NHPA Mapp California's Obsidian Trail

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California Office of Historic Preservation

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@dat2ra Ай бұрын

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.

@TheDesertwalker Ай бұрын

Did you ever hike MOnache or Kennedy Meadows down to the 395?

@felipericketts Ай бұрын

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 🙂

@oscarmedina1303 2 жыл бұрын

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".

@ShelleeGraham 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@lauralindegren2624 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting!! Always enjoyed finding pieces of obsidian !!

@jeffhildreth9244 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@mariemay444 5 ай бұрын

What beautiful people and video.

@ericschmuecker348 26 күн бұрын

My people call it corn.

@next-genpharm2340 3 жыл бұрын

Modoc county checking in with lots of obsidian too!

@HarleyRunner 10 ай бұрын

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

@brucepoole8552 3 жыл бұрын

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

@kennethgroves6433 2 жыл бұрын

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

@HarleyRunner 10 ай бұрын

Dna shows that the oldest remains found were paiute shoshone dna.

@PamelaStewart-nf2ns Ай бұрын

@@HarleyRunner please cite your source(s).

@Lrodxicano Ай бұрын

The Olmecs created the obsidian economy. The Uto-Azteca family is from California to Texas to Mexico City!💯🇲🇽👍🏼

@deanmiller4993 Ай бұрын

@@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

@deanmiller4993 Ай бұрын

@@Lrodxicanoobsidian 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

@jarrodchambers8185 3 жыл бұрын

Right on through Az and New Mexico too

@martyshannon7542 3 жыл бұрын

What about the Southeast end of the Salton Sea ?

@ricksmith2206 3 жыл бұрын

I found lots of obsidian arrowheads in siskiyou county

@ricksmith2206 3 жыл бұрын

@Jack Ophelott I have

@barbaramcallister2244 Ай бұрын

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..

@GTAGGARTIST Ай бұрын

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.

@johndusak8147 3 жыл бұрын

The trail of tears is removed from google maps why would they remove that trail dig that up.

@amythomasrdh 2 жыл бұрын

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?

@durwinpocha2488 2 жыл бұрын

"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."

@crazydeadhead420 3 жыл бұрын

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:{

@richardbowers3647 3 жыл бұрын

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!!!

@JohnDillon-zh7js Ай бұрын

I found Triflo in San Diego 900 miles to the south.

@josephthibeault9919 3 жыл бұрын

Obsidian, thank you for the science.

@kellycrooks4509 Ай бұрын

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 .

@RedwoodsRising Ай бұрын

That was very interesting.

@mikeholmes5824 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@DanielEarth1 3 ай бұрын

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?

@thomasfoss9963 Ай бұрын

Thousands of acres-- Now, farmers are tearing out the orange groves to plant almonds, and developers are tearing up the rest----

@thomasfoss9963 Ай бұрын

Ceremonial sites, and burial grounds get trampled along the way----

@thomasfoss9963 Ай бұрын

Living here in Wisconsin, I've traded for obsidian points, etc which originated from North, and South Dakota----

@toErehWon 3 жыл бұрын

So NATIVES built Pyramids, but this doesn't coincide with what's in this video?

@truthslayerone264 10 ай бұрын

The colors I have are almost perfectly clear to dark black, reds of all shades from bright to brown. All from Lake County ca.

@1ntwndrboy198 10 ай бұрын

I heard all of the obsidian and basalt was pushed up from Mexico 😮

@Lrodxicano Ай бұрын

Olmec obsidian trade

@TheDesertwalker Ай бұрын

Nope.

@Lrodxicano Ай бұрын

Prove it

@tucopacifico 3 жыл бұрын

Kinda like cutting Mona Lisa's eyeball out to see if it's fake.

@HOLLEMANz 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@TheDesertwalker Ай бұрын

I did not know it was stone tool quality...cool!!

@fatjoe66666666 3 жыл бұрын

Owens valley obsidian!

@EEVENEEVEN-vb5qy 3 жыл бұрын

Wow three years ago and no comments except me and the guy before me.

@lightningstarsky 3 жыл бұрын

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!🌌🌌

@artreyes9032 2 жыл бұрын

@@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