Vandalism of rock art for enhanced photography

Chaffee, Scott D.; Hyman, M.; Rowe, M. W.

doi:10.1179/sic.1994.39.3.161

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“…Invasive techniques of recording by direct contact and rubbing of paintings and engravings surfaces conducted by researchers contribute to the fading and vanishing of painted motifs, the alteration of carvings, and the damage of rock surfaces [98,99]. These actions can also be combined with other processes, such as enhancing the contrast between a pictograph and its rock substrate by wetting the rock surface with water or other liquids [100] or inadequate attempts to obtain casts of the petroglyphs. The former causes the fading and vanishing of paintings, whereas the latter results in the deterioration of the rock surface, the partial removal of the original rock varnish, and possibly the permanent littering of the rock.…”

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The Sustainability of Rock Art: Preservation and Research

Zerboni

Villa

et al. 2022

Sustainability

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Rock art is a widespread cultural heritage, representing an immovable element of the material culture created on natural rocky supports. Paintings and petroglyphs can be found within caves and rock shelters or in open-air contexts and for that reason they are not isolated from the processes acting at the Earth surface. Consequently, rock art represents a sort of ecosystem because it is part of the complex and multidirectional interplay between the host rock, pigments, environmental parameters, and microbial communities. Such complexity results in several processes affecting rock art; some of them contribute to its destruction, others to its preservation. To understand the effects of such processes an interdisciplinary scientific approach is needed. In this contribution, we discuss the many processes acting at the rock interface—where rock art is present—and the multifaceted possibilities of scientific investigations—non-invasive or invasive—offered by the STEM disciplines. Finally, we suggest a sustainable approach to investigating rock art allowing to understand its production as well as its preservation and eventually suggest strategies to mitigate the risks threatening its stability.

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The Sustainability of Rock Art: Preservation and Research

Zerboni

Villa

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“…Chaffee et al . (1993) observed unusually ancient dates for pictographs in Utah due to the presence of petroleum hydrocarbons, likely derived from kerosene used at some point in the past to enhance the image for viewing. A Tlaloc figure at Hueco Tanks in Texas gave an unexpectedly early date likely due to the presence of petroleum‐based contaminants from a commercial oven cleaner used to remove graffiti at the site (Hyman et al .…”

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Chemical characterization and radiocarbon dating of the rock art of Las Charcas caves, Cuba

Armitage

Delgado²,

Torres

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Archaeometry

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There has been much debate over the decades amongst Cuban archaeologists about what group or groups may have created the rock art in the karst caves of Cuba. The complexities of Cuba's history made dating rock paintings an attractive method for determining their origins. Samples were collected from three caves in Mayabeque province, collectively referred to as Las Charcas. Chemical analyses were carried out along with plasma–chemical oxidation and accelerator mass spectrometric radiocarbon dating. The paintings in two caves contained bitumen, resulting in anomalously old dates, whilst the other cave's amorphous carbon‐based paintings fit within a pre‐Columbian context.

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“…Social media followers, then, can then locate and visit rock art sites themselves. There is also some indication that rock art sites might be vandalized specifically to improve their features for social media imagery, with vandalism in the name of photograph enhancement representing a long-standing issue at these sites that predates the Internet (e.g., see Chaffee, Hyman, and Rowe 1994).…”

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Protecting a Broken Window: Vandalism and Security at Rural Rock Art Sites

Yates

Bērziņa

Wright

2021

The Professional Geographer

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The majority of the ancient rock art sites of the U.S. Southwest are located in rural locations that are difficult to monitor or police. These sites seem to exert a pull on humans, an attraction that not only provokes curiosity and wonder but also what can be classed as destructive responses or vandalism. Many crime control methods for reducing vandalism are based on traditional theories such as defensible space and broken window theory. In the case of rock art, however, these methods do not yield expected results and in some cases are even detrimental. Rural crime, including rural vandalism, as a whole is marginalized in criminology, which has been dominated by urban-focused approaches and theories. In the case of rock art, considering how security is approached and maintained ultimately leads to questions about human-object relationships with regards to crime and about object agency. By focusing on the policing challenges of one particular type of rural vandalism, we hope to contribute to the discussion of vandalism in rural spaces.

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Vandalism of rock art for enhanced photography

Cited by 12 publications

References 3 publications

The Sustainability of Rock Art: Preservation and Research

The Sustainability of Rock Art: Preservation and Research

Chemical characterization and radiocarbon dating of the rock art of Las Charcas caves, Cuba

Protecting a Broken Window: Vandalism and Security at Rural Rock Art Sites

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