NW Flood Features / Chacoan Constructions / Cultural Connections? Cosmography101-19.2 RandallCarlson

Cosmography 101 Class 19 segment 2/3 with Randall Carlson, from April 2008. (short excerpts from seg 2+3 previously released) Quite a bit of repetition in this class, but always some new nuggets worth digging for! Summary notes/topics:
Crust-penetrating impact at Yellowstone from head-on collision with dense metallic object?
Scar from impact now in northeast Oregon
Nechako Plateau in BC, Canada
One objective of expedition to explore ice-free corridor and ‘Athabasca/Foothills Erratics Train’
Flow-paths off plateau and ice-filled valleys opening to south onto Scablands
Basalt plateau extruded 16-10 million years ago, with most recent small event around 6mya
Research objectives for BC expedition this summer; what to look for as evidence
Snake River fossil channel within 80-mile wide plain
BREAK 9:42
Anasazi: The Ancient Ones [offense to this term is under debate - we apologize - there is no malicious intent]
Southwest US topo maps with San Juan Basin and Four Corners region
Maps of Chaco Canyon
Center of Chaco culture with network of roadways, outliers and signal towers
Casa Rinconada about 1000 years old; Fajada Butte; What tribe?
Pueblo Bonita in Chaco Canyon as an ‘Astronomical instrument’
Kivas: ceremonial or ritual instrument, or storage?
Excerpts from Kendrick Frazier’s “People of Chaco: A Canyon and its Culture”
Pierre’s Ruin and Badlands Pinnacles
“El Faro” – the lighthouse aligned with the North Road
Complex of signal towers and use; alignment with network of roadways
Prominences with towers, with hearths for huge bonfires
Importation of huge roof-supporting timbers; how transported? Use for the 30’ wide roadways?
Scenes of ‘outliers’ across San Juan Basin: Canyon of the Ancients, Chimney Rock, Hovenweep
More from Kendrick Frazier re: numerous outlier communities
BREAK 28:00
Wupatki Ruins near Flagstaff, AZ
Roadways almost invisible from the ground, but distinguishable from the air
“…confluence of two major fault lines…” / with ‘blow-hole’
Integration of geology and astronomy
Location of Sedona and Flagstaff on map
Broad and parallel cultural phenomenon; similarities to Ohio earthworks/constructions
Reconstructing an earlier system?
Archaeologists studying dwellings showed sudden and simultaneous abandonment
What was actually happening with the climate in this region?
Evidence for catastrophic flooding, including San Luis Valley in CO, along Rio Grande
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[BoopShooBee]

After a frustrating week of listening to the news it is nice to sit back and enjoy a video on real catastrophes.

[theone]

NEW RANDALL VIDEO!!! WOOHOO! One of the only times i get truly excited anymore.

[CJFreeza]

Very detailed, very well thought out and exceptionally well explained. This is a video for the ages. Seriously. This needs to be looked at thoroughly.

[reverseuniverse]

I know this will be well worth the watch before even giving a thumbs up 👍

[oldlfloorsanding]

randall s video s are a must watch never miss any ever watch them a second time as you learn more each time more randall than you can handle hov oc more please

[zaqwertyfish]

I've been out to the 4 corners areas twice... 98 and 03... it is truly an amazing place... a friend of my father owned a farm that had a large Anasazi ruin on it near Cortez CO... mostly unexcavated... on a smaller scale, while digging a hole to plant a bush in my dad's yard I found several pottery shards... must have been a huge population of people... can't wait to go back

[orionstrongman]

Randall, you could test the effect of your bullet asteroid hypothesis in the program 'Universe Sandbox 2'. Within that program you can perfectly recreate the exact type and scale of this cosmic impact, with the addition of vivid visuals of said impact. I surmise it would be a powerful tool to add to your overall hypothesis. Additionally, thank you sir. These past couple years you have greatly educated me and I am in your debt for the education. In fact you're one of the greatest teachers many, many of us have had in this field. We are all in your debt, truly, thank you.

[benjamintaylor]

I love these videos. Never miss a single one, can't get enough.

[stevenjohann]

I guess my big question, since I was much younger, has always been the Missouri and Mississippi river valleys, "why are they so deep and wide, with hard cut bluffs on both sides"? The common explanation is the gradual cutting of the valleys over millions of years by the river itself.... As I understand it, though, the rivers have been dropping and building up hundreds of feet of sediment into these valleys since (at least) the end of the ice age, which kind of negates the idea that the rivers have been cutting these immense if an impact related super flood washed into the already existing (smaller) river valleys, it would be easy for me to imagine the depth and width of the "new" river valleys being cut in one shot, as the mega-wash would have followed the paths already there, blowing them out to present size....it's nice to think I haven't always just been a dreamer fool, and there might actually be some geologic basis to my love, much props

[christopherbenedict]

Seen petroglyphs in Oak Creek Canyon along the river in Sedona . Stunningly beautiful down in there.

[tikitiki]

thank you so much. we all the straight roads with the vertical edging are interesting. perhaps these vertical edging pieces were used to roll the large logs. much easier than rolling on the road as there would only be the width of the edging in contact. with the log. come to think of it, this is a pretty good idea!

[blazedkuma]

I badly want the next installment especially if it goes over "Ecological safe havens". We keep hearing Randall talk about Factor X and hinting at where to go for safety in such cataclysms time after time but there hasn't been any concrete discussion so far. I'm also interested about these safe havens because of the subjects he brought up like the Great Fires and the one church safe zone. Also, for any Wheel of Time fans, such ideas are represented in the novels as steddings.

[JEDEYEZBIZNIZ]

You got a new sub here, thanks ro UnchartedX. This is the first video of yours I've seen. I will soon have watched many more, I love it! Nice work!

[jasonf]

Has there been a lidar scan of Chaco Canyon and it's vicinity? Maybe this type of scan will show more things than we ever thought to be there just like what happened in the Amazon.

[chistopherbest]

Randall

Please look into the giant mud canyons south east of Alamo Lake in Western Arizona. I lack the ability to process the flood path hat laid down that much fresh silt! It’s a fair distance from current river paths and and it’s nothing like the geology around the mud canyons. More recent seasonal rains have carved out canyons that are 40-50 feet deep of pure hardened mud.

There are 3 river systems that flow into that valley so I’m dying to know what it’s geological history was like. Please come check them out.

[mikegyro]

Sinagua Indian ruins can be found around the Sedona area. Ruins and petroglyphs at the base of mesas just west of Rte 89a.

[outcastoffoolgara]

Burning grasses and different dryland scrub bush would give short sharp flames and the color could be varied dependent on the oils in the vegetation. The fires need not be continuous, the flame could be color coded or duration coded, Straight roads and starlight would be enough to navigate especially if the travellers code was to keep the path uncluttered and clear.

[cloudrun]

I love these. Thanks so much for the uploads!

[kingmiura]

Some sketches of what the buildings original appearance were like would be helpful.

[MrGOTAMA]

the largest pine forest in north america is near flagstaff az, check out diamond point