City of Phoenix Parks Reports and Documentation
Part of: Arizona State Parks Reports and Documentation
This collection contains reports pertinent to City of Phoenix parks. Document types may include site stabilization reports, site evaluation or survey reports, expert consultations, ground disturbance monitoring, excavation reports, architectural documentation or survey, heritage management plans and evaluations, historic background research, and inventory and records searches.
Site Type Keywords
Rock Art •
Petroglyph
Other Keywords
Conservation •
Aging •
Cloth •
Toothbrush •
Cotton Cloth •
Brush •
Mass Spectroscopy •
Graffiti Removal •
Garden Hand Pump Sprayer •
Wet Chemistry
Culture Keywords
Hohokam
Investigation Types
Consultation •
Site Stabilization
Material Types
Textile •
Spray Paint •
Basalt •
Sandstone •
Grandiorite •
Water •
Cotton •
Linseed Oil •
Graffiti-B-Gone •
Organic Oil
Geographic Keywords
Arizona (State / Territory) •
United States of America (Country) •
Maricopa County (County) •
North America (Continent) •
Phoenix, AZ •
South Mountain Park
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An Experiment in Removing Spray Paint Graffiti from Hohokam Rock Art with Graffiti-B-Gone (1997)
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In December 1994, an Arizona Site Steward notified the Phoenix City Archaeologist that a major rock art panel in South Mountain Park had been spray painted with graffiti. At least 700 years old, this Hohokam petroglyph panel is located on a dense, patinated, granodiorite boulder near a city street at the northern edge of the park's boundary. Spray paint graffiti had previously been placed on city structures along the street, as well as on several petroglyph boulders within the park, but this act...