Ancient Petroglyphs of Horses in The American Southwest? Surprising Exploration Adventure!

#exploring #ancienthistory #ruins #petroglyphs #nativeamerican

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This is just a random exploration video of me driving to and exploring a place I hadn't been to before. It's located in the Four Corners Region of The United States. I wasn't sure what I would find, but seeing the petroglyphs of the bison and horses were VERY interesting.

I have seen petroglyphs of horses/bison in other places scattered around the southwest including in Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico.

I've been told that a general rule of thumb is that if you see depictions of horses in rock art, it means that the petroglyphs were created after the Spanish Explorers brought horses to the American Southwest around the mid 1500s to early 1600s. Horses and cattle would have been "new" animals in this region when they were introduced. So people could say that these petroglyphs were created around that timeframe.

I was very tired after driving and exploring all day. While I was driving back home, I looked off the side of the road and saw a very straight rock coming from an alcove. It seemed out of place, so I stopped and realized it was a ruin! It was the perfect ending to an overall great day!

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Study: Horses Were in American West by Early 1600s:

Indigenous groups in the American West lived alongside horses by the early 1600s, study finds:

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[PLODay-bkws]

We cannot thank you enough for 'bringing us along' to visit these ancient sites, honoring them appropriately as you do. All good wishes to you in your work!

[SeMoArtifactAdventures]

Dude I’d never make it home. They would find me dead out in the middle of no where cause I wouldn’t be able to stop exploring. Your area is so cool. I saved a dalton point yesterday. I was super excited. In my area if we didn’t pick the artifacts up and save them they would be destroyed by farm equipment or cattle.

[johnmeszaros]

Thanks for taking us on your adventures ! I never realized there were so many ruins and petroglyphs in all of the southwest.

[kathy]

When you go to these places I love to imagine how many people lived there, what was their average day like, was the weather about the same as today, were they in awe of the beauty of the world like us. What a story these places could tell!

[janiefranz]

I am enjoying your hikes in the Southwest! One thing you should know is that in the Southwest, especially in New Mexico, is that petroglyph sites are living sites. This means that people from some nations go out periodically and add to the petroglyphs in ceremony. I was surprised by that until an archeologist told me that.

[KayInMaine]

That little stone hut was Thank you for showing us!!!

[kjm]

Wow! My 75 year old husband and his 73 year old wife can’t do what you’re doing, and we REALLY ENJOY YOUR ADVENTURES! Thank you for sharing these.

[phlebgrl]

I am so grateful I found your channel this past year. I’m disabled, but also no longer well enough to travel, so I can walk around with you and see incredible ruins and petroglyphs! You can tell that this is something you’re passionate about, it shows in how far you’re willing to go to capture and share the beauty of our past. I appreciate how respectful you are of all sites and artifacts that you come across. Please keep on doing what you’re doing, just as you are doing it! I have a very strong feeling that your channel is going to continue to grow bigger than ever this year! Best of luck to you in 2024!

[rumichacajoy]

Excellent. Loved seeing the horses and that gorgeous wall!

[Komainu]

That ruin was simply amazing and looks like it could have been built a year ago. When you think of how quickly even modern concrete structures fall apart once abandoned it just blows my mind.

[OnTheRiver]

Amazing discoveries! Thank you for sharing!

[conniehubbell]

Amazing discovery, enchanting scenery, thanks for taking us along. I appreciate you.

[johnhallford]

If we focus solely on the destination, it's too easy to miss out on the journey itself. I'm glad you went "random" for this trek. Got to see things you/we might not have otherwise. Whichever style trek you plan, I'm grateful to get to go along. Thank you for sharing. Another wonderful video. Safe and fun travels.

[katesutton]

That was way cool. That dwelling held up really well. Good camouflage built into that rock crevasse.
Thx 4 sharing

[dougsain]

I AM ENJOYING THIS VERY MUCH. ONLY VISITED 4 CORNER'S ONE TIME. STAYED AT PURGITORY IN DURANGO COLORADO. VISITED ALL OF MESA VERDE. IT WAS AWESOME! KEEP IT UP!! WE WILL KEEP WATCHING....

[jeffsimslmt]

This is your finest, most fun work. Full of intriguing stuff. I don’t care if it’s your backyard. It’s history and you take us there.

[sandysue]

That was cool! The petroglyphs and that amazing stone granary was in such great shape!! Thanks for taking us with you to see all this!! ❤

[BraaapoholicBob]

That’s the best one I’ve seen you do… Stumbling on that incredible last structure that most people would never be able to see was super cool

[mojo.adventures]

Just dropping by to say your channel ROCKS! We love the explorations!👍 Been watching your shorts unknowingly in the feed for a while but YT finally recommended a long form video. We love adventuring around this area of the country... so many hidden secrets 🤠

[peggyclark]

I really enjoy the Trek Planer channel. I don’t get to travel that much anymore. I love the exploring and Hiking you do. I love the Native American Art on the rock faces. It tells of their history of long ago.