Looking out over the main plateau of the Volvon Village with Brushy Peak in the near distance.
450 bedrock mortars right there in the open area.
Quite likely the most important village site in Central California for thousands of years.
This 4 mortar rock we had uncovered 15 years ago. It was completely disappeared at the time, and was heading that way now
Scooping out the individual mortars by hand really puts you in touch with the women of the near and far past.
We like to expose as much of the rock as possible so that other adventurers can appreciate their beauty and presence.
The central village is right there.
All of the mortar rocks would have looked like this when they left 225 years ago but they would have been more above ground.
This vista is pretty much the same as it was 10,000 years ago.
We believe all remaining visible bedrock mortars should be respected and protected, and acknowledged as important links to California human history.
We have recorded, photographed and gps’’d every bedrock mortar boulder for Native Americans, future archaeologists, and park managers, assuming the rocks will all disappear with current levels of disinterest.
