DIGGING TEXAS - The Gault Archaeological Site of Central Texas
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- A 20 minute documentary on the Gault Archaeological Site in Central Texas. Recent finds may date native American history much earlier than previously suspected. Thank you to the Gault School, Texas State University San Marcos, UT Austin & the RTF Department.
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Check out the website for the new Documentary on the Gault site being produced by Olive Talley and scheduled to be released in 2023. gaultfilm.com/
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Produced by F. J. Llorente.
2012
The Gault Site,plus a sister site close by,are amazing places to visit. Thanks for the vid
Thank you. You might also be interested in another documentary on the Gault site now in development. A fellow UT graduate from Dallas is now working on a full length documentary. I have provided the production team my footage and assistance. Not sure on the timeline, but I am excited about it. Coming soon!
If I recall correctly, Mike Collins told a tour from the Austin SAA meeting, that the upper portion of the site was a burned rock midden. And that upper portion was around 1.5 to two meters deep. In one sense, you can argue that Gault is the _only_ Clovis _sites_. Most other Clovis sites are very limited. But at Gault, they lived for prolonged periods, and did more than hunt.
My grandpa found karancua burial site by accident in the late 1940s South West of corpus Christi digging for armadillos. He showed me the site as well as my dad. Very interesting
Thank you. A friend is working on a new production on the Gault site. It will be a year out, but should be worth waiting for.
I really enjoy Dr. Collins and his interviews. His insights are incredible. So much archeology has been lost already, I hope that research teams continue to get access.
Dr. Collins is truly a gem and an amazing knowledge resource. I had so much fun interviewing him. I have several clips of his interview that did not make into this piece. I hope to post them separately at some point. Thank you for the comment.
Native Americans have always been here.
HCR -6 303 B...OUTSIDE GATESVILLE, TEXAS. GREW UP THERE, FOUND SPEARHEADS AS A CHILD, ON THOSE 10 ACRES! BELEIVED...SOME OTHER SITE ..THERE..CHECK IT OUT! ACROSS FROM SLATER CEMETERY!HAPPY FINDINGS!
Love this piece!!! Would love to see more about this.
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Very informative. I live in Williamson County. Thanks for posting, and good luck on your digs.
We hope to shoot updates sometime this year.
Thank you for your comments. The program accepts volunteers to help on the dig sites while it is not so hot.
www.gaultschool.org/support/volunteer-opportunities
@@Pstxinc shit I would help dig in the summer ,I'm from Georgetown , I miss central texas
Same here I’m teaching my son the art of Aaron head hunting and other artifacts. Fossils and such. Sad to say but kids at 9 years these days don’t know what Aaron heads are… very sad times
Gault Admin:
Please keep us apprised as to Mr. Nash and his efforts applying recent technology to burned rock cores. I have a vested interest in that the rock from earth ovens on my place appear to have been glazed w/honey locust condensate. The moisture appears to have collected on the underside of the rock and more or less petrified in droplets. Rock facing the fire is brown glazed while the underside exhibits a paler, bubbly exterior.
On my property, I have found sever hand tools with triangles carved into the rock. Along with multiple arrowheads and pottery. Trying to figure out what era these came from. Great video
What State are you in? Texas State In San Marcos may help identify them. Best to take it in person and take them with you so as not to lose them. Please, let me know what you find.
I live in Atlanta Ga, maybe I will send them several items and see what I have got.
Send pictures or look for a local university with a credible Archeology or Anthropology Department. @@stanhutchins4365
very well done🤩🤩🤩
Thank you, sir. I appreciate you taking the time to comment.
Sounds like you need to get out and do some digs. Here in New England we're looking at more than 13,000 yrs before present.
Where can I get reports or infer about what was found from the site? I'm very interested. Way, way back as an undergrad, I helped organized a conference on peopling of the new world. I'm a teacher now, not a lot of current info to present to kids that is being advocated by the district, so I would like to be more informed to give my students (elementary) better info.
Contact Texas State University Archaeology Department through the Gault web site. www.gaultschool.org/Home.aspx
I'm sure they can help. There is also quite a bit of information on the web site and keep in mind they survive through donations and volunteers, so please help if you can.
Check out the website for the new Documentary on the Gault site being produced by Olive Talley and scheduled to be released in 2023. gaultfilm.com/
Thanks for the comment. I do have the pictures of the artifacts which I will be adding to the video. Stay tuned. I was not there while anything was found, so no insitu. But I do hope to return at some point to follow up with progress. Thanks for watching.
There is no b-roll. Why aren't they showing what they found?
+Knox Zine Valid criticism. I was scheduled to visit the campus to record the finds and more interviews. I was sidetracked by several things in may life and currently I am working overseas. I do hope to return in a few years to follow up and do a more extensive film. Showing more of their amazing finds. Thank you for watching and thank you for the comment.
I understand how that goes. We're making an acheology documentary and I'm trying to learn as much as I can from other films.Of course it takes many years to get all the results and to draw conclusions.The set-up they had in the field was excellent. We filmed a winter dig and it was harsh!
There are many other vids showing these online.
So the ah layers are dated by the stuff in em, and the stuff found in the layers is dated by the layer they're in.
Makes perfect sense.
Just as much sense as taking a video camera to an archeological sight and filming everything but the archeological sight!
Layers are generally dated by the carbon material they contain (plant life, burnt coals, animal bones). There are a few shots in the video showing the way Archaeologists work in layers. Each layer is meticulously recorded as well as any artifacts found in the layers, their position and any distinguishing features. Archaeology is tedious work. The pit inside the tent is the current dig hole. Other dig holes on the site have been explored and covered back up. Texas summers get very hot, so it gets very steamy and hot in the tent in summer. There is also a water table close to the level they are digging at so they have to pump water out at times. A noisy venture.
The images you see of the entrance and the stream, the grounds, the rock formations and the excavation tent ARE the Archaeological site. Including the resident bulls and calves. Cheers!
Here is a recent video (2015) of Dr. Wernecke doing a tour of the site.
th-cam.com/video/MYYQeA3z1bg/w-d-xo.html
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So just as I said, the layers of dirt are dated by the fossils in em, fossils are dated by the layer they're in.
Coming back 5 years later to call you an idiot who has no idea how to even google a simple question
"COULDN'T WORK WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS" This caught my ear. I come from a place where property owners can be locked out of their own land because some archeology "authority" goes to the courts because the property owner won't comply with unrealistic demands for access. Well, I hope the previous owners sold for an unrealistic price... if you want exclusive rights, pay for them.
Louisiana have sites that's older then places like the Egyptian pyramids and Stonehenge predate approximately 5,400 years ago "Watson Brake". Brazil have found tools that's 50,000 old. I here for the history but I'm guessing that's a work shop.
It would be nice to see whats coming out of this site. Thanks... :-)
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If it was not for amateurs surface hunting and digging on private property, then you would never see any artifacts.
Mastergunner97 Absolutely right. I’m a long-time member of the Archaeological Society of Ohio and while there’s always been a battle between “professional” archaeologists and avocational, there’s at least an uneasy truce between the two because the pros know they need us
Awesome, i am a fan,😀👍🇺🇸😎
Where are the artifacts? Any video of insitu? No pictures of anything found ?
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Good stuff...Too bad folks some folks ruin history for profit.
Thank you. There are so many cases of destructive behavior and profiteering throughout the world. It is very sad indeed. Then of course there are sites buried by modern development. Some things end up in closets or basements of museums, away from the curious eyes of researchers and students. But the good side is that there are many that find sites and notify archaeologists immediately. Based on the rapid changes in the geology of our planet, just imagine how much more is yet to be discovered.
This is AMAZING!
How can i help?
The Gault dig site is no longer active, but the Gault Project continues. Visit www.gaultschool.org/ and scroll to the bottom of the page. There is a link to contact them for volunteer work. Good luck and have fun!
Where are all the Clovis points you found? The most in North America huh?
The Clovis points are collected by the Gault team and they are partially supported by Texas State University. Here is the link to the Gault School site that also contains other excellent links.
www.gaultschool.org/
Here is an interactive website that shows a few of the artifacts including a few below the 12,000 year level.
www.austin360.com/interactive/features/gault-site-artifacts/
And here is a paper published by Dr. Collins years back but it includes the first finds.
www.athenapub.com/10gault.htm
I don't think you can "pay to dig" anyplace but TX.
Actually there are 'pay to dig' locations throughout the States. There are several that I know of in the Carolinas, New York State, Arkansas, Utah and a few other States. They are almost all on private property. You can crack shale for fossils in Pennsylvania and Utah, or dig for crystals in Arkansas. Many of the others are 'pay to dig' for minerals. Digging on government land, native American lands, or on private property without permission is far worse. Most of the 'pay to dig' sites are abundant in a specific mineral or in more common fossils.
Throughout Wyoming and Montana too
@@Pstxinc I have dug for pay in the Green River Formation. I can't see the bad of it. There are enough fossils in that formation to give one to every man,woman and child in America. It is well documented and most museum quality finds are commercially obtained and end up in museums. As experts could never get grants to do this work, I don't understand why you oppose it.
I am having trouble locating the Clovis site that is supposed to be in the Lewisville Texas area just north of Dallas it is very confusing when you read about it and I am under the impression it is under water
Talk to the folks at the Gault School. You will also find links on their site to The Texas Archaeological Society.
www.gaultschool.org/
Thank you I just gave it a quick glance just now but I will look at it more later.. thank you so much.
I suspect that it was after I made this, I read where it's supposed to be and that it is currently under water from when they expanded Lake Lewisville or when they created it and that it was right off of Eagles Point Marina I went there as far as I could go and basically that's that
Go under water and investigate it. Never know what you may find.
Long fascist good idea but I'm not into scuba diving although with the drought the water levels are Lower
These are the so called African Americans. Aboriginals.
For what it's worth....I have for 50yrs. roamed acreage in Hill Co. Tx. that produces myriad artifacts identical to those pictured at the Gault site w/ Edwards and that unique orange/slate chert. Middens are identical based on photo's. Logistics superior i.e water,food plus added benefit travelers were unmolested by raiding bands in this area...read TBH Hill County....Philip Nolan. Inscribed calcium cal is best preserved/made ledgible via a process I've developed over the years w./stiff bristle tbrush. Much like a snare drum is struck using a 90 stroke,tooth type brush 'bounce tap' repeatedly over relieved area insuring strokes are at a 90 to the surface. No liquid or brushing strokes, tapping straight down will pull the detail out as the crevices are freed of cal/c. Yes, many odd tools and technologies are encountered, so much so artifacts are rejected/ignored by sme's and collectors. Took years but I'm resolute as to application on lithic/bone/inscribed pieces I've recovered on this 200 acres. Still unsure why so much Neolithic Anthropomorphic influence....Stanford Site/Hellenistic Archive Greece draws many parallels. Well, this Nat'l Registry worthy site has remained unimpoved,pristine since creation, sans modern dwellings and livestock. It may well become solar panel central if a concerted interest/stewardship isn't forthcoming. Maybe I'll turn it in to a day dig..
I'd pay for that.
As a steward of the land the native burials are of utmost importance and I'm proactive as to location, proximity..... They're quite deep and protected, as prudent thought dictates not well marked. I am enlisting the help of a neighbor, in his 90's, he dug sites for pay as a lad. He assures me at least three are still intact on my place.
I would consider contacting or visiting with the Gault team. Dr. Mike Collins is a very good resource and can be vital in researching or preserving Archaeological sites in Texas. He is always willing to direct you in the right direction within the Academic community.
Sounds like amazing finds. Sacred burials are always politically delicate.
Thanks for the comments.
www.gaultschool.org/
superb! I play drums and I love the 'snare drum' technique analogy. You describe a fascinating site that yields material that will shed new light on the ancient inhabitants of the continent.
Solutrean artifact cache found in Gault. Solutreans were European.
IF YOU want EVERYONE TO ACTUALLY be able to hear this, you need to boost your recording sound level by 500 % or more. Thanks.
KEN SOLCH Checked the sound on various device's. Sounds good. Check the volume on your playback apparatus.
It sounds fine on my 10 year old cellphone.
You would think 'professionals' would get things right but hey... habitation in Britain goes back way beyond the stated time reference, approximately 40,000 years and Britain is most definitely in the western hemisphere! Thumbs down
Many new discoveries pushing the timelines around the world beyond the thresholds. Gobeki Tepi redefined the timeline. Dolmens found in the Americas and worldwide, megalithic geometric stone wall construction, and confirmed man made concrete tens of thousands of years old, have all forced Archaeology to revise and dig deeper. Exciting times!
@@Pstxinc It is and was incorrect. I cited just my homeland and not many of the others I could have chosen none of which are in America but all of which are in the western hemisphere that predate his claims by more than 25,000 years. WRONG IS WRONG...You obfuscate my statement by making comments on other things totally unrelated. Gobekli Tepi is in the EASTERN hemisphere. You finish with 'exciting times' I say no what would be exciting is if those re-making history to suit their personal views/goals/ ideas kept their incorrect statements to themselves and stropped teaching what they know is wrong.
By the very inclusion of that blatantly incorrect statement , it also brings into question the whole accuracy and validity of the entire video , this is titled as a 'Documentary' please note that within the definition of documentary (see below) are both "REAL" and "FACTUAL" ... REALITY his FACT was incorrect.
documentary:- using pictures or interviews with people involved in real events to provide a factual report on a particular subject.
@@RussellHawkins I didn't quite understand what your were referring to originally. Watching through, I realized you are referring to his statement at 11:57 into the video (11 minutes and 57 seconds). For others reading this, Dr. Collins states they found a gravel stone 'floor' about 7 feet by 7 feet (9 minutes, 26 seconds into the video). Then he refers to it as 'the first really intact human feature found in the Western Hemisphere that is older than Clovis'.
I honestly feel what he meant was 'The Americas'. Which would be accurate. It is unfortunate this misstatement has soured the entire video with you . . . and Dr. Collins credibility. I find him to be a sincere and most knowledgeable academic, as well as a kind and polite human being. I am also well aware of the definition of 'documentary'. I strive for accuracy and I do believe this video does document an exciting Archaeological find at that time in 2012.
Since then, other artifacts have been found pushing the timeline even further. I thank you for pointing out the inaccuracy, and I will be sure to bring it to Dr. Collins attention and to make a note of it in the video description section.
The Out of Africa Theory is crap
we have always been here
There is now Archaeological evidence the Chinese visited the Americas very early on. There is also evidence being researched that Japanese and Polynesian cultures visited the Americas. There has been evidence and research of Norse and Slavic visitors. African visitors is not at all far fetched. So more than likely, America had already been visited by white, yellow, red, brown and black visitors even before Columbus stepped foot in the Caribbean. Some even believe early Mediterranean travelers visited the Americas. And yet others believe Egyptians went as far as the Grand Canyon.
The fact of the matter is, the Americas have always been diversified from many cultures around the world. You can see this in the people of Peru, Mexico and native Americans of North America. Columbus does deserve credit for his amazing courage and exploration. Lots of research went into that journey. Scary ride, I'm sure.
blog.education.nationalgeographic.org/2017/11/08/did-the-first-americans-take-a-ride-on-the-kelp-highway/
Here is another interesting viewpoint. Somewhat skewed and politically loaded, but interesting information nonetheless. The presenter doesn't care much for Columbus, but he does present a few points of interest.
th-cam.com/video/K-FG2oWl-2k/w-d-xo.html
@@Pstxinc
I have the DNA of the Olmec
@@Pstxinc
do you know how to read Spanish
WASTE OF MY TIME
Sorry to hear that.
@@Pstxinc right , wth
What were you looking for? It is a lengthy video. . Its no area 51. Just a shit load of clovis and preclovis ..... maybe some teen clovis...