Rock Art (Material Keyword)

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The Antelope Hill Project, Part 1: A Class Ill Archaeological Survey and Treatment Plan of the Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation and Drainage District Quarry at Antelope Hill, Yuma County, Arizona (1996)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Jeffrey Altschul. Joan S. Schneider. Christopher J. Doolittle.

Antelope Hill (AZ X:8:7 ASM) is a well-known archaeological site in the lower Gila River valley. The hill is located approximately 50 km east of Yuma, Arizona, on the southern terraces of the Gila River. As early as the late 1920s, the various prehistoric and historic cultural elements of the prominent landform had already been recorded by archaeologists. But even prior to this time, explorers had visited or heard tales of the hill beginning with Father Garces in 1775. Both the...


Cultural Resources Management Plan for Fort Huachuca Military Reservation, Arizona (1997)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Carla R. Van West. Mark T. Swanson. Jeffrey Altschul.

This Cultural Resource Management Plan (CRMP) describes Fort Huachuca's legal responsibility for management of its cultural resources and summarizes what is known about its archaeological and historical-period properties. As of the fall of 1994, 343 prehistoric and historical-period components occurring as 315 reported archaeological sites have been recorded on Fort Huachuca. Two hundred and fifty-one components are prehistoric, 92 are historical period, and 28 are dual prehistoric-historical...


Hieroglyphic Canyon: A Petroglyph Record of a Changing Subsistence Pattern (1985)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Donald E. Weaver Jr..

Located along the western escarpment of the Superstition Mountains in Central Arizona, Hieroglyphic Canyon contains numerous petroglyphs associated with a perennial or nearly perennial spring, a large dry-laid wall, bedrock mortars, and artifact scatters. Evidence indicates that the area was used as a base camp by family groups of prehistoric and early historic Indians who hunted desert bighorn sheep and deer, and gathered wild plant foods. Although design elements depicting big game are...


MEASURING THE PROPERTIES OF ROCK VARNISH ON PETROGLYPHS: A COMPARISON OF THREE METHODS OF ANALYSIS USED ON DATED GRAFFITI AND ANCIENT PETROGLYPHS AT THREE SITES IN ARIZONA
PROJECT Kirk Astroth.

Archaeologists, as well as petroglyph and pictograph researchers more specifically, have striven for years to develop scientific means for dating petroglyphs, through both direct and indirect methods. For years, the conventional wisdom has been that the older a petroglyph is, the darker it will appear because of the constant process of varnish formation that occurs on rocks in arid environments. This study focused on analyzing varnish formation on both dated inscriptions and undated precolumbian...


VAFB-2010-06: Rock Art Monitoring and Maintenance Reports Oct 2009 - July 2010 (2009)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Rick Bury. Antoinette Padgett. Dan Reeves.

This document is a Rock Art Monitoring Report for the 14 rock art sites that exist with Vandenberg Air Force Base boundaries. The purpose of Rock Art Monitoring is to 1) ensure Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA) Compliance, 2) preserve and protect the unique cultural resources, and 3) monitor any threats to the rock art sites and recommend maintenance responses. The assessment report presents the findings, actions, and recommendations developed through scheduled monitoring and...


VAFB-2011-05: Rock Art ARPA Compliance 2011 (2011)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Rick Bury. Antoinette Padgett. Dan Reeves.

This document is the 2011 Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1970 Rock Art Compliance Report. The goals of this project specifically include monitoring of three well-known and regularly visited rock art sites: Honda Ridge (CA-SBA-550), Window Cave (CA-SBA-655) and Swordfish Cave (CA-SBA-503). There are a total of 14 rock art sites that are monitored within Vandenberg Air Force Base boundaries. This report is one component of a continuing effort by the United States Air Force to protect...


VAFB-2013-15: Vandenberg Air Force Base Rock Art ARPA Compliance 2013 (2013)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Rick Bury. Antoinette Padgett. Dan Reeves.

This document is a report of the 2013 Vandenberg Air Force Base Compliance with the Archaeological Resources Protection Ace of 1970. The aim of this project was to make scheduled visits to each site, assess the nature, size, and rate of any impacts observed, and to implement site-specific management measures deriving from prior year recommendations as described within the statement of work. No serious impacts to the rock art were noted during the period of this project, with the exception of an...


VAFB-2016-10: Vandenberg Air Force Base Fiscal Year 2015-16 Vandenberg Rock Art Monitoring (2016)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Timothy J. Murphy.

This document is a report on the monitoring of rock art sites on Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) during the fiscal year of 2015-2016. This report is abridged notes to what could be a detailed instruction to manage the rock art on VAFB. Continued annual monitoring and site maintenance using similar methods developed by 30th Space Wing CES (Cultural Resources) will help in preserving the rock art of the prehistoric Chumash culture on VAFB.


VAFB-2017-17: Vandenberg Air Force Base Fiscal Year 2016 Vandenberg Rock Art Monitoring (2017)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Timothy Murphy.

This report outlines condition assessment data for all known rock art sites on Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) for Fiscal Year 2016. The effort for assessing conditions of rock art assists with the requirement for the United States Air Force (USAF), 30th Space Wing for Section 110 of the National Historic Preservation Act. Details about work tasks are outlined in Statement of Work XUMUOS9115.