Fort Piute Petroglyphs - Mojave National Preserve - California

[@Holy_hand-grenade]

I love your channel. I like that you don’t substitute new-age bullshit mysticism for good old fashioned research and sticking to the facts... because the facts hold plenty of mystery and wonder without layering them in fiction.

[@chrismcclary108]

Great trek and great video. Your Owens Valley (fish slough) video inspired me to take my two son's out there this last weekend! Fort Piute is now on the radar! You're inspiring and teaching a whole new generation... thanks.

[@storiesbyalex]

+Chris Mcclary Chris, thanks for watching and the kind words. Try to visit Fort Piute before the summer heat sets in. My Regards - Alex

[@C-NoteMac]

👍🏼Sweet!

[@ShelleeGraham]

Wonderful episode here, Mr. Kerekes. There were so many amazing petroglyphs in the area. I love the reverence you show for these sacred places and the knowledge and wisdom you share. 🙏 Thank You very much, sir.

[@GrandmaBev64]

Love this place. The gliff at 13:50, looks like people dancing. A lot of movement depicted. I saw joyful dancing. What an awesome place.

[@tboned70]

Just Love the Respect U have for the Ancient Artifacts,.......U Definitely are Blessed with a Respectful Passion, Sir,......!

[@storiesbyalex]

Anthony, thanks for watching and your kind words...........................alex

[@matthewcamp9615]

Awsome! I did a summer archeological study of the valley where they filled lake Las Vegas on the Las Vegas wash. We found so much stuff and our instructor emphasized leaving everything ,even though they were building a lake over it. He said the lake may dry up and to take anything is ripping a page out of the history book forever . We also found the farthest north Intaglio ( the Las Vegas wash intaglio ) that did not get preserved and may have been built upon . Love your videos and Paiute creek is on my list for sure ! Thanks and keep it up.

[@cwb0051]

I just Love your videos, learning so much.

[@denaredford6701]

I love oasis . So beautiful the trees and cactus , running water . It's absolutely gorgeous . Thanks again Alex

[@Saladmama57]

I always look forward to your videos. Thank you for sharing your discoveries of these sites (and for respectfully honoring these special places).

[@storiesbyalex]

+Chris Colson Thanks for the kind words.......My Regards - Alex

[@Blessings.429]

The archaic drawing at around 10 mins looks to me like a kind of map, with a river and a flat area that could be used as a camp site....well that's what I thought anyway...thanks for your trekking and interest in these areas where we could never go...

[@Holy_hand-grenade]

Naice Woolon it really does.

[@H.pylori]

Glad that youtube recommended this video. I plan to visit this winter, and would have missed a lot of the historical aspects of this place. Thumbs up!

[@storiesbyalex]

rg, thanks for watching and enjoy your trek......................alex

[@jamiegaddis9363]

Petroglyphs and pictographs are a form of rock writing. Once deciphered they tell a story or give information about the surrounding areas. They are more than just pictures.

[@janjohannessmith7033]

I really enjoyed this video. Just fascinating content about the presance of the native ancients

[@denaredford6701]

Thank you , for the video

[@johnkaper1129]

Great video and very educational, I have personally been to Fort Piute 5 or 6 times and as far pack as the 1980s when the fort was virtually untouched and very few visitors. There are lots of Petroglyphs due the abundance of water. There is one petroglyphs that may be the same one in your video, but was closer to the turkey ranch is an early Spaniard or white man figure wearing a hat and holding a long gun/rifle. Quite unique. There is particular interesting panel; which shows 3 hand prints, small, medium and large, sorta like a family. Near the wagon ruts cut into the stone in the gorge climbing out of Piute wash/river are some spectacular petros. Tortoise, snakes, banding around the rocks. If there was anyway that I could email them to you, I would. Thank you for explaining the petroglyphs, good job.

[@storiesbyalex]

John, thanks for watching the series and your kind words. If you have any images you can share I can be reached at, [e-mail]........................alex

[@johnkaper1129]

@@storiesbyalex will do thank you

[@bunntonalters9452]

it might take me a lifetime to watch all of your video's

[@storiesbyalex]

Well, thanks for starting.......alex

[@jamesba4206]

At 5:30 i think that is a fish. the next panel is a fish trap. Love these videos. Live in the mojave and its a neverending wonderland.

[@discodan1002]

Thanks for uploading. Wonderful images.

[@storiesbyalex]

+DanfromtheHills It was a fun journey. Thanks for watching. My regards - alex.

[@lovecatspiracy]

Hi there :) When I visited and saw the "sunburst" at the beginning, I, too, thought it was a sunburst. Then someone from Explorers of the Mojave posted their photo of a coiled snake, and I changed my mind!

[@storiesbyalex]

love cat, thanks for watching and your comments..................alex

[@aquillafleetwood8180]

The 'x' in Paleo-Hebrew was a marker sign, for a boundry! It was also the shape of a cross too!

[@YsabetJustYsabet]

Fantastic work as always! I'm enjoying these so much. If you're ever going to be in the Tucson AZ area, please feel free to say so as a reply here-- I know of a site in the nearby Picacho Range that's so heavily covered with petroglyphs that it becomes difficult to put a foot down without stepping on them. They're primarily Ho'okam, but there's a very large amount of Archaic among them; and nearby is a stretch of cliff that is completely covered in Archaic patterns, very very thickly. I'd be happy to show them to you if you wish. Thanks again!

[@storiesbyalex]

Thanks for watching and the kind word. If I trek to the Tuscon area I will definitely contact you.....alex

[@cbrucesbiz]

At 14:43 scorched rock so the carved what they saw. Again and again I am so thankful for your efforts. You have given me more images that have helped to establish a better understanding if the process that happened to cause the people of the time to want to record it in stone. www.thunderbolts.info your path to understanding.

[@darrelllne2136]

This could be one of your best ones I have seen so far, it's a neat area, was there in the early 80's

[@storiesbyalex]

Darrell, thanks for watching and your kind words.It was definetly a fun trek......alex

[@mundizlevicampos1232]

That Big Rock, That's 1 eyed Octopus with its Arms

[@pamelak7924]

Fantastic

[@robertadamson659]

What was the intro music? Sounded so familiar.

[@storiesbyalex]

Robert, thanks for watching the film. The music is produced by a company called Music2Hues and it is from their album called "American Folk", and the track is called "Longing"...........................alex

[@charlesgoede2809]

very nice! The 'gliff at 14:40 almost looks modern? There are some great 'gliffs here in Inyo & Mono counties to see as well.

[@storiesbyalex]

Charles, thanks for watching. Yes, the 14:40 gliff could have been produced during the historic period. But, as with many of these sites the actual history has been lost in time..........alex

[@buympa1268]

Could the spiral circle shown at about the 20 minute mark come possibly mean 'water from earth'? Circle=earth/world, spiral=movement. Or even living or life giving water? I also think there was once much more water at Ft Piute, judging by the rounded stones that look like they were tumbled in a river.

[@storiesbyalex]

+buympa One of the things I have learned about petroglyph symbols is that similar symbols, such as the spiral, are used by many cultures, but with each culture having a different meaning. For example, in some cultures the spiral points to a direction of travel. Anyway, thanks for watching and your observations........alex

[@C-NoteMac]

21:36 looks a lot like a petroglyph you found in the Donner pass video.

[@junejones5261]

At 27:28 Alex is saving the petroglyph but right behind him is a cone shaped hill/mt..... That looks interesting.

[@C-NoteMac]

25:53 A flowering 🌵

[@helensim1]

I love knowing that we are not the only ones. Wonder of some o the lines are a counting system,either days at the site, animals seen or killed?

[@storiesbyalex]

Helen, thanks for watching. We now can only speculate as to what many of these symbols might mean as the various cultures visiting the site did not have a written history...............alex

[@helensim1]

Love the site!

[@michaelclark3398]

fascinating

[@denaredford6701]

michael clark i

[@Holy_hand-grenade]

17:15... youth is wasted on the young. A man as curious as Alex should receive an extra 100 years to satisfy his immense curiosity and passion.

[@storiesbyalex]

Thanks for watching and the kind words........alex

[@marinachang4535]

Went to explore this site spring of 2022. Someone had taken the rock from the wall which was sad but the petroglyphs were absolutely amazing on both sides. LEAVE NO TRACE PEOPLE! When we pulled up someone had taken a poop and just covered their crap and toilet paper with rocks. GROSS. BURY IT!!!!!!

[@nakoawarrior3186]

Up side down people on rocks meant people died? It don't mean some white guy moved the small stone that it's painted on,.......to get his wagon through there? I watched a You tube video about chatahoochie and mayan people had been there and left the same types of signs on rocks,....And some guy knew what the rock markings meant. Any rock that a man can pick up or move is a rock. Any rock that a man can not move is a boulder. .

[@robertallen6710]

I've seen 'upside down people' on canyon walls..with their arms extended over their heads...like they're falling to their deaths...

[@JohnSpringer-j8u]

Piaute is the correct spelling

[@SonOfGod-sz5yc]

that cross looks like the zia sun symblol.

[@storiesbyalex]

+dakota38rip+ Thanks for watching and your observation........alex

[@johnmeadows5645]

if the army took control of the spring and denied the indians access, it would be ( in a moral sense) very wrong.