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DOCUMENT Citation Only Eli Crater Gershtein. Steve Black. Amanda Castaneda. Tammy Boanasera. Daniel Nadel.

Shiny grooved surfaces are common in rock shelters and cave sites in the Lower Pecos region, Texas. They are found on horizontal as well as vertical exposures, usually in close association with mortars and/or rock art. The shiny appearance has been interpreted as the result of human traffic, hand touching, animal sacrifice, etc. In many cases these surfaces are densely grooved and incised by a variety of shallow and deep marks which are not found outside the shiny surface. Such phenomena have...

DOCUMENT Full-Text Timothy J. Murphy IV.

This report documents and outlines the condition assessment of each rock art site on Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) for Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18). This report lists information about each site and brief summaries about common impacts, tasks, and specific observations at sites. Information in this report focuses on areas at rock art sites with significant impacts, high-risk areas for impacts, and professional insight to help understand the sensitivity of sites and implemented management...