There is Only 1 Archaeological Site Like This in North America

[@fgstacker]

The "squid or octopus" art reminded me of either a Wooly Mammoth where the "arms" on either side are actually tusks.

[@todddaniels9488]

That’s the first thing I saw as well

[@milkmanchoppers]

I was gonna say the same thing

[@milkmanchoppers]

I was gonna say the same thing

[@user-bu9qs6zu9r]

I agree

[@joensuu123]

This - or perhaps a bison?

[@mariacruz6763]

Hi ! I'm a 67 years old lady with bad knees and i always tell my family, i'm going in an adventure with Desert Drifter today i don't know the time i'll be back. They laugh and say o.k. mami enjoy your self just be careful o.k. Thank You for takeing us on your adventures with you i enjoy them very mucho and i feel i'm there with you too. Thank You!

[@bevmc5061]

Channels like this are so much more interesting and informative than scripted tv shows. I’ve enjoyed travelling the world on a motorcycle with a young lady who calls herself Itchy boots, look her up. I wish you good days 😊

[@johnnybeaujean]

I am 71years and love exploring with you

[@anitaallen4143]

I can relate. I’m 77 and love to be outdoors and walk. When I see how easy it would be to get myself in trouble, I watch him instead.

[@sharonj.1240]

I'm 73 and there with you. So fun to see places I could never go.

[@petrasandberg1328]

I’m 58 and have fibromyalgie , can’t walk a lot anymore . So I enjoy to go on adventure here on this channel

[@mountainman615]

Son. As a 66 year old mountainman at heart, this video had me inching closer and closer to my monitor. I absoulutely love what I learn from you and enjoy the respect you show for these native American sites. May God bless you and keep you safe on these adventures!

[@mountainman6549]

Im also a 66 year old mountain man. Crazy coincidence!

[@mountainman6549]

I know exactly where this area is. I’ve been through there 5 times. The last time was 33 years ago. Desert Drifter gave it away when he showed the high mountains in the video and I could see Gannet peak. Which I climbed twice in my life. I didn’t write this in the comments as to protect the site but figured I could tell a fellow mountainman.

[@mountainman615]

@@mountainman6549 I've always loved the mountains more than any other terrain. Funny thing is, I live in southwest Louisiana where we don't even have hills much less mountains.

[@SpiritsEase]

I am 66 also and agree. I appreciate and love the respect you show the old archeological sights and appreciate the knowledge you share as you take us with you step by step along this terrain. It would be wonderful if this video could be used in classrooms. Bless you and Thank you.

[@keithusace4352]

Make that a 71 year old traveling with you

[@kcott4177]

I told my wife about you and your travels, then shared this one with her and all she can say is 'I'm jealous'. My wife is 78 and I'm 75 so we travel vicariously through you.

[@RonCobb-co6dr]

Yes, this deeply spiritually connected kid is a God send to many of us that had this in our bukit list but never got the chance to play while our bodies were in good enough shape to do what he is doing. I too love going on hikes with my friend, The Drifter. ❤

[@NaverendAlloway]

My 4y granddaughter wants to watch one of your videos before bedtime. The 1st one was the trek in Mexico or S. America, not sure where , but you went thru swamps, horrible razor grass.. Kept her glued and fell asleep quickly. Now she's hooked!

[@dolphinschild62]

This was their Summer Hunting and winter preparation ground. They came here after snow melt, would do hunts, get hides tanned, meat smoked, pemmican etc made, then would travel south to lower ground for the winter. This was their seasonal hunting grounds and not a permanent one, since they wouldn’t survive in the deep snow during winter. Great work on this adventure Andrew. I always wanted to visit old sites, and you made it possible. I have a degree in Social Sciences and I love this stuff and since I’m disabled you allow me to join you on the adventures. Thank you.

[@thehoucksbattlecreekranch520]

I believe that the Discovery Channel did a episode on that... Unearthed maybe?? Cool find buddy! ❤

[@donnamealy4877]

This was beautiful. I’m a Montana girl who has lived 25 years on the plains of Kansas. Made me incredibly homesick, but happy. ❤

[@CuttingEdgetools]

Out Mule Deer Hunting few years back. I climbed up a Rim rock ledge overlooking a River. Stepping onto a large fairly Flat high Desert area. 125 yards out was a Stack of rocks. I knew right away it was an Ancient Shoshone Hunting Blind. Hiked over. It was large enough for 2-3 Hunters. 1/3 of the 5’ high circular was had crumbled. Standing there in awe for few minutes. Then realized remnants of a Rock Tipi Ring 12’ across and a fire pit ring in the center was 10’ away. Sacred Place! It is located 2 miles from a rugged 4x4 trail . I shall keep it secret. I have stumbled on these old Rock hunting blinds occasionally in Remote NV and OR over the years.

[@standdownrobots_ihaveoldglory]

Montana museum employee here, awesome for you to keep it secret for now!!! Preservation takes all of us!

[@toucanvanbeak]

Honestly most skree fields high elevation have evidence of this

[@kolobkolobkolobkolob]

If you keep looking, you will see things that were ancient to those people as well, it would surprise you.

[@reejoyce6305]

So cool and thankyou fornthe information and detail. Very educational... form Australia 🇦🇺 ❤

[@summerfi]

I know you do this for the love of it, but what you do takes an incredible amount of work. Both physical exertion and brainwork research before the trips. Your content is some of the best on KZbin, and if I knew how to nominate you for some kind of creator award, I would. Thank you for the wonderful video learning opportunities.

[@paulapridy6804]

Yeah. What you said.

[@1nvisible1]

*"Squid" is an accurate mammoth face, and @**5:37** may be an Arthropleura or giant centipede, from (brace yourself) 300 million years ago. Modern archaeology's timeline would suggest these were representations of fossils they found vs animals they saw peeking out as the ice melted, but that timeline changes almost every month.*

[@813lem]

I second (or third or whatever) that nomination. 🏆🏅

[@esreveresrever2788]

i 4th 🤗🏆 thank you mr & mrs drifter! i'll add, in addition to the best content on youtube, your comment section is top notch too. always great reactions and stories from folks all over the globe. amazing channel ☝️🌹☮️

[@kimwentz442]

Love you and all your tenacity n heart ....all of you. Such a blessing.

[@LindaSChastain]

When you see a double Rainbow the top one is a reflection off of the Firmament (the colors are reversed) I love taking trips with you. Now 70, I've had total knee replacements (both) 5 levels of neck surgery plus three lowest levels of back surgery, so I walk from our motorhome to our fishing spots. My husband is 94 and he puts me to shame by still mowing our large front and back yards, plus pruning our 10 fruit trees, he cans our peaches, the cherries, and dries our Fuju persimmons and apples. We are in northern California. We travel to Idaho every summer to visit family and fish. I appreciate the care you take with the artifacts left by earlier people. God bless you and your family. Warm hugs from a fan.

[@webstercat]

Yes the firmament over a stationary earth.

[@vorpalblades]

That's not how rainbows work. Verastasium just did an excellent video on rainbows.

[@sjaakmcd1804]

Thank you Andrew for another wonderful presentation of the US "Wilderness". Here in the UK, no matter how far you get from a town or village its pretty difficult to walk for more than an hour without seeing some evidence of human activity, from the prehistoric, to the Roman, to the industrial revolution or to farming. Then seeing what you are seeing in the truly massive United States, in the middle of a long way from nowhere there are signs everywhere of ancient human activity. Those humans there and here were not primitive cavemen just about surviving, they were thriving in their home lands. Cheers and thank you.

[@brandyjean7015]

I'm jealous of all of the remnants of human history you can explore in the UK. And I chuckle when my UK friends talk about something being too far away to drive to; on one of your islands.

[@timgerk3262]

​@@brandyjean7015I'd drive two-three days to go see that. Very, very cool.

[@mikeoglen6848]

@@brandyjean7015 Do you realise that some of those sites could be 150 or more miles away?

[@got2kittys]

He said it was 3 days of hiking, at the beginning of the video.

[@ScruffyNomad]

Andrew, your videos resparked a sense of adventure in me that died a while ago. Kudos for your content, whose quality I feel is far superior to mainstream documentary channels. Best to you and the always-awesome Mrs. Drifter!

[@Desert.Drifter]

Thank you Scruffy, I’m glad to hear the videos reignited something deeper inside you. Thank you for your generous support

[@VIKING-SON]

Andrew I totally enjoy your videos and adventures. You are a natural young man. I'm 71 years old, and you remind me of TV shows I used to watch about nature way back in the 60's. Thanks for doing what you're doing for all of us. My better half Linda and I enjoy camping, ours is Glamping Lol. But I'm also a retired Army veteran with 25 year's service. Three of those as an 11 Bravo Drill Sargent. I love camping and the outdoors, I can't do what I did back then. But both of us enjoy a campfire swimming in a lake and light hiking. Some day I pray will be able to get out your way and see the Grand Canyon. I was stationed at Ft. Carson Colorado for almost three years and fell in love with it. But had to move back east to the mountains of Pennsylvania where I originally grew up. Keep up the great work your doing. I look for new episodes every week. Your reality videos are the best no nonsense in them. Also like when the misses travels along with you. What a wonderful wholesome cool couple you are. Sincerely CWO A Shook US Army Retired

[@GrannyGail701]

The scenery when you’re on top with the landscape and clouds, looks like an old painting of the West. Unbelievably beautiful.

[@ScottRipley]

150 years ago, they had to rely on talented painters and printers. Now we can see through talented videographers in 4K. The Western United States is stunning.

[@elizabethlamb1859]

Yes. Would be an excellant frame up for a loved one.

[@BjørnarGrinde]

Hi, I'm a glacier guide in Norway, the rock formation before the saddle reminds me of man made rock gardens we got here. Our ancistors pointed the sharp end of the rocks upwards. So when the animals got frightened and run. Some animals would break a leg and be easier to catch....

[@rickrack4812]

Wyoming ???

[@mhurbi]

Landscape resembles that of Montana/Wyoming NE of Yellowstone where the Beartooth Highway runs through. Lots of high mountain meadows at around 11,000 feet elevation.

[@seanmccann8368]

A 'cheveux de frise' also used for defence from attack. A very good example is around the famous Dún Aonghus on the Aran Islands in Galway Bay, Ireland. The term means 'Frisian Hair' because it was first seen on the Frisian Islands in the North Sea.

[@fubarsaltdog6460]

I'm a glacier/toker/guide/astral dude in the Delaware Water Gap.

[@robinminn271]

Do you have a video site?

[@JupiterSkie]

Thank You for not disturbing anything there. Leaving it forever in the raw stage it is in.

[@brad4268ify]

That Squid Creature you Described Looked more like a woolly Mammoth to me

[@epicycles700]

Ditto.

[@morgonerlenstar]

Yeah I thought the same 😊

[@petramundo]

YUP

[@mikem201]

yes, looking at a mammoth face on?

[@wyodrifter9452]

Probably a bighorn sheep considering this area, the history of the people known as "sheepeaters", and Mammoth were probably extinct before people got there.

[@VeronicaMist]

squid or octopus is definitely a mammoth. Beautifully drawn, looking straight on and down at the viewer. Incredible perspective.

[@KptKritical]

Definitely what it is. When he said squid i was like.....are we looking at the same thing?

[@sandrakisch3600]

Love this trip. ❤ i live in the Rocky mountain Foothills in Alberta, 🇨🇦 i grew up in B.C and worked my way north. Homesteaded in Peace River. Lived north on Alaska Hyway and then in the Yukon. I am 80 years old now and I hiked many miles over those years. Encountered many bears including Grizzlies and black bear. Wood Buffalo, Caribou,Elk, goats , sheep, moose and deer. So grateful for my adventures. Now vicariously through you. My son follows as well and shared with a granddaughter today. Thankyou.

[@MeanTweetsPlease]

Sandra, I'm just a young 'un in my 60s 😅 but I just had to tell you that to me, encountering a Grizzly ranks right up there with confronting a hungry leopard! I'm in the beautiful swamps of the Deep South, so the chances of either of those encounters is probably less than zero but oof! If I think about it too deeply, my Fight or Flight activates and it's a horrible feeling. I can handle our wild boars, 6ft rattlesnakes, brown recluses & black widows - but Grizzlies?? "That's a no from me, dawg!" I lived many years in several cultures/countries and visited many more and, like you, have enjoyed my many adventures. How I ended up down here is a long story, but just wanted you to know that *I'm amazed by your grit!* Would love to sit & listen to you tell the tales of your life. Sounds as though you've got some damned good ones!

[@user-mc2bc9qo5f]

As a European coming from a small country (the Netherlands) I can only imagine these beautiful places you explore. I appreciate your videos and the amount of research you put in and show them to the world, it's very intriguing finding these exquisite places with such rich history. I tell you mate, your videos are better than national geographic, keep them coming, many thanks, be safe and much love from Amsterdam.

[@loredrain3789]

Love Amsterdam, beautiful city I visited in my youth (30 yrs. Ago) greetings from Florida!

[@irenehabes-quene2839]

Dutch too, wonderful documentation of his trips. I have ventured to many parts in the USA and have family living in California and Nevada so I always have a place to stay but where this man goes is a step too extreme for me. That makes me grateful that he makes these videos

[@mikes.1882]

Definitely

[@minimaker5600]

@@loredrain3789 My favorite European city, too. Cheers from Wisconsin .....

[@keelypack2735]

How sweet.

[@profishant9891]

Your visual explanations of the area is spot on. My father was working in these areas with the Park Service and Arizona State University studying in Montana and Wyoming many years ago. As kids he would drag us along to these places with his group of ranch, park service and university friends. We had such great times. Of course we were put to work helping with nearly everything which endeared us to the outdoors and taught us respect for all historical history. The way of life these ancestral peoples had was one of true spiritual and physical connection hard to be understood by most us today. It was such a pleasure growing up learning the ways of these peoples. Excellent video.

[@Desert.Drifter]

Thanks for sharing your memories with us. Those are great things to learn as a youngster

[@wesley5nipes]

I'm so envious of your experiences. For me, when I see current people talking about how harsh and unforgiving these environments were, I take it with a grain of salt. I'm not saying it was all a bed of roses, but our "civilized" way of living now gives us a skewed perspective of how it must have been. For them, that is all they knew so I'd think they didn't look at it as harsh and inhospitable as we do. If you know it, you're not afraid of it.

[@lifeaccordingtogizzmoroncu9721]

Kuh

[@Tahosa65]

I have roamed and hunted the Rockies of Colorado and I've found many rocks and panels of petroglyphs that are not reported or listed anywhere. They are unique and very remote. Also some ruins and ancient campsites or villages. I've never reported or shown their location because if they're known, they'll be looted and destroyed. One such was on some property I used to own. If the government ever knew about that particular site, property rights and access by the landowners could be compromised. Love that you don't tell where this is. Please never do.

[@ariessolarhijiri2985]

@@moon-moth1 shut the hell up no they’re not you’re gonna sit there and block it off and make it so nobody will ever be able to enjoy it again. You know how much this Smithsonian hides and keeps from us.?

[@Tahosa65]

@@moon-moth1 IF it were archaeologists that would look at them but it's not. It would be the BLM or Forest Service and they do not have the best interests of the people at heart. Only what benefits them. .

[@ifarrell71]

@@Tahosa65BLM and Forest Service are required to have full time archaeologists that abide by the exact same rules that all archaeologists do in this country. Most of the time sites on public lands are the most protected of them all since the archaeologists have time to dedicate to preservation and lands aren’t under threat of development.

[@kolobkolobkolobkolob]

Thank you for not revealing the sites except to archaeologists that are dedicated to keeping sites private but being able to publish their findings. We know the people who once were in the mountains where you were and it wasn’t the people most are aware of and was a pre dated people to what most traditionally may think of., would surprise you!!!

[@The_GenXennial]

🙏

[@JumperSig]

If those drawings consist of Wooly Mammoths, that site is older than we think. They certainly do look like them. Extraordinary!

[@coppertopv365]

Could be a Mastodon

[@fishhuntadventure]

That’s making some assumptions I’m not sure are tenable

[@JumperSig]

@@fishhuntadventure Walking the line isn’t always tenable, either. They could be Mastodon, or Crabs or who knows what. It was a fun and interesting video.

[@gregbranch6849]

Honestly, You make some of the very best content on KZbin!! It's rare to see someone so respectful of each environment you are in. I learn something every time I watch your videos...Thank you !!!

[@Desert.Drifter]

Thanks Greg. I try to steward every place I go in the best way I know how to

[@dawnconner6123]

my husbad is a flintknapper. we live on a large piece of property here in West Virginia and we find shards of flint all over. once in a while an arrowhead. over near columbus, oh there is a place called flintridge and the used to have a knap-in there every year. the pits where the folks dug their flint are still there. the whole top of that ridge is one big chunk of the most beautiful pink, brown, gold and white stone. i wish you could come over and see it someday. they moved the knap-in to another place because they were afraid it would ruin the historical sight. youd love the ridge. i dont like that its so far away and i dont go anymore. but, then, im 74 YO. love to watch your vids. keep up the good work.

[@samgibson684]

I just attended the Coshocton knapp in festival at the fairgrounds over labor day weekend. Very hot weather but super cool event and people I'll be going to the spring one for the full multi day event

[@TimFaulkner-qb5kl]

I'm from Ohio go to flint ridge alot

[@barbaramccoy6448]

Sounds beautiful!

[@yvonnelewis4888]

I was born & raised in Denver. The mountains, streams and prairies of Colorado get inside you and never leave. Growing up my mom and grandmother would often take us camping in the mountains, fishing in the streams, hiking the trails & pointing out nature, Beaver-chewed stumps, or deer & Elk tracks. Teaching us about the native tribes The Ute, Arapaho, Navajo, Blackfeet and Shoshone, so much of their culture and respect for their Nations. Thank you Andrew for taking me home again, for the pine-scented crisp mountain air & a Wonderful Journey once again into our Native Peoples past. There is so much We can learn from Them. Stay safe out there

[@813lem]

You are so right. When i was 5-6-7( im not sure!) My parents and i went to Colorado Springs to visit friends. I think we stayed a week or two in July. We went up in the mountains, had picnics, chilled drinks in a creek, climbed boulders etc. Got snowed on at Pikes Peak. Ill never forget how the thin air felt so cool but the sun felt so warm at the same time. It was such a unique feeling but once in awhile, in the spring it feels that way here (kcmo). It sounds silly to say it but to this day , im 55, in my mind i call those days Denver Days. Colorado does indeed get into your soul.

[@additudeobx]

I was born in Cheyenne, grew up in "Evergreen" when I started 2nd grade. Eventually ended up in Arvada, graduated AHS when I was 18. Joined the NAVY, came back to Westminster, then to Longmont. Stayed until 1988 when job shipped me out to Charlotte, NC. I'm 70 now, you are exactly correct. I still miss my mountains and the prairie.

[@Doxymeister]

I was raised in Oklahoma, and my Dad worked large electrical engineering contracts out of state during the week, then drove home every weekend. He spent half his childhood in the mountains of northern Arkansas, then finished it growing up in Arizona close to the Grand Canyon. During his vacation weeks, we'd pack up the family tent-trailer and head out west to make a huge circle of the western states--the "Four Corners area". This was back during the days when you could just pull off the highway (before I-40 was built) onto a side road and just camp near the road. So many great memories of the deserts, plains and mountains, got to see the Painted Desert, all around Lake Powell and the area around Bryce Canyon, then circling back towards home heading down Loveland Pass going through Colorado. I've never forgotten the stunning views, and the exhilarating air of the mountains.

[@813lem]

@@Doxymeister sounds like an awesome experience. Do you still get to travel like that? I traveled a lot aa a kid but as an adult cant seem to find time or means.

[@Doxymeister]

@@813lem No, I'm old and all busted up now, so I stick close to home--but I get to travel vicariously through nice folks like Andrew, AND learn neat stuff about ancient Americans. It's a win-win!

[@weshohler7601]

I live in Wyoming and I don't travel like that without my 44 Remington magnum revolver. Bear spray doesn't always work. I Love your videos and keep on with them.

[@tomlambert3186]

I carry a S&W model 27 .44 mag

[@martimhofmann2327]

It's incredible that these thousands-year-old hunting grounds are still detectable. It's a testament to the keen eye of those who can spot them. I´m realy impressed!

[@Gribbo9999]

One of your best. Thank you so much. Once seen through your eyes, the landscape magically fills with game on the run, hunters and their blinds and cairns, and a large village encampment on a glorious spot - flat with water and wood nearby and a commanding view. Once seen it cannot be unseen and it is so obvious, under your guidance, that you wonder how you could be blind to all the clues before. Wonderful! I live in Southeast Australia with clues of our Aboriginal ancestors all around too. Your video has sharpened my senses to look closer for their traces on my bush walks here. So thank you again.

[@goatboy150]

The best thing about this channel is the vicarious sense of discovery. Thank you for including us on these journeys.

[@Jeff-jg7jh]

I have never read so many posts. These are a great part of this vid.

[@caryclemenson5558]

On top of you being a relentless adventurer, you are also a talented narrator.

[@PaulSimmons-l4j]

Thank you for taking me into such a beautiful place. I hope no one finds this place and destroys any of it's beauty. I have seen where things have been destroyed almost beyond belief in Colorado.

[@lukeaurand5722]

You should see what Europe is like

[@RaorMoney-bd2ql]

The vandalism is really bad here in Utah too, its really maddening

[@mikebell9166]

Big chunks of this adventure were well above treeline. That is a hard place to be for a flatlander. They don't last long above 8500'.

[@calglider13]

Indeed. I and my mother (a half breed herself) were walking in the desert. We followed an old path. It lead us to a site where long ago the people would dig turquoise. Many decades later, someone found it. And to make a quick buck, they used dynamite. They got their chunks of stone. But the rest of the deposit was fractured to where the stone would break and crumble when one tried to work it. Sad. 😥

[@lookslikeiwin]

I was so disappointed when I returned to a little corner of paradise in Colorado a few years later to find someone had pushed dirt all over a beautiful flowering brook that just looked like a garden. They were building something on it. But there is no way it was worth destroying the brook imo.

[@edward-g7z]

Great video. Brings back memories. When I was a kid in the late 60s and early 70s we used to ride horses all through the Shoshone national forest and would see 4 and 500 head of Elk also Big Horn sheep goats and other wildlife. Thanks

[@mikem201]

You get an A+ on this one sir. Much respect for doing the hard yards and keeping the sanctity of the site quiet.

[@Desert.Drifter]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it

[@leighsayers2628]

Great video ..but not my subject I like ..the mass killing like this isn't for me ..

[@antonibertolacci7030]

@@leighsayers2628I don’t like it either ! Unfortunately it is history ! We’re I come from in Australia , a place called red rock northern nsw ! They ran the aboriginal people of the cliffs ! 😢

[@leighsayers2628]

@@antonibertolacci7030 I'm from Australia ....never heard of running people over cliffs there ,.History is very important..

[@daworldsyuthofdafuture]

@@leighsayers2628 Everyone agrees that something sinister happened at Waterloo Bay 1849. Aboriginal people were herded to their deaths from terrifyingly steep cliffs by the hundreds. History IS important. The truth of the brutality of anglos throughout history IS important.

[@tfox285]

Just imagine all the work, celebration and the time of plenty it afforded. I could see many smaller groups coming together, the opportunity for socializing. A time for marriages and couples to find each other. Seeing extended family who travel in a different group. Groups gathering wood, butchering meat, children running around, fires going everywhere, some cutting meat, building drying racks, tanning hides. Then divvying it all up and dispersing again, with goodbyes as they head off to the places they took refuge for the winter or other places they would gather what they needed for the winter. It must be a place that saw so much happiness for the cultures of the time.

[@flintfanatic817]

Well put. That's exactly how it worked in my mind as well

[@dingo9696]

Nope. It was not all kumbaya in the precolumbian americas. Prime hunting ground was fiercely fought over. The strongest tribes were the ones that held the mose desireable land. In the mongolian steppe, the strongest tribes also had enormous “death zones” around them, where no people lived because they were killed to create a buffer zone. I imagine many native american tribes did the same thing.

[@ifarrell71]

You don’t know how right you probably are. Large kills like this would get several related groups working cooperatively to bring home the literal bacon. We see it in other places around the world too; Hadza foragers in east Africa will all group together after a large game kill (e.g., a giraffe) and share the food in what is often called a bonanza. Even if folks showed up late to the bison kill, there wouldn’t be much point to fending them off either since there’s so much food.

[@Wyoming27]

I was a wilderness guard for the Forest Service in this area for three seasons back in the late '60's. Wow, what a neat thing to see you traversing the same areas I used to know . _____ Lake trailhead...____o Flat.._____t Flat:, B____r Creek,; feels like home! If that ain't enough, I went to school at NAU/Flagstaff, and have done my share of exploring the west end of Walnut Canyon and, therefore, watch your SW ramblings with intense interest. Thanks for sharing your fine camera and narrative abilities! Given your propensity for good research, I imagine you know about the recent anthropology discoveries of high altitude "sheep eater" sites not far from the subject area of your video. ...If you haven't already visited these sites, I'm sure you would experience a "head explosion" upon visiting them. Thanks again for your good videos!

[@kingmufasa2844]

It's nice to watch the past, My wife says that you sound like a teacher, explains like a teacher, and you have a serene voice. Are you a teacher???? God bless you 🙏

[@Desert.Drifter]

Haha not officially, but I do like teaching

[@kennethzullick6897]

I can hardly believe how gorgeous the land is where you are.

[@cdsred]

It’s a wasteland

[@Desert.Drifter]

Thanks Kenneth, that is a stunning mountain range

[@MeoCulpa]

@@cdsredReally? There are thousands of species up there. Shrubs, groundcovers, trees, insects, birds, animals big and little. A wasteland in what way?

[@MickH60]

@@cdsred Educate yourself mate...

[@drysori]

@@cdsred Compared to what?

[@Telecasterland]

I love how you found each piece of the puzzle. The kerns the blinds the walls the camp spot.

[@CraigSkinner-l6z]

Appreciate you taking us along.

[@mamm7223]

That's a beautiful place, and the walls of petroglyphs were certainly plentiful and. intriguing. What a treat to see a large herd of Elk first thing in the morning while eating breakfast. To top it off, you got a great shot of a perfect, double rainbow! Everything about this video is pure perfection in my opinion. Thank you for the interesting, informative and very entertaining video. Stay safe, and drift on.

[@jonniewalker6925]

It’s a pleasure to learn history with you. You are a great teacher.

[@RiverViews333]

Native women played a crucial part in these hunting expeditions. They helped with the butchering, and prepared and carried the meat. Also, the vital organs of the bison, raw, straight out of the animal, gave women the much needed nutrients (iron) for pregnant and lactating ladies. Thanks, Andrew, for this incredible video.

[@Desert.Drifter]

Thanks for the reminder of all that the Native women did/do. They had to have been tough!

[@Lloyd_Christmas11]

Prove it.

[@NathanHierlmeier-s6u]

@@Lloyd_Christmas11 watch some documentaries on still barely contacted native tribes. there are very few gender roles and for the most part seem to be matriarchal in structure. and they been successful for thousands of years.

[@dr.floridaman4805]

​@@NathanHierlmeier-s6ui saw a documantary on the greatest nation ever created. It was WHITE MALES

[@rt3box6tx74]

​@NathanHierlmeier-s6u Exactly. Women didn't "help" butcher, they were in charge of the process.

[@alaskanight940]

Rapidly becoming my favorite channel, excellent content. A sip of cool spring water in a swamp of political propaganda. ❤

[@radiotests]

You gave me chills with this level of investigation. And things I saw and found in BC and North Central WA 50 years back working forestry and fire patrols. Ancient cairns and places with a vibe of gathering. They were far older than the broken trapper cabins I saw. Thanks so much for this added value. NatGeo sucks compared to you. I see 5 million subs for you.

[@susanfox-mx3nv]

I loved your words, "a vibe of gathering." It is so true.

[@jeromereed1097]

Thanks for the video! My wife and I stumbled across the Vore Buffalo Jump site about twenty years ago. The site wasn’t steep enough to kill them (bison) but enough to injure them much like this site. A herd running at full speed and in a panic into that boulder strewn field would be injured and easier to kill.

[@wyodrifter9452]

I have been there too. Right in the middle of the interstate.

[@Desert.Drifter]

Well said Jerome. A similar situation, just enough to get the job done

[@herself50]

Those rock pits were great for trapping, injuring bison enough to kill.

[@whatgoesaroundcomesaround920]

Illustrations of jump sites show steep cliffs and entire herds falling to their deaths. But that would be really wasteful. Nomadic groups were not large groups of people -- estimates range from 25 to 40 people of all ages. Even drying and smoking large quantities of meat immediately, there's no way they could use that much meat. And the entire local bison herd would be dead, so the campsite and nearby drop-off would not longer be as useful. So this less drastic kind of jump makes sense. Some animals will be injured, and then killed and processed. The rest of the herd would manage to navigate the dropoff and live to increase the herd for another year's drive. Don't ever believe earlier people were less intelligent than we are!

[@bearcubdaycare]

Head Smashed In buffalo jump in Alberta, Canada is quite vertical, but still didn't kill, only stunned. People at the bottom waited to finish the kills.

[@dwaynewladyka577]

I'm glad you show respect to the places you go to. This is a beautiful area. In Alberta, we have a place called Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump. I believe it's a provincial park. It describes what you mentioned about how the Native North Americans would hunt the bison. Elk Island National Park and Wood Buffalo National Park have bison preserves. If I recall correctly, some of these bison were also taken to either Jasper and Banff National Park, as well as some parks in the United States to reproduce. Cheers, Andrew!

[@Desert.Drifter]

I did some research on Head Smashed In for this video!

[@dwaynewladyka577]

@@Desert.Drifter If it is possible, you should visit Writing On Stone Provincial Park in Alberta, which is next to the border of Montana. It has cool things for you to see. Cheers, Andrew!

[@lorettamouland4917]

I’ve been to Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump twice. What an amazing place! I found it a very peaceful site overlooking the plains. I’m a 70 year old woman and I enjoy your videos very much!

[@pattyharris5148]

I'm 68, and when I was a child my mom took me to visit my 80 yr. old relations that built several stone houses in central Michigan early 1900's. They found so many artifacts. I still have some of those arrow head's, and I am going to give them back to the Nishnabe people .

[@thomgri]

Lucy Thompson was a Yurok woman and author, born in 1856 and passed away in 1932. Her notable work is the nonfiction book “To the American Indian: Reminiscences of a Yurok Woman”, originally published in 1916.

[@GaiaCarney]

@thomgri - thanks for the recommendation 📚

[@thomgri]

@@GaiaCarney i just want connections for all. this gov likes to hide alot info and stuff they find.

[@thatgirl4415]

I love going with you on your adventures. Every time I go visit my parents, who are in their 70’s, I watch your videos with them and they get to take a hike as well! Thank you!

[@fritz1990]

You provide a serious service to history. The fact that you document everything, is awesome. Years from now, archeologist's will fight over access to your videos

[@linda48223]

I have to agree that the hunters would use a ground swell rather than a cliff when hunting the buffalo. They would've killed too many animals with a cliff scenario. Too much waste. That area you explored was exactly as I imagined it would look. They had the open prairie for their housing. The stream for water and food preservation as well as the forest. This is probably my favorite video so far. I appreciate your respect of the land and artifacts for history's sake. Thanks for letting us tag along.

[@Tugela60]

They didn't care about waste. The number of animals compared to them was vast, they killed as many as they possibly could.

[@gattosquad2241]

They werent some great ecologists in touch with the land, there were hundreds of millions of bison.

[@OldGrizz59]

On the plains of very western edge of the Colorado plains north of Elizabeth Colorado that south of Denver there's a canyon that has been used as a Buffalo jump reminder early American Indians it is a very very narrow canyon that has a steep cliffs at the end and you really can't see the canyon from on top of the planes. The the archaeologists did Doug through that area 1 he said that there was huge amount of Buffalo that have been Chase over that edge and yes there is lots of waste but you have to imagine those hers were pretty big too my understanding is that the later Buffalo bone hunters scavenged out that huge pile of bones I'm not saying it's going to have been there for tens of thousands of years the ones at the bottom at all deteriorated and all that but there is plenty of evidence within the slope the developed from the buildup of all those buffalo head gone over the edge there is also a lot of pictographs and stuff show me how they chase the Buffalo into that area

[@fantabuloussnuffaluffagus]

Look up a place called, no kidding, Head Smashed in Buffalo Jump. The deposits of bison bones are 12m deep. the cliff is about 10m high. The filled in more than half the height of the original cliff with bison bones.

[@kevroodenman3283]

keep looking

[@raymondsmith3377]

Never disappointed

[@Desert.Drifter]

Thanks Raymond!

[@07Hawkeye]

the petroglyph at 4:23 you said looks like an octopus... it looks exactly like a mammoth head/face especially from far away when you saw it on the corner, all i could think was that looks like an extremely detailed mammoth head

[@charleslaws6610]

I agree, it also looks like a good start for my next ink session.

[@unofficialjennaskye]

I came here to say this! 🩷

[@hadleytorres8171]

That's what I was thinking for sure!

[@handimanjay6642]

Seasonal nomads returned for generations to the same place and possibly the same positions to hunt and forage. Pretty cool find.

[@franaydelott2734]

I watch your videos before I go to bed at night. They are satisfying and relax me. There is so much human history in North America that is unknown and yet to be discovered.

[@BigFists2024]

500 nations

[@Flume-mk4ex]

I watch you nightly. I have to say this episode should be episode of the year. The richness of evidence and how you present is informative and fun to watch. Feels like I’m there. Thank you Andrew!

[@phlebgrl6064]

This was a really fascinating episode Andrew. How cool it must be to stand right in the middle of history and then seeing artifacts that actually tell you a story! Thank you for sharing your experience and I look forward to going on more amazing adventures with you! Stay safe

[@andrewherbert7108]

Reading the land like that is a rare skill, that you have seemingly mastered. That, added to the levels of respect for the site, makes this video unmissable. I love the way it unfolds before your eyes and the story begins to tell itself, if you know where and how to look. You my man, are so in tune with it. Love your work.

[@zotheflow]

Those pictographs… wow… this episode took my breath away. A lot of your films do that but I think it’s that you crossed different environments and terrain… sometimes it looked like you were in Scotland. You literally took us on a wild adventure and I really appreciate that.

[@franc9111]

This makes me think of a well-known site here in France. It's called the Rocher de Solutré (in Burgundy) where you have a long mountain slope that leads up to a narrow summit which ends with a vertical cliff. In prehistoric times, wild horses were driven up there and over the cliff edge. Their carcasses were butchered at the foot of the cliff, which indicates that at that time horses weren't domesticated, but considered as food, as well as a source of useful raw materiels such as skins, bones and horse hair.

[@barbaramccoy6448]

We had plaster between the lathes of our walls when I was a kid. My mom showed me how the plaster had horse hair in it for insulation. The house was still plenty cold in the winters.

[@Desert.Drifter]

Very interesting. I know very little about European history, atleast the stuff before the World Wars. Would love to see it someday

[@franc9111]

@@Desert.Drifter This is an area I know quite well, but there are others like it in Spain and Northern Italy just across the border with France - in fact the Valley of Marvels only became French territory in 1947. You might find some of the pictures here familiar to you - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vallée_des_merveilles

[@chr.orzschig926]

I exactly thought about Solutre while listening to the narrator and I ve seen photos of it. I thought there s nothing like a cliff here but it makes sense that animals could be wounded. and caught when stumbling into those piled rocks. Only having them falling to their death means less suffering for the animals. Yes, I know it s about survival.

[@DenzLeeby-sl1jb]

Since this is still your first year - and summer - on KZbin, I like how you’re expanding your range, migrating north to higher, cooler climes. It really adds diversity to your content, while maintaining a consistent theme of respectful exploration. Your efforts are enriching all of our knowledge! Thanks, Andrew & Evelyn!

[@Desert.Drifter]

Exactly! Gotta migrate to new places and always keep expanding 😉

[@DanielArnold-sn9zn]

I enjoyed your content and monologue, along with some impressive camera work, and personal interpretation on what we're witnessing: Your subject matter and storytelling are always first rate and draw my interest every time as I experience your own enthusiasm with each new discovery. Great job!

[@jacklisiecki2389]

Excellent narrative with spectacular views. You helped me to imagine what the area was like 1,000 years ago. I would have never thought Shoshone or buffalo to be at 10,000 + feet. Thank you a great video.

[@jaydenantonioo]

Yayy, new desert drifter upload!! 😎

[@s1nd3r3llee]

I truly enjoy going out exploring with you! You’re the best at locating ancient North American history! Am 67 too, and keep wishing I were out there hiking again, too. Thank You!! Enjoy and Stay Safe! ❤

[@bettybryson9637]

Yes -God is good indeed! We just explored Colorado’s mountains on a 3 week RV trip and I greatly enjoyed the Mesa Verde ruins. What a privilege it is to travel and gets some glimpses of history.

[@jasonallen169]

That was totally a Wooley Mammoth and a real good one too!! For a 2D Wooley Mammoth that was absolutely amazing. Those are the tusks on each side. Love you Andrew, but you owe an artist a few thousand years back an apology. Keep up the amazing videos!!! One day Nat Geo or Discovery will come calling. Love from Washington State!

[@asrielandfriends]

You don't know that for a fact. You weren't there.

[@jasonallen169]

@@asrielandfriends Neither do you. I'm probably right. Squid, come on. It has giant ears on each side like an Elephant or Woolly Mammoth!! What squid has huge ears?

[@mandywescott707]

I 100% saw the mammoth too!

[@judyschille8739]

Me also in Washington state! The prettiest state of all! And home of the Sabe, forest people! Judy bear!

[@jaysendanley3766]

@@asrielandfriends we were all there

[@damonwirth5645]

Hiked that trail about 20 years ago. Hopefully you didn’t encounter any little people. Knowing where you are and where they discovered this site, definitely got me motivated for a return trip. That trail start ain’t no joke dude. Thanks for letting me follow along.

[@standdownrobots_ihaveoldglory]

Don’t talk about the lp, they don’t like it!

[@lookslikeiwin]

Haha I've heard about some mythology around violent little people when I was learning about giants in American mythology. Did you have a run in? Fairy, demon, or natural?

[@canadianmmaguy7511]

Scott carpenter has a few videos of them in the rockies. I'm more interested in Sabe/pine apes

[@rebeccaleonard7786]

I've really enjoyed watching your videos since I discovered your channel earlier this year. But this video is absolutely the best that I've seen so far. I don't know how you have become so knowledgeable about archeology but you are my favorite person doing these types of videos. You have knowledge, experience and the desire to put together the best videos. I wish you success in your journey and hope to continue to see more of your experiences. Many blessings 🙂

[@Desert.Drifter]

Thank you Rebecca, that means a lot. I try to read a lot, and always strive to get better with each video

[@ApricotPower]

Who loves watching Desert Drifter?♥️♥️♥️

[@lilqueeshnar]

Me

[@tjordulf]

Everyone with an interest in ancient history. 👍🏻

[@SherryRoss-x2p]

I do! Sherry from Ohio

[@thefarmerswifeknits6190]

Love it.

[@SempreGumby]

Nothing but Love for the Desert Drifter

[@kylehubbart]

Andrew, you are a gift. Your videos are a healthy outlet for our family to wind down, learn history, and catch a heart for adventure and exploration! God bless you and your wife!

[@linneamintzer9853]

You might enjoy reading "My Life as an Indian" by JW Schultz. He was a fur trapper that lived with the Blackfeet in Montana around 1900. He talks about the women butchering the animals and some grizzly encounters.

[@Desert.Drifter]

Love that book! Really brings the 1880’s in Montana to life

[@B.Ies_T.Nduhey]

How BEAUTIFUL is that?! I will be able only later to watch it, but THAT THUMBNAIL ...🤩😯

[@michaelwells6075]

It had never occurred to me before you showed those pictures of natives using animal skins as camouflage, that the "hide" part of "animal hides" may come from using them as "hides." I'm fascinated by the way language works like that.

[@oryoki]

hide (v.1) Old English hydan (transitive and intransitive) "to hide, conceal; preserve; hide oneself; bury a corpse," from West Germanic *hudjan (source also of Middle Dutch, Middle Low German huden), from suffixed form of PIE *keudh- (source also of Greek keuthein "to hide, conceal"), from root *(s)keu- "to cover, conceal." hide (n.1) "skin of a large animal," Old English hyd "a hide, a skin," from Proto-Germanic *hudiz (source also of Old Norse huð, Old Frisian hed, Middle Dutch huut, Dutch huid, Old High German hut, German Haut "skin"), from PIE root *(s)keu- "to cover, conceal."

[@Baptized_in_Fire.]

How did I never think of that before? Thanks

[@willicat44]

Seems to make sense!!

[@lisakaye3935]

I’m home sick today and this new post just made my day!

[@zummo61]

Me too.

[@saries54]

Hope you feel better soon!

[@lisakaye3935]

@@saries54 omg thank you! How sweet.

[@lisakaye3935]

@zummo61 feel better fast friend!

[@zummo61]

@@lisakaye3935 thanks, u 2, :)

[@harleygem5049]

I explain an archeaological site as being a white 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle, you may only get 10 pieces of to figure it out. Each piece is so vital, plz don't take them away. Nowadays...gps, picture and report. Love your adventures!

[@robc.8269]

A few years ago, my friend who lives in Jackson invited me on a backpacking trip I'm pretty sure in the same place you filmed this video. We camped by a glacier lake where the giant granite walls on the right side of the valley. My buddy was flying fishing for the golden trout. I remember all the man-made walls in the high valley. Thanks for making this video, I had known idea who had built them & all of the cairins. We followed seven or eight lakes high up in the granite walls. Amazing trip.

[@LuisRodriguez-sc1oq]

🇺🇲🇵🇷🇲🇽😎 I can't do this in person anymore, so I'm thankful for your channel ❤... please keep getting out there! 👏👏👏👏

[@deannapalma3383]

This area is extremely beautiful! I commented to my husband on one of the segments “Oh!! That looks like a painting! It’s so beautiful!!” We really enjoy watching your videos together. We’ve hiked together to pictographs and petroglyphs in southern Utah. They are a mystery and a great hobby for us. I wish I could see the “squid” in person. My thought was a Mastodon. My husband’s thought was maybe the reason they haven’t put effort into more research there is because man on our continent and the mastodon may have been living together and that would turn someone’s “science” upside down.

[@MicheleGatton]

The last Mastodons are believed to disappear about 11, 000 years ago. Humans hunted them, and spearheads have been found in their bones.

[@deannapalma3383]

@@MicheleGatton I’m glad you clarified 😊

[@andreahendrick6794]

I live in the UK and although we have lovely places and a lot of history i cannot get over the size and the beauty of your country,i am so grateful for this video and all the other video's that you have shared with all of us.I cant imagine the amount of work it has taken to plan this trip but it has been wonderful to watch and really interesting,the scenery also is incredible,I will stop now because i could probably write a book,but thankyou for taking us with you,i really love your channel.Take care and God Bless.Andrea.UK.

[@RexSkittles]

38:38 How can that have stood like that for hundreds of years?! That is amazing! Just thinking that you are standing next to a rock placed carefully hundreds of years ago and you are likely the first person to see it since is so special.

[@standdownrobots_ihaveoldglory]

He’s probably not the first…back before industrial colonization, you’d be surprised how busy this area was. In 1780 the Mandan “villages” were the same population as Boston Mass & there was an influx of trappers, traders, & prospectors working the area while tribal populations were still much higher. We forget that there were 100+x more native people, although many nations are coming back stronger than ever, peoples who were down to 150-500, who are in the 10ks today!

[@RJ-0301]

He wouldn't be the first to see it. He has been using well traveled hiking trails.

[@baddogma]

It is a common mistake to think Tipi rings were to hold down the skins covering the Tipi, but with much experience, the tipi covers were staked down. Holding them to the ground with rocks would decay the hides, the rocks were to keep the poles from wandering in the wind. In extreme winds the tipi poles were stacked around small trees, having spent much time in Tipis, wandering poles are a real pain in the ars.

[@813lem]

@@baddogma wandering poles huh? Theres a joke in that some where but i cant think of it. Seriously, makes sense, good strong wind would pick up a tipi. I always wondered what ancient plains people did during spring thunderstorms and tornadoes. I thought the shape of the tipi might have helped to certain degree. They put them around small trees? Interesting.

[@lonewolf77782]

tipis were tied down from the apex of the poles and did not wander...but, stones could have been used here as stakes would be near impossible to drive into this rocky soil.

[@koberidesatthedoor3218]

@baddogma Before the coming of the white man, we didn't use the pegs and buttons for tipis as we do now modernly. The rocks we're used for the cover and the liners of a hide tipi, it wasn't perfect, but it also did help secure the bottoms of the poles in a windy environment.

[@michaelfritts6249]

Yep.. I use rocks to help secure my "modern" tent stakes.. I have also surrounded my tent with a small "wall" of rocks and packed the outward side with sod to divert runoff from heavy rains.. I would not be suprised if the First Nations people did the same.. The sod would likely be gone within a year.

[@garylam6233]

Incredible I just found you on you tube ,I won’t miss your adventures ever again . Absolutely Fantastic Thank you so much

[@Macmillan-mt1xm]

Fascinating and enlightening … An area like that, with the constant tension of surviving a winter if the hunt failed, anticipation of the herd’s arrival, and exhilaration of a successful outcome, must be heavy with the lingering presence of the people who once lived there… Nothing as dramatic as your journeys, but when I’m out and about in the the Highlands of my homeland ( Scotland ) and come across the remnants of a Sheiling, settlement or fortification laid bare during the clearances, the echoes my ancestors and of a time past are strong.

[@joycehorstmann2634]

Loved this episode!! Born in South Dakota, I feel a spiritual connection to the American bison.

[@cschwad559]

In Montana, we feel the same way.

[@Desert.Drifter]

They are an amazing animal. I love them too!

[@donnasalvador678]

I’ve collected rocks since I was a very young child and I love finding small rocks with holes in them. Here in North Eastern Oklahoma, the legend says that the Little People can be seen if you look through the hole. The Little People were very small people that the Cherokee Native Americans here believe in. Anyway, I collect rocks but I wouldn’t ever pick up a rock that seemed like it is in an area that should be preserved. So thank you for showing them but then putting them back. Also thank you for not actually touching any of the ancient art carvings. You seem to find the most fascinating and beautiful places that haven’t been ruined by ignorant people. I love learning about all the places you go, it’s almost like I’m there with you.

[@SueEifler]

That took stamina, perseverance as well as vision. Your love of history is now making history, documenting as you are, this site. For the Native Americans especially, this exploration would be deeply personal and moving. Descendants of these tribes, finding new understanding and identity, recognition. And all the while you’re taking us along on the journey of exploration! It just doesn’t get any better than that. Thank you Andrew and Emily (who may be at home, but very much a part of this), for everything!

[@cafox513]

Couldn't agree more! And thank you, DD! Could you arrange a favor for devout fans? I watch you on Apple TV, therefore do not get any links you post. I'm really interested in the video you mentioned of taking apart a kll using stone tools.

[@vitaly6312]

Fun fact, Teddy Roosevelt was on a bison hunt, something he did frequently throughout his life. But on this particular hunt, when he was used to seeing herds of dozens and hundreds, he only managed to see them be lone bison. It inspired the idea of national parks and the American system of wildlife conservation. Now, our country has messed up systems of just about everything. But the shining example of what works, is our conservation system. Wildlife biologists and experts funded largely by firearms and hunting/fishing license sales, bag, size, and sex limits, etc. The system works so well that the people it affected the most TAXED THEMSELVES for the good of wildlife in order to preserve it. Countless species, including the bison, were saved through this model of wildlife conservation.

[@rt3box6tx74]

You were heading in the right direction until you gave credit to saving the species to taxation. I assure you, none of those men ever got a dime of compensation for their efforts. Charles Goodnight was one such conservator of the Plains Bison.

[@Raven74947]

So where are all the bison? I don't think he saved them.

[@harleygem5049]

@@vitaly6312 he started the national parks to save sasquach....

[@harleygem5049]

@@Raven74947 there are more in Canada, we sent some to the states to re-introduce

[@tylerspeiv2575]

@@Raven74947what are you talking about? There are wild and private herds literally across the country. Hell just a few miles down the road a guy has a herd of 12 and growing every year

[@matthewbruce4312]

Just figured out where you are. My father in law used to live near there and worked for the Forrest Service in the summers. He's in his 70's now and I wish we'd have gone there when he was more able. I'm excited to send him this video. Thank you DD!

[@guitarlearningtoplay]

where is it located?

[@matthewbruce4312]

@ I thought it was in the Big Horn Mountains but I showed my father in law this video and he said the place he used to find skulls is different.

[@casoblantly]

This is my favorite video you have made. Hard to say why. This one was so respectful of me as a viewer and the of the location and first nations that lived there. Thanks a lot man.

[@insane_irby]

btw.. THANK YOU!!! for sharing all this, for all of us who've always wanted to do such things, but for whatever reason(s) never could & never will. Going along like this, vicariously through you (& other channels), keeps us non-goers filled with emotions, wonders, surprises, education, curiosity, enjoyments.. and so much more, experiencing a little bit of what you must enjoy. Though I lived out in Wyoming for 7 awesome years, & traveled extensively all throughout the West, seeing it's beauty & magic from roads, places, stops, etc., my career/ministry I enjoyed never allowed me to do such things. Living vicariously through your trips is still a GREAT WAY to enjoy it all. America truly is the most blessed & beautiful land mass of our earth. Oh Beautiful.. for spacious skys, for amber waves of grain.. . Again, THANK YOU for taking all of us along with you! You are blessing us, edifying us, educating us, exciting us, & enriching our lives by what you do! 🫵🏻🌟

[@Poppageno]

Andrew, this is by far my favorite of your videos! My interpretation of the 2 stone high wall shown at 23:00 is that that WAS the jump. I say this as I think a crowd of fast moving bison, crowded together to get away from the drivers, would run and jump over the low wall, not expecting the large drop onto stony uneven ground. I think many broken legs happened there. I would love to go to many of these sites! I have no cartilage in 1 ankle, so instead I'll come along with you. :^)

[@Adele-zq5zd]

I absolutely loved your video today. I am a Indian artifact collector and have been since I was a kid. I don't have that many and the majority I did have were donated to a private Museum absolutely amazing. Thank you so much for showing me your adventure and all the amazing artifacts you have come across the corn blew my mind

[@KarenSmith-pc8ji]

At the 06:44 timestamp the lone drawing on the left looks like a simple horse. I don’t recall seeing one like that before. Thank you so much for all that you do! Your work is exceptionally well done and very informative.

[@Hankyjane]

I knew about this killing process from decades ago. They processed their bison in special hunting and processing camps set up to take advantage of the seasonal migration of the Bison. They dried meat and stored it. Made various foods from some of the meat,,using herbs and berries. Processed the hides they needed and other parts not eaten but used for (rope) tying with, and tools and anything they could possible make an useful object from. They ate well.

[@julianne_warren]

As someone, who lives in Central Europe and isn't able to easily hike to all these locations, I enjoy videos on this channel very much. Professionally shot and the locations are always beautiful and completely different from what I'm used to in my neck of the woods.

[@teresawest5602]

From central Europe and you say "your neck of the woods", I love it, are you sure you're not a redneck hillbilly from the US, I do believe you could easily fit in 😊

[@SensiProductionzBlindDogVideos]

Thanks brother. Looked forward to this video. Thanks for your consistency and great detailing, and your humble attitude toward life.

[@65twiggy]

Always so happy to see a new upload. What an amazing landscape to explore. I learned about buffalo jumps in school,and at first I was skeptical. Certainly not like any depiction I had seen,but the more you discovered it left me in no doubt. What an amazing eye and sense of landscape you have. Thanks for another wonderful adventure.

[@vincentanderson1079]

29:56 absolutely stunning landscape! Doesn’t even look real, looks like a masterful painting. Truly breathtaking, thanks for taking us on these incredible adventures and history lessons. Wishing you safe travels from Alabama!

[@xippzap]

While most Bison live at lower altitudes there are a few herds in Utah that live around the 10k mark. But almost never at 12000 feet. Your answer was right in your face. In the summer Elk go up to and sometimes higher then 12000 feet. Can you just imagine how huge these herds must have built up to unmolested and unhindered. The simple fact as you saw herds of Elk there on your trip to this day leads me to believe this was a Elk drop not a Bison drop. Just my 2 cents. By the way i just love your videos and your thoughts...Keep them both coming.

[@Desert.Drifter]

I think it was probably used for both. The archaeological team found a bison horn sheath at the site. I think they were going to do some probing to see if any buried remains could be found. Curious what they will/did find in that regard

[@RobFromOgden]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@BusterBibb]

I will disagree with you…read up on what has been named “Snowmastodon Site” aka Ziegler Reservoir at elevation 8,500’ in Snowmass Colorado. Read about this amazing discovery in 2010…and the geology of this site and the archaeological importance of Snowmastodon Site. The buffalo jump at 10,000 is absolutely possible…probable.

[@BusterBibb]

And about the Ziegler Reservoir site….you must have been in that general mountain range location or generally speaking so. I lived and worked in Colorado from 2005 through 2016..talked to people that found crustacean shells and other astonishing fossils and original American evidence above (Higher mountain locations overlooking) El Jebel and Carbondale Colorado. Between Glenwood Springs and Aspen. Buffalo jump at that elevation? Yes indeed.

[@BusterBibb]

Read up on d Snowmastodon Site..Snowmass CO…elevation 8,500 feet…it’s not hard to envision bison migrating up to the elevations noted in video. Also..elk were also encountered out on the prairie noted by the Lewis & Clark Expedition. To my understanding elk headed up higher as human pressure increased. Herd animals follow instinctive patterns passed on over centuries of time. Bison up that high? Of course. Seasonal migrating following the seasons.