Really enjoy the way you present your content both visually and in your narration as well as the way you treat the sites with care and respect. Thank you!
@@Desert.Drifter I wish that I could visit all the places that you visit. I have physical issues that prevent such a thing, anyway, these places are deeply fascinating to me. My imagination runs wild. I wish that I had a time machine.
They used Clay, Silica, gypsum or Calcium Carbonate mixed with saliva, egg yoke, or even root juice and blew it through a reed so they could direct it where they wanted . This and other pictographs of white and other colors after 3 years became permanently bonded to the rock, hence the reason it is still visible 800 years later. We no longer call these ruins but dwelling sites or Granaries. The local tribes believe their ancestors may return to their homes some day. I’ve had a picture of these handprints over my bed for the last 40 years and now visit them on a regular basis, educating visitors who don’t know how to behave around these sites. Thank you for your care.
Putting your hand print on something is an intensely personal message. “I was here” I can’t think of anything else they were saying. “We were were here we mattered!” Great stuff! M
The Biblical Nephilim were gigantic six fingered hybrids with an insatiable appetite for humans. Thus, the reason such importance was placed on the "hand" signs. See a book by Tom Horn named 'In Search of the Immortals"
@@Steve-uv7spJust fyi, there is no such thing as biblical Nephilim, the term is never used in scripture, only giants. These giants had 12 fingers and 12 toes like you said👍🏼
The handprints are even more compelling, to me, than the hand and finger markings in the plaster. It almost shouts “I was here. This is me!” They were expressing themselves in a way impossible to miss. I love it.
They have the same thing on the hawkesbury river in Australia, north of Sydney. It’s a really concentrated aboriginal area. Interesting that they would be the same across the world. The Aboriginal outlines were in red. They blew dye over their hand to make the outline. Different outlines meant different things. Outlines of fish meant a good fishing spot.
Interesting, thanks for sharing. A number of people have commented about the aboriginals doing that. I’d be curious if there is evidence of this in Africa or Asia as well?
Thanks for posting this info. I thought I remembered reading about the Australian handprints but then wasn't sure if my memory was correct. If the American prints are actually old/ancient then it seems like a strange coincidence...different people, different continents, doing a similar thing.
There are some examples of hand print in Argentina (Patagonia), France (near Lourdes), Italy (Sardinia), etc... It's incredible! So far and so similar. I'm a brand new subscriber and I really thank you for what you show in your videos, for the respect you show and for the emotions and enthusiasm you communicate! God bless you.
We have the handprints in white in the greater Sydney area also just like this in this video (and yellow too). I love how the same thing was happening around the world.
Imagine how the hand prints dance with the flame beneath them.. wonder if it was a way to reflect light or ward of predators by multiplying what seems to be hands of people... wild.
It is so refreshing to have someone like yourself who can hike and find ancient ruins and look but don't disturb. I'm also taking a back that you go on these adventures but keep the location a secret. You show your followers what you find, you narrate, so we the followers can see right away what you see. Well done.
I've watched all of your videos over the last few days. They are serene. Professional production and editing. You treat these places with the reverence they deserve. Please keep going!
Im always astonished by the excellent conditions of the ruins and markings from that area. It's incredible. Nothing like what's left here on the east coast. Great find and thanks for the video!
Could it be the dwellings of the American Indian have you had the possibility to look into the book of Mormon? It has history of the American Indian you might be interested.
Much respect to you!! Thank you for not tracing your finger tips on the ancient ones. Thank you!!!!! Very respectfully, caring, pure individual you are....
I just discovered you this morning. Your videos are fantastic. Thank you for sharing. I hope you study these ruins and let us know more interesting facts.
One thing you have not considered in the video , as awesome as it is , is how they were able to put those prints that high on the wall and the scale of the prints based on your own hand . The whole area is an amazing geology and how these people incorporated it into a living space. Cool stuff man ! Thanks for the share. :O)
Yeah they are up high aren’t they? I think my assumption is they probably had a ladder that they used to get up there. Ladders are well documented as having been used during this time. And although they are high, a 10 foot ladder would probably get you up there
Those same hand prints are in the prehistoric caves near me in south west france , it’s incredible that these ancient people were doing the same thing all over the world ,
Same thing all through indigenous Australian meeting points. Pretty normal human thing to do. If it's not a prehistoric handprint on a slab of sandstone, it's a hand print pressed into a sidewalk.
Thank you for respecting & appreciating the ones who came before us lived. I live in TX and have a deep feeling for the ones who walked where I'm walking today. Thank you for taking the time to show me the places that I'll not see our beautiful SW. I'm 78 yrs young!
there are some of these in Chaco Canyon, three different colors if I remember correctly, white, yellow and red, some 'reverse' and some where the paint is just on the handprint. Some of my favorite 'ancient art' ever.
Very Cool, I'm 82 years old and still in good shape, but I could never go to these places. I really love to go with you. I have lived in Colorado, Utah and Arizona all my life except the 10 years I was in the Navy. Looking forward to watching your channel. Dave
Another phenomenal journey you’ve taken us on!! How unbelievably fascinating to witness these pristine ruins and the humanity that left their marks in another time. Stokes my curiosity about the people group who dwelled there. 💕 Your reverence for the sites you visit is praiseworthy!
Another phenomenal journey you’ve taken us on!! How unbelievably fascinating to witness these pristine ruins and the humanity that left their marks in another time. Stokes my curiosity about the people group who dwelled there. 💕
You are my favorite Desert Drifter! Thank you for taking us to places we couldn’t likely go. I’m certainly older-close to 60 and am not confident about this kind of climbing and exploring. I do however enjoy these kinds of historical discoveries and appreciate your delivery. You have a special soul that is not only intuitive but also very respectful of our past. Kudos to you my friend and thank you again! ❤
Oh my gosh! Im breathless just watching! These ruins are so amazing and handprints are beautiful, beautiful ❤ Thank you for sharing your adventures with those of us that can't go see those places in person. ❤
I really enjoy your videos of those areas and artifacts. There is no way in heaven I could ever reach 98% of the places you go. One other aspect I must thank you for is not having any annoying musical soundtrack. Peace and health from Canada!
Handprints are something even a baby will do pressing a hand into wet sand... it is a universal signature of 'I am (was) here ' It is refreshing to see young people care to know about the past ... and preserving it as they found it. So many either through malicious intent or ignorance will defile and destroy these ancient wonders of cultural heritage... which have managed to thus far stood the tests of time... a living time capsul from people who paved the ways to today.
The handprints transcend language, because they *are* language! No sound is necessary but one can imagine the sound of the spray hitting the rock! Very very cool! Makes one wonder if they thought about the people who would later cross their paths....👍They are the original EMOJIS!!
@mamazalama As a wee lass, my Father took me to see the 9th Century Gokstad Viking Ship ... on one of the movable deck plantings a Viking carved the outline of their foot. I noticed that the size was more that of a small or younger person... whom we named Liten Fot... "Little Foot". I believe it was the moment that my lifelong love of Archeology, History, and the Humanities took hold of me. ✨️
Im an active 74 year old man from Colorado who wasnt taught anything about this stuff growing up, in my teens to sixties ( and I still get out but now as often) when I had enough time from work I would alway make my way to these areas and what I came across over those years changed the way feel about life. Glad I found your site , thanks!
I have studied Southwest archaeology for many years and have never seen the reverse handprints or the fingerprints used to decorate the cliff ceiling. Totally amazing. Thank you!
The hands found everywhere have always really made me think also. Cool that other people in this day and age wonder about the past and these amazing things you are sharing here. Thank you .🙂
I love your videos and your respect you have for these places. I noticed at 6:36 time stamp there appears to be 4 possibly 5 impressions of people on the lower right side of screen, very awesome find. Love the content. 🤘
So awesome Andrew - At 6:37 there are pictographs of large humanoid figures below and between the group of small and large handprints, very faint (older?) They look stylized a bit. These walls ARE talking and I wish they could say more but this is what makes them amazing too.
Whenever we're hiking/exploring the deserts of southwest Wyoming (where we live) and northwards to the forests of Bridger-Teton National Forest, we find ruins of old adobe homes, log cabins, and remnants of teepee and fire rings. Some of the small cabins/homes we've found still have shelves with cookware on them, along with very old wrought iron beds and broken cookstoves. We've found undisturbed petroglyphs on rock faces down along Flaming Gorge Reservoir, too. My mind always wonders who built the structures, how they lived/survived in the harsh conditions (very long winters) we live in here, how long they lived there, etc. Humans generally have a strong will to live. Think about it: no light switches, no fast food, no automobiles, airplanes, interstates, no cell phones, none of the things that make our life easier that we so often take for granted.
I always mourn your short videos and torture myself in search of an extended version. 😭 I love your work! It’s so serene and educational. Thank you for your thoughtfulness in sharing your love with us! ❤
@7:30 over your left shoulder, there is a hidden cubby that looks like it may have been sealed in a hurry. You will see a square outline that is bricked up crudely with gaps.
You always present such good research in these vlogs, which is greatly appreciated. The southwest is rich in story and site, you make it shine alittle brighter. Thanks.
I live in New Zealand, half a world away from where you do your exploration. I love watching your adventuresbecause i get to experience thigs that i otherwise would only view in pictures. Thankyou, keep up the amazing work
I love your videos-so informative and interesting. They bring back so many memories of my desert travels some thirty years ago. Don’t ever change the tone of your voice which I will describe as “controlled enthusiasm”. Of course you’re nice to look at too, lol!
These fascinating hand prints are truly haunting and they appear so fresh after who knows how long. Though they must have endured some hardships, I feel that they were generally content with their surrounding beauty.
I don't think we give the ancients enough credit for intelligence. Another way of spray painting is by using a cracked reed technique. A reed is broken but not completely through. It is then bent to a 90° angle. One arm of the reed is submerged in the paint medium while blowing through the other arm. The paint is then siphoned up through the arm and expelled onto the canvas or in this case, rock. These reed spray painters are available today but consist of a hinged metal or plastic tube. This technique is said to date back to the ancient Egyptians and possibly earlier. Great videos and I just subscribed!
I recently 'found' your channel...am fascinated by your explorations...am enjoying 'traveling' with you! Your respect and care for these sites is appreciated znd slowly but surely I will watch all your videos, so keep them coming! I also read the comments and really appreciate that persons with knowldge comment to share what they know as to the how's and why's of what we see today of what the previous peoples left behind. It is both enriching, satisfying and makes me want to know more and see more! Thank you!
The first ruin, the one with all the hand prints looked like a giant ship when you first approached it. Amazing!! Thank you for taking ua along on your adventures, I truly enjoy them!! Hello from Canada 💙
What is crazy is that "drawing" those hands is something that has been done all over the world, from people who obviously did not know of each other, and it's been done literally for thousands of years.
Thoroughly enjoyed this one. There’s something intensely personal about the handprints and as you mentioned they are possibly clan markings. And maybe they were just decorating, much like we do today by hanging a picture that is a statement of who we are. So interesting, would love to know why they did this.
Reverse handprints are ubiquitous throughout the cave art across the world from Europe to Borneo. I don't doubt but that the "Why" of it differs across cultures, but it seems that if there was rock painting, there were handprints. "I WAS HERE" they seem to scream - a universal desire to be known and remembered.
This style of hand painting is quite common is Australia. The numerous aboriginal tribes created galleries for story telling wherever they could find caves and rock walls.
Very compelling and beautiful hand prints. I wonder what brew was used to make these prints ? It is amazing that the pigment has lasted for eons. It’s neat that they blew this concoction over their hands, upon the wall, from their mouths. Thank you for bringing us along on these adventures.
Thanks for another interesting wilderness hike.😃 I appreciate you reminding everyone to respect these sights. I think they left hand prints as the closest thing to a name carved in rock. They are almost like a primitive photograph.
It seems to me that the handprints were either a signature (since they didn't have a written language),or an image that stated, "I was here". Another option is that it is a kind of blessing like a laying on of hands in modern day. Perhaps as symbosl of gratitude or a thank you to their God or gods, a sign of gratefulness for a good year, a bountiful harvest or plenitude of game. I'm sure it has more meaning than just fingerpainting. In the years ahead, these amazing memorials of our ancestors may disappear but you have done our future generations a great service in preserving them in videos. Thank you. Seeing these spiritual places sets one's mind to wondering and wandering. There is a sense of magic that certainly has you in its grasp.
Whoever did the handprints knew you would be there down in history to observe them. That's what I find compelling. I wonder if those spirits are looking down on you with a big smile . Look at this dude appreciating our art!! Maybe the amount of handprints determined the size of the family living in that abode. Never know. I love archeology. You're the man dude.
It's very pleasing to have young people who are very caring about these fragile ruins ...🕊️
Thanks for watching Philip!
I like this dude too
He leaves no trace!
Unlike so many who deface the glyphs
Really enjoy the way you present your content both visually and in your narration as well as the way you treat the sites with care and respect. Thank you!
Hey, thanks for tuning in and for the compliment. I wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for people watching
Thanks for pointing out the finger marks. Would be cool to try to get DNA.
It's difficult not getting emotional watching this. Fascinating.
It sure is
@@Desert.Drifter I wish that I could visit all the places that you visit. I have physical issues that prevent such a thing, anyway, these places are deeply fascinating to me. My imagination runs wild. I wish that I had a time machine.
They used Clay, Silica, gypsum or Calcium Carbonate mixed with saliva, egg yoke, or even root juice and blew it through a reed so they could direct it where they wanted . This and other pictographs of white and other colors after 3 years became permanently bonded to the rock, hence the reason it is still visible 800 years later. We no longer call these ruins but dwelling sites or Granaries. The local tribes believe their ancestors may return to their homes some day. I’ve had a picture of these handprints over my bed for the last 40 years and now visit them on a regular basis, educating visitors who don’t know how to behave around these sites. Thank you for your care.
Thanks. That is exactly what I was wondering what they used to “spray” and the ingredients in the spray paint. 👍👍
I still call them ruins.
many if not all of those prints are fakes
@@lonevoice7935 interesrung, a subtle way of vandalizing a sacred site.
@@lonevoice7935 Any evidence to support this claim?
Putting your hand print on something is an intensely personal message. “I was here” I can’t think of anything else they were saying. “We were were here we mattered!” Great stuff! M
It’s called the hundredth monkey effect.
The Biblical Nephilim were gigantic six fingered hybrids with an insatiable appetite for humans. Thus, the reason such importance was placed on the "hand" signs. See a book by Tom Horn named 'In Search of the Immortals"
@@Steve-uv7spJust fyi, there is no such thing as biblical Nephilim, the term is never used in scripture, only giants. These giants had 12 fingers and 12 toes like you said👍🏼
We have paintings like this here in Australia too
They didn't have written language, so a handprint would have been a way of saying "I was here" and leaving your mark on the world.
The handprints are even more compelling, to me, than the hand and finger markings in the plaster. It almost shouts “I was here. This is me!” They were expressing themselves in a way impossible to miss. I love it.
They have the same thing on the hawkesbury river in Australia, north of Sydney. It’s a really concentrated aboriginal area. Interesting that they would be the same across the world. The Aboriginal outlines were in red. They blew dye over their hand to make the outline. Different outlines meant different things. Outlines of fish meant a good fishing spot.
Interesting, thanks for sharing. A number of people have commented about the aboriginals doing that. I’d be curious if there is evidence of this in Africa or Asia as well?
Cool
Thanks for posting this info. I thought I remembered reading about the Australian handprints but then wasn't sure if my memory was correct. If the American prints are actually old/ancient then it seems like a strange coincidence...different people, different continents, doing a similar thing.
There are some examples of hand print in Argentina (Patagonia), France (near Lourdes), Italy (Sardinia), etc... It's incredible! So far and so similar.
I'm a brand new subscriber and I really thank you for what you show in your videos, for the respect you show and for the emotions and enthusiasm you communicate! God bless you.
We have the handprints in white in the greater Sydney area also just like this in this video (and yellow too). I love how the same thing was happening around the world.
Imagine how the hand prints dance with the flame beneath them.. wonder if it was a way to reflect light or ward of predators by multiplying what seems to be hands of people... wild.
It is so refreshing to have someone like yourself who can hike and find ancient ruins and look but don't disturb. I'm also taking a back that you go on these adventures but keep the location a secret. You show your followers what you find, you narrate, so we the followers can see right away what you see. Well done.
I've watched all of your videos over the last few days. They are serene. Professional production and editing. You treat these places with the reverence they deserve. Please keep going!
The higher the hand print, the more awesome that guy is.
Haha possibly
A STUPID ANCIENT? HIGH FIVE? NO! BECAUSE SURVIVAL IS INSUFFICIENT? IS THAT ART'S ART? ESJM STA 11
Im always astonished by the excellent conditions of the ruins and markings from that area. It's incredible. Nothing like what's left here on the east coast. Great find and thanks for the video!
This dry desert air preserves things amazingly. These pictographs in particular are so clear. Thanks for watching John!
Could it be the dwellings of the American Indian have you had the possibility to look into the book of Mormon? It has history of the American Indian you might be interested.
@@julieadams930 😂
I love going on your hikes ! Thanks for taking me along and also for teaching people to respect and preserve our past!
Much respect to you!! Thank you for not tracing your finger tips on the ancient ones. Thank you!!!!! Very respectfully, caring, pure individual you are....
I appreciate that!
I just discovered you this morning. Your videos are fantastic. Thank you for sharing. I hope you study these ruins and let us know more interesting facts.
Thank you, I will!
Thanks for continuing to make great content, keep it coming!
Anytime, glad you liked it
One thing you have not considered in the video , as awesome as it is , is how they were able to put those prints that high on the wall and the scale of the prints based on your own hand . The whole area is an amazing geology and how these people incorporated it into a living space. Cool stuff man ! Thanks for the share. :O)
Yeah they are up high aren’t they? I think my assumption is they probably had a ladder that they used to get up there. Ladders are well documented as having been used during this time. And although they are high, a 10 foot ladder would probably get you up there
where they the same size as yours? and where was this? @@Desert.Drifter
@@2012WatchThis2012there is a risk 9f vandalism so they never tell you exactly where, but I would like to know the region
Lower Fish Creek, Cedar Mesa is a awesome spot.
@@snowmiaow
Beautiful... Where is this?
I find it interesting that the same technique for hand prints are found worldwide
Yes, intriguing isn’t it?
Me too! And across tens of thousands of years, possibly, as well!
@@Desert.Drifter Very!
People are people, it's not hard to believe they thought alike over thousands of years
@edwardjoy3820 the red color, and same technique would not happen by chance. Sorry. Though I do agree, people are people. But technique is cultural.
Those same hand prints are in the prehistoric caves near me in south west france , it’s incredible that these ancient people were doing the same thing all over the world ,
It’s called the hundredth monkey effect.
Same thing all through indigenous Australian meeting points.
Pretty normal human thing to do. If it's not a prehistoric handprint on a slab of sandstone, it's a hand print pressed into a sidewalk.
We are all brothers and sisters.
NO! HUMANS DESIRE COMMUNICATIONS AND PAY IT FORWARD WITH ART, BECAUSE SURVIVAL IS INSUFFICIENT- - - - - - - - ESJM
Ditto for all the previous comments!!...no need to repeat. I enjoy each and every video. Thanks. Looking forward to the next one.
Thank you for respecting & appreciating the ones who came before us lived. I live in TX and have a deep feeling for the ones who walked where I'm walking today. Thank you for taking the time to show me the places that I'll not see our beautiful SW. I'm 78 yrs young!
It’s very cool! Thanks for sharing your journey’s
Must have been a blast checking out those ruins. I wanna go wander around now! 😃
Wonderful! Be careful. Stay safe, watch for snakes.
there are some of these in Chaco Canyon, three different colors if I remember correctly, white, yellow and red, some 'reverse' and some where the paint is just on the handprint. Some of my favorite 'ancient art' ever.
Another great hike. Thanks for taking me along.
Cave art is one of my favorite things. Those hand prints were amazing
Very Cool, I'm 82 years old and still in good shape, but I could never go to these places. I really love to go with you. I have lived in Colorado, Utah and Arizona all my life except the 10 years I was in the Navy. Looking forward to watching your channel. Dave
Another phenomenal journey you’ve taken us on!! How unbelievably fascinating to witness these pristine ruins and the humanity that left their marks in another time. Stokes my curiosity about the people group who dwelled there. 💕 Your reverence for the sites you visit is praiseworthy!
Another phenomenal journey you’ve taken us on!! How unbelievably fascinating to witness these pristine ruins and the humanity that left their marks in another time. Stokes my curiosity about the people group who dwelled there. 💕
This was super cool! Thanks for sharing 😊
Thanks for watching Rosalinda, hope you stick around for more content!
You are my favorite Desert Drifter! Thank you for taking us to places we couldn’t likely go. I’m certainly older-close to 60 and am not confident about this kind of climbing and exploring. I do however enjoy these kinds of historical discoveries and appreciate your delivery. You have a special soul that is not only intuitive but also very respectful of our past. Kudos to you my friend and thank you again! ❤
Oh my gosh! Im breathless just watching! These ruins are so amazing and handprints are beautiful, beautiful ❤ Thank you for sharing your adventures with those of us that can't go see those places in person. ❤
You’re welcome Pamela, thank you for watching and commenting 🙏🏼
I really enjoy your videos of those areas and artifacts. There is no way in heaven I could ever reach 98% of the places you go. One other aspect I must thank you for is not having any annoying musical soundtrack. Peace and health from Canada!
May I ask your first name, Sir?
I really appreciate the humble approach you have when visiting these ruins.
Keep up the great content!
I appreciate it chumpy! My name is Andrew. I’ll try to introduce myself more in future content
Handprints are something even a baby will do pressing a hand into wet sand... it is a universal signature of 'I am (was) here '
It is refreshing to see young people care to know about the past ... and preserving it as they found it. So many either through malicious intent or ignorance will defile and destroy these ancient wonders of cultural heritage... which have managed to thus far stood the tests of time... a living time capsul from people who paved the ways to today.
Good insights into human nature. Thanks for watching!
The handprints transcend language, because they *are* language! No sound is necessary but one can imagine the sound of the spray hitting the rock! Very very cool! Makes one wonder if they thought about the people who would later cross their paths....👍They are the original EMOJIS!!
@mamazalama As a wee lass, my Father took me to see the 9th Century Gokstad Viking Ship ... on one of the movable deck plantings a Viking carved the outline of their foot. I noticed that the size was more that of a small or younger person... whom we named Liten Fot... "Little Foot". I believe it was the moment that my lifelong love of Archeology, History, and the Humanities took hold of me. ✨️
Awesome, beautiful, and enigmatic spots. Thank you, sir!
I love watching these videos. I get to see all these wonders threw your camera lense. I love the Indians culture.
Im an active 74 year old man from Colorado who wasnt taught anything about this stuff growing up, in my teens to sixties ( and I still get out but now as often) when I had enough time from work I would alway make my way to these areas and what I came across over those years changed the way feel about life. Glad I found your site , thanks!
Towards the end of the video there's a pair of handprints that appear to be a left and right from one person. Very interesting, thank you Andrew.
Thanks for watching Gary, and good notice to detail, I hadn’t recognized that
Watching now - awesome
Thanks Dave!
My pleasure @@Desert.Drifter
I have studied Southwest archaeology for many years and have never seen the reverse handprints or the fingerprints used to decorate the cliff ceiling. Totally amazing. Thank you!
👍🙏>>>💚~~~ AWESOME ADVENTURE THANK YOU ANDREW 🖐️
My pleasure, thanks for watching again Allen!
You show us things I'd never get to see in person. Thank you!
You’re so welcome Cathy, thanks again for watching!
Don’t stop doing what your doing,thanks for letting us all be with you when you are there at these places!
More to come!
The hands found everywhere have always really made me think also. Cool that other people in this day and age wonder about the past and these amazing things you are sharing here. Thank you .🙂
I love your videos and your respect you have for these places. I noticed at 6:36 time stamp there appears to be 4 possibly 5 impressions of people on the lower right side of screen, very awesome find. Love the content. 🤘
Thanks Jimmy! Yes there were tons of pictos in that area
I see the same thing, looks like drawings of men standing side by side. Awesome
Yeah an up close look at those would be insane to have
😎EXCELLENT FIND👍 thank you
You are welcome sir
Check out the carved triangle on the bottom of the “windowsill” @5:40! Just found this channel - love it! TY Desert Drifter😊
Welcome aboard!
So awesome Andrew - At 6:37 there are pictographs of large humanoid figures below and between the group of small and large handprints, very faint (older?) They look stylized a bit. These walls ARE talking and I wish they could say more but this is what makes them amazing too.
I am really enjoying your videos. Thank you for taking us with on your adventures.
Whenever we're hiking/exploring the deserts of southwest Wyoming (where we live) and northwards to the forests of Bridger-Teton National Forest, we find ruins of old adobe homes, log cabins, and remnants of teepee and fire rings. Some of the small cabins/homes we've found still have shelves with cookware on them, along with very old wrought iron beds and broken cookstoves. We've found undisturbed petroglyphs on rock faces down along Flaming Gorge Reservoir, too. My mind always wonders who built the structures, how they lived/survived in the harsh conditions (very long winters) we live in here, how long they lived there, etc. Humans generally have a strong will to live. Think about it: no light switches, no fast food, no automobiles, airplanes, interstates, no cell phones, none of the things that make our life easier that we so often take for granted.
It’s amazing to see these structures and the art. Thank you for taking us along in exploring!
I always mourn your short videos and torture myself in search of an extended version. 😭
I love your work! It’s so serene and educational.
Thank you for your thoughtfulness in sharing your love with us! ❤
Thank you for taking us on your adventures 💙💙💙💙
@7:30 over your left shoulder, there is a hidden cubby that looks like it may have been sealed in a hurry. You will see a square outline that is bricked up crudely with gaps.
I love your channel. Videos are beautiful. I fell in love with desert when I lived in Tucson, visited Navajo & Hopi nations, toured Canyon de Chelly.
You always present such good research in these vlogs, which is greatly appreciated. The southwest is rich in story and site, you make it shine alittle brighter. Thanks.
Have them here in Oz too ..... very ancient practice
I live in New Zealand, half a world away from where you do your exploration. I love watching your adventuresbecause i get to experience thigs that i otherwise would only view in pictures. Thankyou, keep up the amazing work
Really cool 🖐️🖐️⚡🖐️🖐️
very spiritual energy 🌄
Appreciate your time 🎥
Great video and cool what you found there. Thank you for sharing.
I find these cliff dwelling videos fascinating. Still here after the passage of sooo much time. Amazing!
I love your videos-so informative and interesting. They bring back so many memories of my desert travels some thirty years ago. Don’t ever change the tone of your voice which I will describe as “controlled enthusiasm”. Of course you’re nice to look at too, lol!
These fascinating hand prints are truly haunting and they appear so
fresh after who knows how long. Though they must have endured
some hardships, I feel that they were generally content with their
surrounding beauty.
Wow! You can taste the history. Very cool Andrew.
I don't think we give the ancients enough credit for intelligence. Another way of spray painting is by using a cracked reed technique. A reed is broken but not completely through. It is then bent to a 90° angle. One arm of the reed is submerged in the paint medium while blowing through the other arm. The paint is then siphoned up through the arm and expelled onto the canvas or in this case, rock. These reed spray painters are available today but consist of a hinged metal or plastic tube. This technique is said to date back to the ancient Egyptians and possibly earlier. Great videos and I just subscribed!
Fascinating! Wonderful video. Thank you.
Love your videos. Keep up the great work
Your videos are really interesting and calm 👍
Always worthwhile. I wondered how the handprints were made and you answered that for me. Thanks, DD.
This is an amazing channel! I can't tell you how fascinated I am!
Love it dude, glad you’re as interested as I am in it!
Awesome hike today! Thanks
I am enj these trips with you I for one say keep these up for as long as you can god bless😊❤️❤️🙏
My favorite site so far. Thank you for recording your adventures. I hope to one day have my own
thanks again for sharing. I always enjoy. wish I was there.
I recently 'found' your channel...am fascinated by your explorations...am enjoying 'traveling' with you! Your respect and care for these sites is appreciated znd slowly but surely I will watch all your videos, so keep them coming!
I also read the comments and really appreciate that persons with knowldge comment to share what they know as to the how's and why's of what we see today of what the previous peoples left behind. It is both enriching, satisfying and makes me want to know more and see more! Thank you!
Really like your style young man. Keep taking me to these special places.
So cool, thanks for sharing!
You are welcome my friend
The first ruin, the one with all the hand prints looked like a giant ship when you first approached it. Amazing!! Thank you for taking ua along on your adventures, I truly enjoy them!! Hello from Canada 💙
Hah great comparison, I see what you mean now! Thanks for watching Julia
This one well everyone keeps me transfixed thanks so much. You have a great approach and style. So reverential to the people and places.
Your content is amazing. Thank you for sharing
I appreciate that!
You make me feel like I'm there!!! Thanks Drifter!! (Shared)
The hand prints are so delicate and beautiful
Enjoying your videos on southwestern Indian culture . The Reverse Hands are Cool. By the way the Music is Great Too with your Videos
Your so respectful and that’s such a good way to teach others.
What is crazy is that "drawing" those hands is something that has been done all over the world, from people who obviously did not know of each other, and it's been done literally for thousands of years.
This is an awesome video.
Thanks for the wonderful adventure! Your camera work is excellent and so are your content and delivery. I’m very excited to have found your channel!❤
I imagine like 4 teenager boys a thousand years ago being like, "bro, I bet I could put a handprint up higher than you"
Thoroughly enjoyed this one. There’s something intensely personal about the handprints and as you mentioned they are possibly clan markings. And maybe they were just decorating, much like we do today by hanging a picture that is a statement of who we are. So interesting, would love to know why they did this.
Reverse handprints are ubiquitous throughout the cave art across the world from Europe to Borneo. I don't doubt but that the "Why" of it differs across cultures, but it seems that if there was rock painting, there were handprints. "I WAS HERE" they seem to scream - a universal desire to be known and remembered.
This style of hand painting is quite common is Australia. The numerous aboriginal tribes created galleries for story telling wherever they could find caves and rock walls.
Very compelling and beautiful hand prints. I wonder what brew was used to make these prints ? It is amazing that the pigment has lasted for eons. It’s neat that they blew this concoction over their hands, upon the wall, from their mouths. Thank you for bringing us along on these adventures.
Very cool! Thanks for they journey!
Glad you enjoyed it Penneyborn. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for another interesting wilderness hike.😃 I appreciate you reminding everyone to respect these sights. I think they left hand prints as the closest thing to a name carved in rock. They are almost like a primitive photograph.
Thanks for watching again Tuco!
So enjoy your explorations. Thanks very much!
you're like the Mr. Rogers of archiology, I could watch your content all day!
It seems to me that the handprints were either a signature (since they didn't have a written language),or an image that stated, "I was here". Another option is that it is a kind of blessing like a laying on of hands in modern day. Perhaps as symbosl of gratitude or a thank you to their God or gods, a sign of gratefulness for a good year, a bountiful harvest or plenitude of game. I'm sure it has more meaning than just fingerpainting. In the years ahead, these amazing memorials of our ancestors may disappear but you have done our future generations a great service in preserving them in videos. Thank you. Seeing these spiritual places sets one's mind to wondering and wandering. There is a sense of magic that certainly has you in its grasp.
Whoever did the handprints knew you would be there down in history to observe them. That's what I find compelling. I wonder if those spirits are looking down on you with a big smile . Look at this dude appreciating our art!! Maybe the amount of handprints determined the size of the family living in that abode. Never know. I love archeology. You're the man dude.
Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!