This video was incredible, thank you so much for taking us along! I have been to the Anasazi Trail many times as a southern Utah native - but I love seeing it through the eyes, and thoughts of someone else. The music was BEYOND FANTASTIC, it added so much reverence and beauty to the video. The Ancestral Pueblo where such a beautiful culture.
I love these glyphs.... they can be read. My friend who is native who had never seen them read the "garden" glyph to me.... I was stunned. I could explain the glyph with the powerful one with the "life belt" but just wondered at many of them until it was seen on the summer solstice... it tells a story we all know. This is the "Holy Land" of the Anasazi.
My second archeology field school was in Anasazi Valley. We tested 3 sites by the road in, and never got to the big one up on top by the rock art. We did chase some looters away one evening, but too late. The site up there had been heavily looked already.
utah is so important in many native cultures ive read that their is speculation that the aztec came from utah that they refer to it as aztlan and that the spanish took codexes that had this information and were using these doc. to retrieve gold offerings that the aztec would offer to their previous homeland. also the fremont culture is very mysterious some say they are anasazi seperated and pushed north also the hopi say they are ancient relatives and of coarse the utes claim relativity. I would love to go to range creek utah untouched fremont sites.
Kinda late to this comment but I totally agree. I am also in the boat of thinking Utah could be the ancestral homeland of the Aztecs “Aztlan”. There are many petroglyphs all over the state that have what could only be explained as Aztec influence. They have also found macaw parrot feathers, and oceanic abalone shells at sites - which the Aztecs commonly traded and owned as a kind of currency. And the Frémont culture is endlessly fascinating, I hope we can discover a lot more about them someday.
Harirao, thanks for taking the video trek. If I remember correctly I was trying to figure out the petroglyph design and when I looked up I noticed that is matched the horizon. I have seen this at several petroglyph sites that have a horizon.............alex
The black patina is manganese that is dissolved in surface water and then is precipitated onto the sandstone (and other rock) surfaces. It is a very slow process and, as Alex said, relative ages can be determined. I do not think that absolute ages can be determined, but I could wrong.
Howard, thanks for watching and your comments. You are correct. I might also add that desert varnish/patina consists of clay and other particles cemented to rock surfaces by manganese emplaced and oxidized by bacteria living there. It is produced by the physiological activities of microorganisms which are able to take manganese out of the environment, then oxidize and emplace it onto rock surfaces. When I see a difference in patina I usually refer to age by simply stating one is younger or older than the other........alex
really enjoyed this, found it thanks to some fellow tubers, petroglyphs & pictographs have been my favorite since very young, seeing my 1st one's around the age of 5, & maybe parts of the country I never get to see, so to be able to visit places such as this & enjoy all the great left behinds! is what makes youtube so great! looking forward tyo checking out more of your adventures Best Wishes to Ya Alex ..BORN 10,000 YRs TO LATE..
This video was incredible, thank you so much for taking us along! I have been to the Anasazi Trail many times as a southern Utah native - but I love seeing it through the eyes, and thoughts of someone else. The music was BEYOND FANTASTIC, it added so much reverence and beauty to the video. The Ancestral Pueblo where such a beautiful culture.
Wonderful, Without you...we would never see these early man sites. Thank you
I knew I wanted to go to St. George for a reason!!! Energy is wonderful.
"Let me show you something interesting." The whole video IS INTERESTING!
I love these glyphs.... they can be read. My friend who is native who had never seen them read the "garden" glyph to me.... I was stunned. I could explain the glyph with the powerful one with the "life belt" but just wondered at many of them until it was seen on the summer solstice... it tells a story we all know. This is the "Holy Land" of the Anasazi.
Thank you for. that.
I wish you write the translation....I would live to know what they are saying...
Thanks for coming along. Tomorrow we are going to trek to the Parowan Gag - stay tuned.....alex
Thanks for trekking with me....alex
How beautiful! Thank you so much! I am looking forward to seeing these.
Thank you. I feel like I’m traveling with you! Love the education.
Incredible vistas . 😮
My second archeology field school was in Anasazi Valley. We tested 3 sites by the road in, and never got to the big one up on top by the rock art. We did chase some looters away one evening, but too late. The site up there had been heavily looked already.
What another great adventure! Love it!
Are you familiar with the book "The rocks begin to speak" by LaVan Martineau.
utah is so important in many native cultures ive read that their is speculation that the aztec came from utah that they refer to it as aztlan and that the spanish took codexes that had this information and were using these doc. to retrieve gold offerings that the aztec would offer to their previous homeland. also the fremont culture is very mysterious some say they are anasazi seperated and pushed north also the hopi say they are ancient relatives and of coarse the utes claim relativity. I would love to go to range creek utah untouched fremont sites.
Kinda late to this comment but I totally agree. I am also in the boat of thinking Utah could be the ancestral homeland of the Aztecs “Aztlan”. There are many petroglyphs all over the state that have what could only be explained as Aztec influence. They have also found macaw parrot feathers, and oceanic abalone shells at sites - which the Aztecs commonly traded and owned as a kind of currency. And the Frémont culture is endlessly fascinating, I hope we can discover a lot more about them someday.
Hey, thanks for watching...alex
Thank you Mr. Kerekas for creating these wonderfully informative and beautiful videos for us to enjoy. Happy New Year 2019. Cheers!
Shellee, thanks for watching the series and your kind words. Happy New Year.............................alex
Alex ... another great trek! I like your keen observations and especially in this video one of petro showing the background mountain!
Harirao, thanks for taking the video trek. If I remember correctly I was trying to figure out the petroglyph design and when I looked up I noticed that is matched the horizon. I have seen this at several petroglyph sites that have a horizon.............alex
The black patina is manganese that is dissolved in surface water and then is precipitated onto the sandstone (and other rock) surfaces. It is a very slow process and, as Alex said, relative ages can be determined. I do not think that absolute ages can be determined, but I could wrong.
Howard, thanks for watching and your comments. You are correct. I might also add that desert varnish/patina consists of clay and other particles cemented to rock surfaces by manganese emplaced and oxidized by bacteria living there. It is produced by the physiological activities of microorganisms which are able to take manganese out of the environment, then oxidize and emplace it onto rock surfaces. When I see a difference in patina I usually refer to age by simply stating one is younger or older than the other........alex
really enjoyed this, found it thanks to some fellow tubers, petroglyphs & pictographs have been my favorite since very young, seeing my 1st one's around the age of 5, & maybe parts of the country I never get to see, so to be able to visit places such as this & enjoy all the great left behinds! is what makes youtube so great! looking forward tyo checking out more of your adventures
Best Wishes to Ya Alex
..BORN 10,000 YRs TO LATE..
thanks for the trek!!!!!!
Fantastic vid as always... The very 1st petroglyph made by pecking- 3.35- looks like ancient writing! Middle Eastern or Asian Indian almost..
HOW LONG WERE THEY HERE ? THEY HAVE ALWAYS INTER5ESTED ME. THANKS FOR TAKING US WITH YOU. USA
SOME OF THEM ARE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF YEARS OLD!!! THE SERPENT MOUND, GOLDEN THREAD, ET GLYPH AND THE PLASMA GLYPHS ARE SOME OF THE OLDEST!!!
Once again you did a fantastic video,your edits are without flaw
Rick, thanks for watching.......alex
Thank you 💝 for tayking me with you on this tracking, thank you ,I love this so much💝. 💝with love from DK. 💝💐💝. 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Thanks for watching.......Alex
Thanks a lot
what is the song from the begining,,, great vid,,
are 6.54 and 8.44 the same rock?
I have seen that same symbol on the right side of the alien looking figure/ bottom of the spiral on 8:31 at EL Morro national monument
Sir, only hundreds of years old? I think thousands of years old.
What season Is the first rain?
Monsoon season starts in late July and ends around late September
thumbs up!
Alfred, thanks for taking the video trek with me........alex
THE PATINA THAT DARK AND THICK IS THE PROOF!!!
IF THEY MOVED, I WONDER WHAT ALL THEY WOULD TAKE WITH THEM,BECAUSE YOU HAVE THING THEY LEFT BEHIND.
There could be petroglyphs in the Olympic National Park, but they would be covered in moss, and impossible to see.
Would like to see your take on the Montana megalith.
5:29 What is it pointing at?
A mountain, or river or solar equinox?