Devilstep Hollow Cave in the Sequatchie Valley of Tennessee

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Stephen Alvarez

Stephen Alvarez

3 жыл бұрын

Part of the Ancient Art Archive's (ancientartarchive.org) Mural of America Project.
A 360-degree fly-through of Devilstep Hollow Cave in the Head of the Sequatchie Valley State Park in Tennessee. This video is best viewed through a 360 headset like the Oculus.
Devilstep is a major cave located at the head of the Sequatchie Valley in Tennessee. It was a Mississippian era ceremonial site and Mississippian people made artwork inside the cave as part of their ceremonial practices. The cave is closed to the public but the area around the cave and the sinkhole entrance are both accessible.
This video is produced from a 3D/VR model of the cave made for the Tennessee State Park System with the help of Tower Community Bank (www.towercommunitybank.com/), the National Trust for Historic Preservation (savingplaces.org/) and the Lyndhurst Foundation (lyndhurstfoundation.org).
The flute is played by Colter Hoyte.
The interpretation is based on the groundbreaking work of Dr. Jan F. Simek from the University of Tennessee (anthropology.utk.edu/people/j...) with additional information and voice-over by Dustin Illetewahke Mater artist and tribal member of the Chickasaw Nation.(www.dustign.com/).
However, any errors or omissions are the sole responsibility of the Ancient Art Archive (ancientartarchive.org)

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@lesliew87
@lesliew87 2 жыл бұрын
Amazing! Thank you so much!!!
@JH-zo5gk
@JH-zo5gk 2 жыл бұрын
It's crazy they being in there with torches. This would make a cool level In a game. In fact a game based on true real world cave lidar scans would be awesome.
@rolandoperez8248
@rolandoperez8248 2 жыл бұрын
I do appreciate the people that made this 360 degree video so we can see the cave. I went a year ago with my family, we like caves and rock art. I was disappointed that there was no option of seeing the cave not even getting to the entrance. This is in a state park and the only thing we could do was walk to the border of the sinkhole where the cave is located and look down into the sinkhole. That was the whole thing there is to do in this park.... I understand the need to protect rock art, I have seen my share of defaced caves full of graffiti but I do not get why if this is in a state park there is not a tour at least once a month or something so regular people that are really interested can go. I spoke with the rangers and basically they told me the cave has and will always be closed to the public... Then why make a state park out of it? I would travel from Miami Fl to this place just to see this. Unfortunately this is one of many places in the East coast of the country were only a selected few people are able to appreciate this and again I understand the need to protect it but then you wonder what is the point of protecting something that only a selected few can appreciate? Rock art is extremely common in the American west, most of the sites there are in public lands and there is no gate no guard and they are not kept a hidden secret. They are not defaced or painted over for the most part yet people go to appreciate it. On the east coast this is something kept hidden, I have spent hours on google maps and looking reading forums etc to try to find places like this with very little success cause of how secretive this stuff is. Unless you are into this kind of stuff like me, most people do not know the natives Americans on the east had artistic expressions of this nature other than on pottery cause this stuff is kept secret and out of reach for most people. I know this is a very especial place yet Altamira in Spain is an extremely especial place and there is access from time to time on a lottery to see it. I dont know.. I just feel that this should be enjoyed by everyone since it is in public lands.
@Ben-outdoors
@Ben-outdoors 8 ай бұрын
Your visit sounds like the exact reason you should always check out the website for a place first before visiting! That section of the park is very isolated and you don’t accidentally end up there. It is one small section of the largest linear park in the state, the Justin P. Wilson Cumberland Trail State Scenic Trail State Park!!! Long name with different little asterisks, but yes for the most part the park is a hiking trail like the Appalachian Trail. The state protected that property with Devilstep Hollow because not even 30 miles north you have one of the most defaced caves in the country in an old salt peter cave. Tennessee contains roughly 1/5 of all the caves in the US. And there’s artwork on rock faces that you can hike right by. You must’ve missed the beginning of this video, or forgotten from when you examined the entrance, but Devilstep hollow is not like waltzing into mammoth cave. This isn’t a tourist cave.
@laurenalacroix5114
@laurenalacroix5114 2 жыл бұрын
Viewer watching near Michigan/Canadein boarder, my first strange viewing video, like this one
@willie0704
@willie0704 Жыл бұрын
There are a few caves on my property in Hancock TN on the Clinch river, One has lots of drawings on the walls that looked very similar to some of these drawings. They seemed partial to a large buffalo looking animal, a fish with legs and odd birds. I found lots of indian artifacts buried in the cave as well. I broke several of the drawings when I tried to cut them out so I could sell them to the guy I sold the artifacts to. I was able to get some of the smaller ones out undamaged. DO you know of a way to cut out the larger ones without damaging them or causing a cave-in?
@Mrsnamor
@Mrsnamor 2 жыл бұрын
It's blurry.
@mikelgeren149
@mikelgeren149 2 жыл бұрын
Bout all you archeologist know is dates . They had names , but you don't know .
@madgregplus8206
@madgregplus8206 2 жыл бұрын
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