I Found Incredibly Well Preserved Ancient Ruins In A Remote Desert Canyon

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Enigma Clandestino

Enigma Clandestino

25 күн бұрын

When it comes to cliff dwellings on the Colorado Plateau, there can be remarkably preserved ruins out there.
Years ago I got word of incredible ruins from the Ancestral Puebloan culture out in a remote canyon and I finally got around to getting out there and having a look after a short stint of being down with the flu.
What I found was mind blowing. Most of the ruins were excellently preserved and there was even what I believe to be a Kiva with those ruins in a deep alcove in the canyon. Fascinating.
It's said the Colorado Plateau was largely abandoned prior to the year 1300AD, so these ruins could very well be 900 years old.
Imagine what life was like in this spot so many years ago, much to contemplate!
Please join me as I head out into the desert to discover what once was...
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Visitation to sites such as this should be done with the utmost respect. The artwork is not simply graffiti, it is a window into the past and it is culturally significant. Please take great care when visiting and observing these places.

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@EnigmaClandestino
@EnigmaClandestino 23 күн бұрын
Like The Video(s)? Hit That SUBSCRIBE!! Really Helps The Channel!! Thanks For Watching!!
@jameseugenerobertson
@jameseugenerobertson 23 күн бұрын
Those were quite the ruins, thanks again for the opportunity to follow along with you on your adventures!
@EnigmaClandestino
@EnigmaClandestino 23 күн бұрын
You're welcome, appreciate you watching!
@halward8672
@halward8672 23 күн бұрын
ABSOLUTELY AN AWESOME SITE...a glimps of the past...Thanks for having us all Along...
@RootsLion
@RootsLion 22 күн бұрын
awesome site thanks f sharing love watching these vids of ancient native american sites ,,
@bluwtrgypsy
@bluwtrgypsy 22 күн бұрын
So amazing, so interesting. Thank you for your efforts.
@maxwellgarcesguitar
@maxwellgarcesguitar 23 күн бұрын
What a spot. And all to yourself … nothing to distract you from the contemplating
@garytull7730
@garytull7730 23 күн бұрын
Amazing structures, so well preserved. The lintels at the windows and doorways are in great shape, and that round dwelling is fascinating. Didn't look like there were any pottery shards, or maybe just a few (?). Thanks for sharing and kudos for your respectful treatment of these awesome places.
@karinavirgo5145
@karinavirgo5145 23 күн бұрын
Awesome. I can’t believe it’s still standing but I’m so glad we get to see it. Thank you for the adventure to the past. ❤
@joyfullone3968
@joyfullone3968 18 күн бұрын
That was a lovely spot. It definitely had soot remnants in the ceiling area so they did stay there when it was cold. Thanks for taking us along!😀😀👍👍
@EnigmaClandestino
@EnigmaClandestino 18 күн бұрын
You're very welcome, thank you for watching!
@marmotwiyaka136
@marmotwiyaka136 23 күн бұрын
Amazing! Thank you.
@EnigmaClandestino
@EnigmaClandestino 20 күн бұрын
You're welcome, appreciate you watching!
@trinidadscorpion3835
@trinidadscorpion3835 23 күн бұрын
Enjoying your content more and more. So envious that you get to play out there so often. Always great to see your adventures.
@DeniseSmithGA
@DeniseSmithGA 17 күн бұрын
Thanks very much for sharing your treks and finds! I love it.
@drobertsmithjewelry
@drobertsmithjewelry 23 күн бұрын
Pretty cool D-Rock! Looks to be Pueblo II-III, jive may suggest Pueblo IV. Amazing with that much exposure, the plaster is so intact. The poles and holes for them, remind me of Cohohina type building, with ramadas attached to buildings. My bet is, that one family lived there, to caretaker the kiva for ceremony. This is still done today at a few Rio Grand Pueblos. Chaco is similar in that perspective too. Those large structures were probably not used but at certain times. What they don’t talk on in Chaco big house sites, I’d the hundreds of field houses and great houses across the landscape.
@RickNelsonMn
@RickNelsonMn 23 күн бұрын
Nice hike in beautiful surroundings. The ruins projected a sadness to me. It did seem a small community or extended family made a go of life there. Whatever caused them to leave it looks like some person or more destroyed the Kiva and much of other parts.
@logogonzalez6083
@logogonzalez6083 14 күн бұрын
Que hermosas ruination y que grandes historias delas tribute mesoamericanas una hermosura ❤❤❤
@EnigmaClandestino
@EnigmaClandestino 13 күн бұрын
Gracias por ver!
@kwetkop
@kwetkop 23 күн бұрын
1. Awesome choice in vehicle 2.Jealous of the remoteness of your country 3.Living the dream beats sending emails and updating spreadsheets
@ClaimTheDensity
@ClaimTheDensity 17 күн бұрын
Absolutely beautiful! Made me think of the concept of Supernatural Responsibility in the Physical.
@rayvelasco2059
@rayvelasco2059 22 күн бұрын
Most Excellent ¿
@Orlcmb
@Orlcmb 23 күн бұрын
What a really cool and incredible place. I find it interesting that there seems to be little to no rock art or pottery around. Almost makes me wonder if they were only there for a short period of time for some reason..
@raytheron
@raytheron 23 күн бұрын
Fascinating, indeed! Interesting that you didn't come across any pottery shards, or were you just not looking for any? I love and am at the same time frustrated by the mystery surrounding places like this. Thanks for sharing!
@EnigmaClandestino
@EnigmaClandestino 23 күн бұрын
There were pot sherds around, I just didn't focus on them this time. Thanks for watching!
@mrwilliams-ro8pf
@mrwilliams-ro8pf 23 күн бұрын
Where the pueblo people grew corn/maize. Keep in mind that the entire desert southwest had a radically different climate in the pre-Columbian era. Even in what appears to be a desolate area today.
@michaelpelletier42
@michaelpelletier42 23 күн бұрын
What a wonderful trip this was. Who knows really why they chose these secluded sites? If you grew up here and its all you knew that would be amazing I bet.
@danielconquer909
@danielconquer909 22 күн бұрын
Their society split into two classes then there was some sort of revolt with one class of people fleeing into the canyons and cliff dwellings, some sites have shown evidence of canabalism and battles
@conorsheehan9929
@conorsheehan9929 23 күн бұрын
Excellent video . Well done and thanks .
@gailrockford8914
@gailrockford8914 22 күн бұрын
Wow! Awesome. Music was perfect. I am speechless. What a site!
@1231oreo
@1231oreo 23 күн бұрын
Love ur videos. Im now subscribed. 😊
@EnigmaClandestino
@EnigmaClandestino 23 күн бұрын
Appreciate you watching and supporting the channel!
@louellamoyer5578
@louellamoyer5578 18 күн бұрын
New sub. Love these vids. Thank you for sharing.
@EnigmaClandestino
@EnigmaClandestino 13 күн бұрын
You're very welcome, thank you very much for watching!
@user-xj8et1uw2u
@user-xj8et1uw2u 23 күн бұрын
Nice work. Thank you.
@mikedavis3841
@mikedavis3841 22 күн бұрын
Heavy .👍
@mikewatts3615
@mikewatts3615 23 күн бұрын
Great video
@VINTERIUM..EXPLORIUM.1
@VINTERIUM..EXPLORIUM.1 22 күн бұрын
👍👍
@digitalsplit9312
@digitalsplit9312 23 күн бұрын
Thank you very much!
@EnigmaClandestino
@EnigmaClandestino 23 күн бұрын
You're welcome, thank you for watching!
@laynemanyguns3617
@laynemanyguns3617 22 күн бұрын
13K views, cmon people at least subscribe!! Great work!
@EnigmaClandestino
@EnigmaClandestino 22 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching, really appreciate it!
@chattykathie7129
@chattykathie7129 17 күн бұрын
the corn cobs left an impression in the clay. I saw pottery chards.
@BillyJ244
@BillyJ244 15 күн бұрын
I enjoyed your video. We don't have anything like that where I live. It was very cool to see ancient ruins. Especially in such great condition. A long time ago people lived and died there. If I could magically see into the past what happened way back then it would be truly amazing. We can only imagine. A place like that gives us an idea. Certain clues. It is up to our imagination to fill in the blanks. Thank you for your awesome video 😁
@EnigmaClandestino
@EnigmaClandestino 13 күн бұрын
You're very welcome, thank you very much for watching!
@sgt.duke.mc_50
@sgt.duke.mc_50 21 күн бұрын
To think something that is 1,000+ years old and the peoples that have passed through the centuries and there are those corn cobs. Another fascinating thing is there is no apparent evidence that anyone else has researched the place, i.e. archeologist or college kids on some kind of assignment, camping & drinking site etc., almost a virgin find for contemporaries. Had to be an amazing experience.
@gibsonrocker17
@gibsonrocker17 22 күн бұрын
Absolutely incredible place! I'm gonna have to put in some literal and figurative "leg work" to find this place 😆. I know it'll be worth the effort though!
@piotr-lt4zz
@piotr-lt4zz 22 күн бұрын
Another great adventure D-ROCK! Have you explored the amazing Cedar Mesa in S.E. Utah?
@EnigmaClandestino
@EnigmaClandestino 22 күн бұрын
Awesome, glad you enjoyed it! I'm kind of saving that area, but yes, I have done some walking in the general area. I will have content from that region in the very near future.
@ruinsandridges
@ruinsandridges 23 күн бұрын
Great content! That looks like an amazing ruin. So many theories as to why people lived in the cliffs at that time, and yet we still don't have a clue or answer.
@callen.6371
@callen.6371 22 күн бұрын
Nice song ! Ballad to a Mexican!
@markf4517
@markf4517 23 күн бұрын
Curious do you carry a snake bite kit? We have Water Moccasins where I live, nasty aggressive little buggers.
@NielsVana
@NielsVana 23 күн бұрын
Could the "kiva pit" be the source of the clay ?? For building material? Greetzz from boring flat holland 🎉
@westho7314
@westho7314 22 күн бұрын
Nice remote habitat, It's a shame what looters and vandals do to these places, the kiva wall sides were obviously dug into and trenched as were the floors of the existing rooms left erect, early archeologists in the area had free reign on sites in the southwest like the wetherwills who were basically glorified treasure hunters & tomb looters, selling their finds to collectors & museums around the world in the name of science From.the 1950's to the '80's its seems like a more destructive disrespectful subhuman element visited these places climbing on and toppling walls & structures looking for loot inside the thicker walls which by all standards were so stout they should still be standing. Corn was dry crop grown on mesa tops depending on monsoon rains and canyon bottomland where corn, beans and squash could be irrigated but.seasonal flash floods were always a major problem cultivating the more productive bottomlands with the potential fields washing away in short order. according to academics most the cliff dwelling structures were occupied for a very short period of maybe 1 or 2 generations before being completely abandoned There was alot of movement and migrations in all directions both coming in and going out between 1000 & 1400 prolonged droughts, resource shortages creating territorial conflicts, with reliable water sources being the source for survival & were sought out. The Rio Grande & Colorado rivers and drainages became heavily populated as was the Verde, Gila and Salt rivers all became virtual melting pots for many cultures who could co exist in peace. While others engaged in regional conflicts over water.
@EnigmaClandestino
@EnigmaClandestino 22 күн бұрын
Total shame. Kind of kept that to myself while I was there but it was pretty obvious the place had been sacked.
@MrShieldone
@MrShieldone 19 күн бұрын
Giants
@MrShieldone
@MrShieldone 19 күн бұрын
I believe Chico Canyon was one of the last stand line of defense Evidence of catabolism is prevalent there.
@chattykathie7129
@chattykathie7129 17 күн бұрын
Sharping tools and weapons on the wall makes scrapings
@user-xz8bi1yj6b
@user-xz8bi1yj6b 23 күн бұрын
Places like these always make me wonder why some walls are standing intact and nearby others lay about in ruins? It doesn't seem plausible that the ruined walls just fell down over time due to weather, erosion, etc. In many cases the former building stones are scattered all over, which look to me like they were deliberately demolished. Anyone else have similar (or different) ideas?
@EnigmaClandestino
@EnigmaClandestino 23 күн бұрын
The place was more than likely looted at one point by pot hunters. May have been partially excavated as well back in the 60's. Either way, the ruins were looted. Most of them are.
@fly_speck_cafe
@fly_speck_cafe 23 күн бұрын
Well narrated and filmed. Kudos for saying granaries over grainaries.
@cjdeschu
@cjdeschu 23 күн бұрын
I love your hat.
@cjdeschu
@cjdeschu 23 күн бұрын
I mean it.
@cjdeschu
@cjdeschu 23 күн бұрын
Don’t get a new one
@happymoon5991
@happymoon5991 19 күн бұрын
How come we don’t see any clothes, shoes, utensils, ,,,,etc ??
@EnigmaClandestino
@EnigmaClandestino 13 күн бұрын
Because it was all looted years ago.
@Boereprinses
@Boereprinses 6 күн бұрын
An interesting but not so 'delicate' observation... Corn cobs were used in various ways over the centuries - one of them being a source of 'toilet paper'... That's why one often finds small pieces around ancient sites ... Just like humans needed water, there were other daily needs too...🤭
@ednafruchey7386
@ednafruchey7386 23 күн бұрын
Did you leave the lights on?
@EnigmaClandestino
@EnigmaClandestino 23 күн бұрын
Nope, sure didn't.
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