We've been studying ritual enclosures, prehistoric forts, and hilltop sites for almost 40 years. Our work was originally presented at an early 90's Pecos Conference. This brought it to the attention of David Wilcox. About 4 years ago Mike started putting 3D and drone videos of the sites on YouTube's "Golio Endeavors". A video, site report, and photos for each site are given to the archaeologists we are working with. The 2023 Pecos Conference had a presentation and poster that used our work. We were very surprised to watch a zoom where some of our work was presented by an older, but fairly new archaeologist. He did not give us credit and instead sprinkled his presentation with , "my original work". This is how we found out that the archaeologists we were working with were giving all our ideas, site reports, photos, and drone video locations to this archaeologist who they thought they could trust. I think the main reason people steal other people's work is because they think they can get away with it. We decided to let people know what we're working on. Below are some of the more interesting things we've found including 2 previously unknown eagle traps.
JJ and MIke Golio
For even more fun see our Geology, Archaeology, and HIstory Guide to Badger Springs Trail