I live in CA and have hiked the Sierra extensively. Without exception, I find bits of obsidian along every trans-sSierran trail. And every place that is a good place to camp, was a good place to camp. Just knowing that I am walking the same pathways that others have for thousands of years adds to the richness of the outing.
Remarkable to understand how obsidian can tell such a detailed story of native peoples occupation of the land. Seems like native peoples being able to house the artifacts of their ancestors is the right way to do things. Thanks 🙂
Thank you for the video. There is an outcrop of obsidian near the south end of the Salton Sea. The volcano is considered active and will erupt again at some future date. If you are interested in learning more about this outcrop, search for "obsidian butte".
At 12:56 time, I’m loving the comment by Gerald Hunter. At the ancient sites, you are all affected by the area, the spiritual link to the past; it’s where people gathered, said prayers, passed down the traditions over a campfire. 👍 Yes indeed. Well said.
I did some claim staking east of Independence, Ca...A considerable amount of obsidian was there and also projectile points..and old encampments. We also found aboriginal mines with blue earth and stones as the objective. I'll not give any other details.. this was a rich area for evidence of early man. Found and left as is. I also lived in Winnemucca in the 50s.. plenty of obsidian there and a considerable amount of artifacts. I have never revealed the locations and hope they are still intact. I might also mention we found evidence of Spanish intrusion.
The owens valley is the winter home for the Numu. Even during the ice age. . The mono/Northern paiute/Bannock/shoshone peoples were very warlike and the owens valley is the Numic homeland .. . LANGUAGE map shows this. THE eastern shoshone are from the owens valley . Ethnogenisis of the eastern shoshone shows this . Most numic oral history shows they came from the owens valley
in all my hunts through all of the west ,obsidian has been there whether it was traded or a secret out cropping, the things I found were incredible and I put my own story together of how and when these peoples lived, and lets don't forget about the giants? DNA shows us where the natives came from and the approximate time. the giants are a different story, my search continues for the truth... thank you for the video, well done
@@HarleyRunnerare you speaking of just oldest in Owens Valley? And what source can I find this information? I've read studies that show the Ute/Aztecan language family traces back to the Eastern Sierra
@@leorodriguez7324obsidian has been used worldwide, far back before the Olmec's ancestors ever even migrated into North America. Olmec culture did extensively utilize obsidian objects through
Good video and thanks. We used to find native points on the grandparents land after the rain. The most common small "bird" points were made from a flinty type of rock. On occasion though we would find obsidian points and some raw obsidian that we don't think was particularly common there.
I know of a obsidian mine the ancients used in napa county and near the mine close to a creek there is so much material it must have been the site used to knapp
I wayched a video yesterday about the mound builders in around Jackson Tn ( western tn) they have a chart of where the finds cane from. Obsidian was the farthest trade route find .
One important area left out of the act is the creation of agriculture on Native American sites. If a developer wants to build on a site they must do an archaeological survey. But if someone wants to create a 100 acre vineyard, no archaeological survey necessary. Just rip up the soil and plant. How many archaeological sites were destroyed by farmers?
Lots of obsidian in Shasta County too. An old neighbor once told me his grandfather was the tribal guardian of local colored obsidian beds. And only number three in the comment section.
CA has tons of obsidian rocks of all sizes, which has little value at the source since there's so much of it. Have seen huge deposits in the northern & eastern parts. The quality wasn't there, but the deposits were. Obsidian galore!!!
This is really sad. People my age (20’s) 22 to be exact don’t pay attention to native human history nor any history really. Learning about everything in the past of the Universe and Earth has Human Enlightenment Powers(Energy) and Beneficial Scientific Knowledge than can Propel us into future. --Future Archae, Geo, Astrogeo, Bio, Astrobio, Zoo, Paleont, Vulcan, Seismo, and Xenobiologist. To the Future!🌌🌌
@@lightningstarsky right on brother! I’m 26 I live in Southern California riverside county to be exact. You wouldn’t believe the dead brain people we have here that don’t know crap about our past or where we originally come from. These lands are being destroyed and not respected
No love for the Salton Seas Obsidian Butte, or other So Cal sources? I know it has lots of inclusions but it's still a stone tool quality CCS. If this vidio is from the SHPOs official channel you should also include southern California obsidian sources as well, that's not cool.
I live in CA and have hiked the Sierra extensively. Without exception, I find bits of obsidian along every trans-sSierran trail. And every place that is a good place to camp, was a good place to camp. Just knowing that I am walking the same pathways that others have for thousands of years adds to the richness of the outing.
Did you ever hike MOnache or Kennedy Meadows down to the 395?
Remarkable to understand how obsidian can tell such a detailed story of native peoples occupation of the land. Seems like native peoples being able to house the artifacts of their ancestors is the right way to do things. Thanks 🙂
Thank you for the video. There is an outcrop of obsidian near the south end of the Salton Sea. The volcano is considered active and will erupt again at some future date. If you are interested in learning more about this outcrop, search for "obsidian butte".
At 12:56 time, I’m loving the comment by Gerald Hunter. At the ancient sites, you are all affected by the area, the spiritual link to the past; it’s where people gathered, said prayers, passed down the traditions over a campfire. 👍 Yes indeed. Well said.
I did some claim staking east of Independence, Ca...A considerable amount of obsidian was there and also projectile points..and old encampments. We also found aboriginal mines with blue earth and stones as the objective. I'll not give any other details.. this was a rich area for evidence of
early man. Found and left as is.
I also lived in Winnemucca in the 50s.. plenty of obsidian there and a considerable amount of artifacts. I have never revealed the locations and hope they are still intact. I might also mention we found evidence of Spanish intrusion.
Very interesting!! Always enjoyed finding pieces of obsidian !!
What beautiful people and video.
My people call it corn.
The owens valley is the winter home for the Numu. Even during the ice age. . The mono/Northern paiute/Bannock/shoshone peoples were very warlike and the owens valley is the Numic homeland .. . LANGUAGE map shows this. THE eastern shoshone are from the owens valley . Ethnogenisis of the eastern shoshone shows this . Most numic oral history shows they came from the owens valley
Modoc county checking in with lots of obsidian too!
in all my hunts through all of the west ,obsidian has been there whether it was traded or a secret out cropping, the things I found were incredible and I put my own story together of how and when these peoples lived, and lets don't forget about the giants? DNA shows us where the natives came from and the approximate time. the giants are a different story, my search continues for the truth... thank you for the video, well done
Dna shows that the oldest remains found were paiute shoshone dna.
@@HarleyRunner please cite your source(s).
The Olmecs created the obsidian economy. The Uto-Azteca family is from California to Texas to Mexico City!💯🇲🇽👍🏼
@@HarleyRunnerare you speaking of just oldest in Owens Valley? And what source can I find this information? I've read studies that show the Ute/Aztecan language family traces back to the Eastern Sierra
@@leorodriguez7324obsidian has been used worldwide, far back before the Olmec's ancestors ever even migrated into North America. Olmec culture did extensively utilize obsidian objects through
I found lots of obsidian arrowheads in siskiyou county
@Jack Ophelott I have
I have arrowheads that were allegedly found in a cave/ Utah area that were pygmies.. very ruthless and feared by other tribes. One is obsidian..
Good video and thanks. We used to find native points on the grandparents land after the rain. The most common small "bird" points were made from a flinty type of rock. On occasion though we would find obsidian points and some raw obsidian that we don't think was particularly common there.
"A human being must be very sharp indeed to understand the values of obsidian. That black glass used throughout the lands of no metal so long ago."
I know of a obsidian mine the ancients used in napa county and near the mine close to a creek there is so much material it must have been the site used to knapp
That was very interesting.
Obsidian, thank you for the science.
Right on through Az and New Mexico too
The trail of tears is removed from google maps why would they remove that trail dig that up.
What about the Southeast end of the Salton Sea ?
I wayched a video yesterday about the mound builders in around Jackson Tn ( western tn) they have a chart of where the finds cane from. Obsidian was the farthest trade route find .
One important area left out of the act is the creation of agriculture on Native American sites. If a developer wants to build on a site they must do an archaeological survey. But if someone wants to create a 100 acre vineyard, no archaeological survey necessary. Just rip up the soil and plant. How many archaeological sites were destroyed by farmers?
Thousands of acres-- Now, farmers are tearing out the orange groves to plant almonds, and developers are tearing up the rest----
Ceremonial sites, and burial grounds get trampled along the way----
I found about 4 5 gallon buckets full of obsidian on an island in the Middle of the DesMoines River, in Iowa any ideas how it got here?
Lots of obsidian in Shasta County too. An old neighbor once told me his grandfather was the tribal guardian of local colored obsidian beds. And only number three in the comment section.
i live in wv and found a basketball size chunk of obsidian could it be from ca ? i'd like to know ? people destroy history everyday:{
CA has tons of obsidian rocks of all sizes, which has little value at the source since there's so much of it. Have seen huge deposits in the northern & eastern parts. The quality wasn't there, but the deposits were. Obsidian galore!!!
I found Triflo in San Diego 900 miles to the south.
Living here in Wisconsin, I've traded for obsidian points, etc which originated from North, and South Dakota----
Wow three years ago and no comments except me and the guy before me.
This is really sad. People my age (20’s) 22 to be exact don’t pay attention to native human history nor any history really. Learning about everything in the past of the Universe and Earth has Human Enlightenment Powers(Energy) and Beneficial Scientific Knowledge than can Propel us into future. --Future
Archae, Geo, Astrogeo, Bio, Astrobio, Zoo, Paleont, Vulcan, Seismo, and Xenobiologist. To the Future!🌌🌌
@@lightningstarsky right on brother! I’m 26 I live in Southern California riverside county to be exact. You wouldn’t believe the dead brain people we have here that don’t know crap about our past or where we originally come from. These lands are being destroyed and not respected
The colors I have are almost perfectly clear to dark black, reds of all shades from bright to brown. All from Lake County ca.
I heard all of the obsidian and basalt was pushed up from Mexico 😮
Olmec obsidian trade
Nope.
Prove it
Kinda like cutting Mona Lisa's eyeball out to see if it's fake.
Owens valley obsidian!
OH yes, trust the California Government.
Good one!
So NATIVES built Pyramids, but this doesn't coincide with what's in this video?
No love for the Salton Seas Obsidian Butte, or other So Cal sources? I know it has lots of inclusions but it's still a stone tool quality CCS. If this vidio is from the SHPOs official channel you should also include southern California obsidian sources as well, that's not cool.
I did not know it was stone tool quality...cool!!
Shes Awsome Beautiful
And they still lie to us about the facts
Miners = horrible people \ Natives = greatest smartest people that ever lived - can’t do no wrong
they look like dragon scales!
The European girl saying on my trive area lol jajaja
Too bad California became too dangerous of a place to go to. Very sad situation.
White man ruins all eventually.
We took away what was there's that God gave them and we should be ashamed.