That's a huge site! Also, glad you mention other things like the coyote tracks etc. There's a tremendous amount of wildlife in the high desert, but you really have to get out in it to fully grasp that.
It was a great adventure. I had more footage of tracks and animals but didn’t know if viewers would care too much about it. Thanks for the feedback and for watching!
That wall had to have been a two story wall with the amount of rocks around that site. Awesome find, loved how respectful you were, thank you for that.😊
Wow, nice find. I went to High school in Sedona in the mid 1960’s. I am guessing this location is somewhere east of there and looks culturally like one on a butte near dry beaver creek. Keep the vids coming. At 75 and living in central Canada now, my AZ trips are fewer and hikes less hilly! Loved your adventure. The less visited sites are by far the best. 🤠 The trek planner and desert drifter are cool. A whole new UA-cam industry! Hope it stays low key like this.
So the location is not east of Sedona, but the landscape in Arizona is so diverse it is really hard to pinpoint a location, which makes me feel better about posting my adventures. Hopefully you find them entertaining! Thanks for watching!
OK, I was wrong, but I will keep my guesses to myself anyway! (I have a pretty solid guess on your first video, based on the mountain ranges in the distance.) I love all that country, so full of hidden surprises. I especially like where others don't go! . Enjoy your hikes and post those videos!
Great find and video. I wonder how many years/centuries it took to construct those walls? It also raises the question of what would have prompted/forced people to work SO hard to protect themselves? We will never know those answers. Glad you shared this with us!
Hello from Brasil! There are hundreds of talking heads on UA-cam, but you are unique ! And yes when you are talking to us I do think of you as a friend talking to me.
Visited this site years ago. Sat and had lunch on one of those outside circles not noticing it for what it was. Nice ruins and video. Keep them coming.
Extremely interesting. The pattern of a large fortification with some buildings outside the walls is a bit like the Roman vicus (domestic buildings) which frequently surround ancient Roman forts and settlements. The amount of labour involved in construction the walls is immense and suggests that the constructors were probably not just the people living within the walls but others living outside as well. It would be interesting to know whether the buildings outside the walls were constructed at the same time as those within hence whether the fortification was a later development due to increased insecurity or whether the buildings and the fortifications were contemporaneous.
I love thinking about the same stuff, but unfortunately without digging and finding artifacts to support a hypothesis, we will probably never know! The site was at least 700 years old if it were used by the Ancestral Publoan people. Thanks for watching!
Hi, no. The really ancient ruins are more like mayan's style, and are hidden beneath layers If jungle. There are, however, hundreds of sites were indigenous tribes lived. They used to built their dwellings with wood, bamboo and clay, not rocks, so all we usually find only pottery and stone tools.
There are heavy rains in late summer and plenty of runoff from snowpack in the mountains in early spring. It would not have been easy but could be done. Thanks for watching!
That's a huge site! Also, glad you mention other things like the coyote tracks etc. There's a tremendous amount of wildlife in the high desert, but you really have to get out in it to fully grasp that.
It was a great adventure. I had more footage of tracks and animals but didn’t know if viewers would care too much about it. Thanks for the feedback and for watching!
I used to do what you do. I am no longer able. Thanks for taking me on these ventures. It's greatly appreciated.
I’m glad you joined my adventure! Thanks for watching!
That wall had to have been a two story wall with the amount of rocks around that site. Awesome find, loved how respectful you were, thank you for that.😊
It is a big structure! Thanks for watching!
That many stones in the construction indicates a major investment of time diverted from hunting, farming and gathering... Nice find!
Right! And a significant amount of people. Thanks for watching!
A fellow AZ ruin and petroglyph hunter here. Nice video! I particularly liked your color overlay on the drone top view and your explanation.
Thanks! Do you have a channel?
@@heathputnam9524 Yes, a pretty new one...click on my name should take you there I think.
Very interesting discovery. As society get more technologically adapt we get to discover the undiscovered anomalies.👍
But take away technology and there would be few among us that could build such a place! Thanks for watching!
Wow, nice find. I went to High school in Sedona in the mid 1960’s. I am guessing this location is somewhere east of there and looks culturally like one on a butte near dry beaver creek. Keep the vids coming. At 75 and living in central Canada now, my AZ trips are fewer and hikes less hilly! Loved your adventure. The less visited sites are by far the best. 🤠 The trek planner and desert drifter are cool. A whole new UA-cam industry! Hope it stays low key like this.
So the location is not east of Sedona, but the landscape in Arizona is so diverse it is really hard to pinpoint a location, which makes me feel better about posting my adventures. Hopefully you find them entertaining! Thanks for watching!
OK, I was wrong, but I will keep my guesses to myself anyway! (I have a pretty solid guess on your first video, based on the mountain ranges in the distance.) I love all that country, so full of hidden surprises. I especially like where others don't go! . Enjoy your hikes and post those videos!
I love that country also! Thanks for watching!
Great find and video. I wonder how many years/centuries it took to construct those walls? It also raises the question of what would have prompted/forced people to work SO hard to protect themselves? We will never know those answers. Glad you shared this with us!
Thanks for watching!
Another amazing site. TY for all the work. I appreciate it.
Thank you for watching!
Hello from Brasil! There are hundreds of talking heads on UA-cam, but you are unique !
And yes when you are talking to us I do think of you as a friend talking to me.
Thank you! Now I just wish I could get more views! Haha! Thanks again for watching!
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Your videos are great.
Thank you for the compliment and also for watching!
Your video brought a smile to my face. You possess many positive qualities, notably your artistic talent. Keep up the good work.
Wow, thank you!
Visited this site years ago. Sat and had lunch on one of those outside circles not noticing it for what it was. Nice ruins and video. Keep them coming.
Thanks for watching! You should visit again!
climb would kill me@@heathputnam9524
Extremely interesting. The pattern of a large fortification with some buildings outside the walls is a bit like the Roman vicus (domestic buildings) which frequently surround ancient Roman forts and settlements. The amount of labour involved in construction the walls is immense and suggests that the constructors were probably not just the people living within the walls but others living outside as well. It would be interesting to know whether the buildings outside the walls were constructed at the same time as those within hence whether the fortification was a later development due to increased insecurity or whether the buildings and the fortifications were contemporaneous.
I love thinking about the same stuff, but unfortunately without digging and finding artifacts to support a hypothesis, we will probably never know! The site was at least 700 years old if it were used by the Ancestral Publoan people. Thanks for watching!
Hi, I'm from Brazil. Very good video.
Thanks for watching! Are there ruins like this in Brazil?
Hi, no. The really ancient ruins are more like mayan's style, and are hidden beneath layers If jungle. There are, however, hundreds of sites were indigenous tribes lived. They used to built their dwellings with wood, bamboo and clay, not rocks, so all we usually find only pottery and stone tools.
Thanks for the info! Still cool though!
Great video! Just like being there! Where did you get that beautiful hat?
It was a gift from my mother! Thanks for watching!
Why would anyone build all of those structures in a high desert? I see no food or water. How could a large group of people build in such an area?
There are heavy rains in late summer and plenty of runoff from snowpack in the mountains in early spring. It would not have been easy but could be done. Thanks for watching!
@@heathputnam9524 Thank you. Do you know how old the walls are?
Somewhere between 800 and 1400 years old.
Am I crazy or do I hear a slight New England accent hidden way down in Your speech?
Great catch! New Hampshire for 50 years! I can rarely identify accents unless they are very strong! Thanks for watching!