuff off the beaten path though
Nice format of this video. It was a bit too short, but it had some history lessons and some great findings. It also left me woundering. Rock on!
That's some beautiful terrain.
Yessir it is!
The point type is known as "Bonito Notched", named for examples found at type site - Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon.
Nice find.
Thank you!
Great adventure. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you and I look forward to your future content. Really great stuff.
Thanks again Bruce!
Nice video, thanks for taking us along on your explorations. Stay safe and always be respectful of what you find, the ancient people were the real stewards of this land.
Always! Thanks for watching!
Breathtaking
I purchases Anasazi Beans, and wow, they are so full of flavor!
G’day came across your vids today & enjoyed the 1st one so much I binged on 12 vids. You are easy on the ears & I just love the way you present each vid. Cheers from Brisbane
If there was a bad rainstorm those could shelter you till the storm passes.😊
Hello. Good to see you again. Trying to watch all your videos and catch up.😊👍
Welcome back!
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Ive never seen this place before, thank you.❤️❤️
You’re welcome Dan, thanks for watching!
Wow another awesome video! I just hope someone doesn’t go after you and decide to grab that arrowhead or any other things that are there, and if they do take something, they should get cursed lol, keep history where it’s found, that’s why I respect you and your videos, thanks again for bringing us there!
I am really enjoying your videos. Amazing views. New friend here.
Thanks for tuning in Dave, glad to have you along! I see one of your videos about Newport News, I spent a lot of years in Virginia Beach!
@@Desert.Drifter awesome- I live in Newport News
Absolutely love your videos. It’s like walking thru time. Beautiful. I vision my ancestors living here.
Thank you for watching 🙏🏼
Several phases, with good superposition. You've got the start of your own typology. I like to see the more humble dwellings, having known of Mesa Verde Palace since the late 50s. 😄👍
Amazing ❤
Thanks 😄
I wonder how camouflaged those rooms would have been with full plaster. From a distance they may have been almost invisible.
Maybe that cobby stone work was from quick and dirty building? It’s funny how it’s the later buildings, not the earlier ones, that seem more rough. This one was either better sheltered or just plain younger, from its completeness.
You’re building a cool thing here. Go bro.
Appreciate it brotha. Yes, I think a lot of the structures, particularly the smaller ones like granaries would’ve been nearly impossible to see when they were fully plastered and the door was sealed. The way I spot a lot of these is by seeing the rectangular door otherwise they would be very hard to spot even today. I’ve got a video coming out tomorrow I’m pretty stoked about
@@Desert.Drifter Most excellent. Looking for it -
judging by the soot on the ceilings of these structures I would imagine that their lungs must have been roached.
Very cool
And cool pottery pieces you found.😊👍
This is fascinating, Is it difficult to get there? How much hiking and from where did you started?
That style of that granary is Kayenta-style. Small stones pressed into the mortar.
Do you know if that style corresponds to a particular date range? I’m so curious about the ages of all the things and places he finds.
@@AlbinoAxolotl probably from around 1200 AD . The people who lived in these canyons were the last to leave the area. Anasazi hillbillies basically. Staying away from Mesa Verde and Chaco Canyon.
Awsome videos!! Come to Southern NM.
love it Great
Where did they get this plaster from? Did they carry it in to the site? Wouldn’t it be pretty heavy to carry into the desert? Fascinating!
Thanks, Desert Drifter.
The dwellings you found there are in very preserved condition.👍
You have a keen eye.
Your name is? I just found you 2 days before Xmas 2023 and wanted to say "Thank You" bringing things to my front door and heart I'd never get on my own. My hiking experience started with 2 weeks in the high country via Sequioa & Kings Canyon Park back packing off of topographical maps when I was 19, 65 now. My thanks and blessings 2U and your family have a wonderful holiday season, Brent, Oceanside, CA....
Hey Brent, thanks for watching and glad you’re enjoying them. My name is Andrew
Andrew, I've been following ou for awhile and have been loving what you do! I have a question which I don't think has been addressed or if it has I haven't heard it. What is up with all the broken pottery? I mean, what is your best guess? I have a feeling it's very indicative of something important in their lives. Thanks for what you do for all of us - connecting us with our ancient ancestry! Oh and btw: When I was very young I was very into studying the meaning behind the Native American symbology/language in terms of pictures (pictographs?) and learned to "write" my own stories using these wonderful signs and symbols; all in great fun of course!
❤ this!
South central Utah, my favorite place in the world.
Is this in South Central Utah or SE Utah? We would like to hike that area and thought it was Cedar Mesa area.
I think that they used ladders and maybe homemade rope to get to some of those places?❤ thanks for sharing
Fantastic arrow head and area.
The arrow head was very cool. Too bad the notch was broken.
Amazing❤❤❤
Love your trecks, Anazazi peoples
Disappointed that interior view of grainary wasn't shown. Really nice to see the courses of mini rocks as decoration at 5:35.
That is still a nice arrowhead you found too bad the stem was broke off.
That pottery is so cool!
Ever ask yourself why the pottery you find are always broken in small pieces, and not intact or whole. Like they were intentionally destroyed.
There is a Navajo man who explains, from the perspective of stories passed orally explanations and history of the Cliff Dwellers, Anasazi, Navajo knowledge.
I would be interested in knowing how old some of these rock formations are. Also you come across some very unusual types of erosion.
Great video, and hiking adventure. I was wondering if maybe those charred rooms were for smoking or drying meat? Just a thought...
Putting stuff back where you found it. It used to be people would pick this stuff up and take it home to where it vanished into obscurity.
Awesome. The Danai , Navajo , say that these dwellings are not from the Anasazi but from other tribes . :O)
Corrugated pots were used for cooking.
Hey man I live in SW Colorado and spend a lot of time exploring the cayons of the area. Let mw know if you ever need an adventure buddy!
Who knows , the building may have been made with a different purpose in mind . Perhaps something more utilitarian , than what they would do with their living areas ? The more pebbely , easy to get to , clay vs. the cleaner , richer clay , more difficult to dig up ?
Due to the many intersecting timelines that meet in these areas, certain tribes learned to "travel" on them.
Some groups literally "walked off" this timeline into another 0ne.
*@**1:55** center top there is an almost perfect semicircle with something vaguely similar to deer hoofprints inside.*
*That log you climbed up is 800 years old plus.*
Not sure how old that log is, but definitely has age to it.
I’m very curious about how those little pieces of pottery don’t get buried after so many years of wind and water running over them.
In South America "turtle" images were used to depict flying spheres. Just a thought.
For those who come after us what are we leaving? Democracy. But these ancients may have had their own form of communal decision making. A world without food insecurity. But their ruins show these ancestors took that seriously. A safe world where you don’t have to live in bricked in holes in high cliffs to feel secure. These ancients didn’t get there. We owe it to them and ourselves to get us there. Keep filming.
Very true. I'm always fascinated by how similar our lives are to these ancients, while also being so different. Such a dramatic paradox. Thanks for the encouragement!
All this is in your world? Practically all my life until now barely enough money to feed myself in full-time employment for 44 years and what about the beggers? We have them as well
Unless these people raided other tribes and stole their crops and hid it from a counterattack. So much for democracy.
Well at the rate this country is headed it sure won’t be Democracy!
Well at the rate this country is headed it sure won’t be Democracy!
That old log looked like it was placed there, with the top end in that depression in the stone face.
When I meet people, I only look for what state of consciousness they live in. I believe this is the future....what things they own won't matter.
was the plastering used for insulation or camouflage ?
You might think about changing your handle from "Desert Drifter" to "The Grainery Man".
Have you listened to a song by Steely Dan named The Caves of Altamira, good song. I have been watching some of your videos and I thought of you when I heard this song.
I would be tempted to just haul up some water and rice and camp out for a few weeks
I didn’t even know this sort of thing existed in the states! Dear Drifter, do you know if they had a way of ventilating the smoke from the indoor fires? Have you noticed anything other than the windows? Just seems like there might be a lot of smoke inside. Thanks for the videos. Keep em coming.
Thank you Dr Bass. The structures did have ventilation systems that were designed to draw fresh air in, and push the smoky air out
I can see the need to plaster. It hid the ‘structure’ of bricks showing habitation, making them vulnerable. What do you think?
There must have been a lot of water in those areas. How else did they make clay morter to place between the rocks? No one likes carrying water long distances.
I have noticed that many of the structures seem to have pieces of rock and flagstone that have been cut and shaped into the preferred size for the structures that are shown. I wonder how they did that.
1:30 so what would a home look like? I have seen only granaries
In order to survive most tribal people including the Anasazi or Puebloan people worked together for the common good. Elders were cared for, children were cared for, everone ate, everyone traded. Each family group large and small had seasonal growing, gathering and storing places so as not to oustrip resources. Many abandoned places are due to drought. There are many dry land farming techniques we have lost and are rediscovering. There is a beauty to high desert but you have to know what you are doing to survive. Not all groups were democratic, some were, some werent. Normally, the form of government lined up with geographic necessity. Native peoples were all different; language, traditions, govt etc. But there are some things in common and resource sharing within a group was commonplace. We still do it now based on the situation at hand. If you live in these conditions like we do, survival is the Master.
If these were granaries and kitchens, i wonder where the people slept, and where their fields were.
do you ever find any natural springs in any of those canyons? I notice lots of green trees so there must be some kind of water source..
You know that there are writings about dinosaurs being in the USA BEFORE the white man arrived. Many many writings. Please check into Steve Quayle also about the Giants. There are many photographs also of these Giants found.
Your original description of the people who lived in that part of North America was correct.
Ancestral Puebloan.
Thank you for taking us along on your journeys.
Anasazi is an outdated term.
This statement is from the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center of New Mexico;
“The term “Anasazi” was established in 1927 through the archaeological Pecos Classification system, referring to the Ancestral Pueblo people who spanned the present-day Four Corners region of the United States, including Mesa Verde, Chaco Canyon, Canyon De Chelly, and Aztec. The term is Navajo in origin, and means “ancient enemy.” The Pueblo peoples of New Mexico understandably do not wish to refer to their ancestors in such a disrespectful manner, so the appropriate term to use is “Ancestral Pueblo” or “Ancestral Puebloan.”
Back before it was illegal to collect arrow heads my dad had a large collection of them he found on our property in Colorado. When he passed they somehow disappeared and I don't know what happened to them. I would have loved to give them to a museum or something, but someone must have stolen them.
In the hieroglyphs with the guy in a "Head dress" is actually what the Hopi tribe would call "Ant People".
What do you use for a gimbal and camera? We have been trying a gimbal with GoPro (wide angle) and are not nearly as smooth as you. You don't have wide angle skewing either.
I use a Sony a6400 and I don’t have a gimbal currently. Although I am considering purchasing one to make it smoother. I try to cut out the extra jittery parts. I watched some videos about how to shoot smooth footage by hand. Got a few decent strategies from those. Thanks for tuning in!