A Forgotten World Inside an Ancient Caldera

INTRODUCTION TO THE SOQUE & UPPER CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER ANCIENT ARCHITECTURE SURVEY in the Northeast Georgia Mountains. Brand new computer hardware and software has made possible much more professional videos for our project. We are changing the early history of the Southeastern United States with real architecture, not theories. If you are going to understand what is going on, this one hour comprehensive historical documentary is a must. It includes on-site videos of the first sites studied last winter. Our volunteers start going out into the wilderness in two weeks. Future films will be succinct descriptions of individual sites and archaeological zones. Film narrator, Richard Thornton, was the first recipient of the Barrett Fellowship at Georgia Tech, which enabled to study on-site all of the major Pre-Columbian archaeological sites in Mesoamerica, under the guidance of Dr. Román Piña Chán, director of the Museo Nacional de Antropología de México. He is a member of the Coweta Creek Tribe and was Architect of Oklahoma's Trail of Tears Memorial in Tulsa.

[Harlanmote]

I am a Habersham County native. I have came across many old ruins. Mostly north of Clarkesville . I have found arrow heads and broken pottery in the river.

[tommytong]

This is THE MOST educational and entertaining video/experience I’ve had since pre-covid! ! I have over 100 relatives in or from stephens county.

[GoDavoGo]

We noticed what sounded like dogs barking at a kennel starting at 48:35 to 50:46. This is the only place in this video that it happens, and it's while he is on the disrupted mound. He never makes mention of it. Yes, he had dogs. They hadn't been barking, and what we listened to sounds like a lot of dogs. He may have picked up an EVP. Electronic Voice Phenomenon. Which you don't hear at the time, but it's picked up on a digital recording.

[averagejay]

Its so juicy watching the story unfold and the people catching on to how deep and old we've all been shakin n bakin back n forth cross these lands. Thank you for confirming linear a and so much more for my own personal confirmation. Those old cup n ring style glyphs. The ships. That trail of traces goes on down to the gulf side fl ive seen in stone and pottery. Im pretty sure people have always been here. Since the reshaping of the continents most likely. I believe i sent you photo of the pottery w the rings as well as a continuous pattern that is dead ringer for the mayan glyph for cenote. You guys have done such an amazing job. Thanks a million!

[thebrandib]

There are mounds in Pike County GA. Terraces all over Fayette plus arrowheads and pottery.

[billypearl]

Good evening sir, I've watched numerous of your videos, and as a person who has first hand been to track rock gap, numerous times, I've been inspired for the past 2 years have put over 70 miles off trail all over north east to west Georgia, once a week, I have numerous stones, drawings on rock, and countless locations w striking resemblance of track rock Mountain is a big one also that needs looking the work sir

[Hurricaneintheroom]

When I see your videos on the Maya in Georgia, it reminds me of the finds they've made out in the Southwest where there are evidence of perhaps the Toltec people came up from Mexico and perhaps were involved in the disappearance of the Anasazi. There is some speculation about cannibalism taking place which the modern Indians are not happy with. So there are some additional theories out there concerning people coming up from Mexico. I've read part of it and watched some videos from archeologists about it. By the way, The Gael is a beautiful song. I love it. :)

[christopherbrown]

Hey Richard, love your videos and research. I'm from Elbert county and there's a large Boulder on the Coldwater Creek near lake Russell off hwy 368 we call it Indian rock it looks like the 2nd Forsyth Boulder but it's a lot larger and it has some petroglyphs on it just wondering if you have ever heard of it if not you should look into it

[csluau]

So a ceremonial complex built within a ritualized landscape oriented towards the solstice? It sounds a lot like the ceremonial landscape in several places I visited in Britain and Ireland. Namely, the Boyne valley complex in Ireland with several mounds and Neolithic monuments and features. I wonder if anyone has tried overlay in constellations or alignments with any of the structures that were visible. It doesn’t surprise me that classically trained main stream archaeologists and historians don’t touch these things with a 10 foot pole. It scares them

[isaiahhumphrey]

Hi Richard! I'm from Stone Mountain and this latest video is MIND BLOWING💥💥you've got some of the best videos on the tube. If you've never heard of Michelle Gibson then you should check out her latest video "Shining A Light On The Historical And And Cultural Importance Of Inner City Neighborhoods" I think the both of your minds working TOGETHER could possibly rewrite history as we know it!😁✌

[harrykersey]

Sounds like Tommy Lee Jones on the video ! Great Georgian Native ! And one of my fav Actors !

[priscillaross-fox]

I'm sad to hear this isn't taught in school.

[jayjay]

I’ve seen MANY of these throughout north Georgia. My family is originated in Cherokee NC, but moved to Cherry Log before the trail of tears happened. My 5th G-Grandfather, John (Conseenee) Tucker is buried at Goose Island in Cherry Log. I grew up in Ellijay (now reside in McCaysville) and didn’t know any of this until I started searching out my family history. It’s still amazing to me that I have such a connection to the past, right where I am today. I also did a DNA test and found out that I don’t have any “Native American” in me, but rather Mesoamerica, which I found rather odd. The puzzle pieces are REALLY starting to come together.

[PapaRocks]

Hi Richard,
With all respect, the area you describe was once a bolcanic island chain with igneous rocks like granite, rhyite, dacite, diorite and basalt, BUT continental crashing ( especially Godwana’s crash during the Alleghanian orogeny) have severly folded and faulted and metamorphosed all these rocks. It is very unlikely that volcanic calderas with igneous rocks would be there today. Possibly you mean something different when you talk of calderas, then ok. I love your videos and find much that seems very credible in them, but geologists would likely take them more seriously if you leave out the caldera idea. I wish i was a Creek indian, but must settle for being Jewish!😊