Oldest Petroglyphs In North America - Nevada

Trek with me to Nevada and see North America's oldest/dated petroglyphs.

[roverman]

I'm a Cherokee indian from Oklahoma. Things like this makes me sad. Because I've always wondered what it would have been like to have lived like my ancestors. Looking out from those dwellings onto the valley us so beautiful. Imagine looking out and seeing as far as you can see the buffalo and other wild game grazing. Must have been breath taking. Thanks for the video.

[alangross]

Thanks for sharing these ancient sites with us and also for not disclosing their locations. Some of the petroglyphs have been defaced by those that cannot see past their own pleasure. There is a group of people here in Nevada that catalog, photograph and sketch the ancient drawings in an effort to preserve and protect them from the disrespectful.

[baarbacoa]

I took a tour with an archaeologist and a historian, in Utah. They were involved in a survey of ancient native American sites. In addition to the petroglyphs and pictographs that were out in the open, they showed me many hidden pictographs that were several thousands of years old. It was awe inspiring to realize just how long these drawings had survived.

[DragonHeartTree]

This was so completely honest, straightforward and lacking in the usual false-dramatization that accompanies so called scholarly productions these days. Thank you very much. No doubt the ice age left a more habitable Nevada than we now see.

[RaraAvis]

Loved this. I got to go back in time again and imagine how the shelters might have looked with grass mats and cooking fires, hides being scrapped and hanging.

[philipcallicoat]

Very good that you don't give up the precise location of this national treasure.
I used to live in Nevada and I found many spots where the Old Ones who used to live in the desert used for chipping flakes from the obsidian and flint to make points for their weapons and tools.
Literally waist high heaps of flakes and other debris from the manufacturing of their stone cutlery...
Most of these places are covered by tire tracks and broken glass as well as other trash people who have no respect for the ancient sites, have left behind...I personally didn't tell anyone else about the places I found, but obviously others had been frequenting the same areas and using it as a partying location..
I was living in the Armagosa area around the old Bullfrog mines and whatever was left of the town of Rhyolite, near the little hole called Beatty.
Much more exist outside that area from the distant pre white man prospecting invasion during the late 1800's and still goes on today, ..
Some of these sites are on privately owned land and well managed and protected... Much more is on the Free Range public lands fair game to all who have four wheeler transportation... Beware if you decide to go out there.There are very deep mine shafts that are in unexpected places, camouflaged by brush and other debris.. People who are not aware of the dangerous territory have been lost by driving into some open pits...Many people who have gone missing out there have never been found.Some of those pits are over 200 feet deep..
I haven't been back in the area for over 40years, and since finding out how seriously radioactive that whole section of the wilderness is, I'll never go back...
It's local common knowledge that from The Beatty area stretching north and east through the government test site, it's seriously"hot"...

[contumacious]

As soon as I get my first time machine, I'm inviting Alex along to visit all these interesting sights back when they were still active!

[redtobertshateshandles]

That is a great rock shelter. You're out of the rain and wind in many directions. Australian Aboriginals used them until very recently. Probably still do. Petraglyhs of fish from the lake. Awesome.

[sandramorey]

Thank you Alex. The last time I saw anything even remotely like this was at the summit of Haleakala on Maui. There are shelters at the summit where the ancient Hawaiian warriors sheltered while making stone tools and there are flint pieces that have been worked, but weren't quite right so were abandoned. I didn't see any petroglyphs, but I have seen them elsewhere on Maui, O'ahu and Big Island. These in Nevada are so striking. They remind me of carvings on Aztec pyramids. This lake wasn't always dry so climate change affected their life there.

[folmonty]

Felt as though I were in Petra of No America. So fascinating and with your wonderful narration the feeling of wonderment is enhanced ten-fold. Thanks for keeping the location discrete Alex. There aren't many visitors into the NV outback and those who do go generally appreciate the environment. The past year has been oddly kind to the NV desert region in supplying more water than normal. Have really enjoyed the added color. Very well done!

[ML-rmvk]

thank you for the respect you show to this art form and its fist americans or firstnation etc.you are a a very old soul and very wise.

[leesadexter]

I'm from & live in No. Nevada..I glad you didn't disclose the location.. although I do know where it is

[taylorgall]

Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video. By far the most inspiring video I have seen in a while! This has made my week, these shelter sites look like there from another planet. It's so interesting to me to think about sites like this and what life was like for Ancient Man, I would love to travel in time and sit around for a night by the fire with these Ancient Men and Women.

[kekoa]

My WAG is: the vast area out yonder was once a life-supporting, massive lake. Natural climate changes changed everything.

[denaredford]

This is very wonderful, thank you for bringing this to U Tube watcher . You are the only person who shows us these ancient sites . Thank you

[dreamzofhorses]

So amazing! Thankful for your videos and lessons about our ancestors. I learn from them. I think if I were to be stranded in a place a cave would make the perfect home. They had stunning views from where they could watch for herds for hunting or potential enemies, and the caves would give much shelter and protection from the elements obviously, than just about any other abode. Look how long they have lasted! 10K and more years! My next home will be made of stone! Just amazing you held that stone that was held by an ancient persons hands. You are blessed sir!

[jameskoch]

Pictographs of the future are the thousands of tagged boxcars that are in RR yards today.

[atomictraveller]

"where roads are made i lose my way" - tagore
hearing "i don't know" was awesome. epistemology has always done me better than knowing. where there is certainty, consideration is absent. without knowing, its much easier to observe what you don't know about, seeing all the faces at points i was unsurprised to see the grinder find your hand. :)

[ingvarellingsen]

Amazing longhorn sheep. Great comments. Thanks for the video. Greatings from Norway!

[budcat]

Wow, very cool stuff! Thanks for taking the time to bring us this!😀