Searching For Prehistoric Hunting Camps/Tools In The High Desert - Ep 3
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- Where would people congregate to make tools 1,000 years ago?
5,000 years ago?
I ask myself this as I study topo maps and google earth.
Before agriculture became a thing in the Southwestern US, people would have moved often. They would have followed seasons and resources.
Naturally, they would have sought out places like caves, cliff bases with overhangs, springs, rock outcroppings, etc.
Any place that would have provided some type of shelter.
So that's where I look.
As spring turns to summer, I have to head up in elevation to escape the misery of the low desert. So until temps cool off, my search for prehistoric camps/tools will be done at higher elevations.
Join me as I head out and discover what once was...
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The point you found at 8 minutes is probably a Silver Lake variant. They are often found on the shorelines of ancient pluvial lakes in the great basin and Southwest. It is Paleoindian between 7000 and 11,000 years old. The people who made these points lived on the edges of shallow lakes and marshes and subsisted on big game such as camels and horses and hunted shorebirds and waterfowl. These points usually have a very short stem, has a bulbous appearance, and is often made of obsidian.
Awesome! That's exactly where I've been spending time, on the shorelines of ancient lakes/wetlands and I've been discovering lots of obsidian debris and an artifact here and there. I figured there might be some significant age to some of these pieces. Appreciate your input!
Great finds love the channel.
The rock you suspected to be granite is volcanic tuff. It's from volcanic ash.
Imagine if 12k years ago there was a lake, probably a lot greener around the lake than today, easy to grow corn because of the water. What a find. Thanks!
That would be far too early for corn to be present
That piece of obsidian at 16 min mark looks like a bicore, the piece they flaked the arrow heads from. Once it gets down to that size they would discard it.
I have a book that is called Arrowheads & Stone Artifacts by C. G. Yeager for the amateur Archaeologist. It will help you identify pieces of Arrowheads and there date.
At 8:16 prolly just a woodland point
So I’m assuming this is west Utah? Near Black Spring? There is a lot of obsidian availability in that area. Something to consider, is that areas that have early deposits of debitage and near game resources, would have been used for many centuries, even back to Pale era through recent history.
Most of what you’d find are more seasonal campsites.
But still odd no rock art.
I’m including a vid about Lake Bonneville for those who are not familiar.
Great vid as usual!
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Cool. The older the better to me. It's hard to believe where the water was. Lake Bonneville, Tulare, and Tule Lake covered a lot of the west. I'm trying to figure out how close together they were and if they existed at the same time. Tulare Lake was there for 600,000 years and Bonneville for 30,000, but Tule Lake had been there for a million years. It took the 19th century to ruin all of them. Tule and Tulare Lake are no longer there. Tulare made a come back, but now it's a canal and Lake Bonneville is just a memorial plaque. In my lifetime I have watched these lakes and many more disappear and reservoirs and man-made lakes pop up everywhere. We are going to regret redirecting all of that water. Wonderful Site! People don't rob those sites as much because they are more subtle. There's probably some build up sediment too. Maybe stuff is buried? It's amazing how much stuff can get buried and we can only see the surface of things. Caves get filled in. Things get washed around by flash-flooding. This was very cool to me. I think man has been here longer than people think. The earliest sites are just as important. Thank You for taking us along. 😊
I commend you for leaving that stuff there.
Myself, i would cherry pick some. I mean they are ancient rocks and the owners aren't going to miss them. You said yourself that cows walk over them and break them. So i don't see the point in leaving them. Just my opinion.
That's amazing how much obsidian pieces are just laying around. Cool!
look above the dump sites for the camps and better points , they ran around bear footed so would of thrown that out .
où trouvaient ils l'obsidienne?
The area is/was volcanic, the obsidian is local.
Amazing discoveries along the ancient shorelines, marshes, and wetlands! The abundance of obsidian cherts is astonishing and reveals the prolific knapping which transpired. Great find of an ancient Paleo ruin! Imagine the number of these Paleo natives it took to bring down any of the giant mammals of the time. Those promontory rock outcroppings would have been excellent vantage points for spotting or ambushing mammoths, bison, camels, giant sloths, etc., etc. The endless need to manufacture/knap projectiles and points really reveals the abundance of "game". Excellent adventure, great cinematography and narration. Thanks!!
Learned a lot thanks 👍
Great video!! What camera do you use?
GoPro, DJI, phone, Insta360.
Impressive amount of obsidian!
Thanks Again!
How many miles does your toyota truck have in it?
You can find signs of prehistoric hunting camps in some places that would not be good places to live. Let's say a group killed four buffalo -- that is where the camp would be for a few days processing the meat.
So my question is where did they get the obsidian?
I know eastern sierras has obsidian but where in Nevada/ Utah did they get so much that they cast some workable pieces?
Tom, send me your email and I will send you my complete list of all known obsidian sources in N. America. Its an excel spreadsheet with coordinates.
Really liked this one 👍
Another stunning Video my friend! Your an inspiration! This vid gets a sub!