Use of Old Photos in Rock Art Recording and Analysis: The Adams Collection of Central Wyoming
Author(s): Mavis Greer; John W. Greer
Year: 2016
Summary
Historic photographs are particularly useful in rock art studies for assessing early and changing site conditions that show effects, rates, and chronology of natural weathering and vandalism. This includes such alterations as removed and added figures, altered figures, entire affected panels, chalking, latex recording, and deleterious effects of well-intentioned physical conservation. Such changes indicate not only physical changes in the art but also influences on possible direct dating and modern conservation measures. Care should be taken to evaluate available data relative to use of old photos for a variety of information.
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Use of Old Photos in Rock Art Recording and Analysis: The Adams Collection of Central Wyoming. Mavis Greer, John W. Greer. Presented at The 81st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Orlando, Florida. 2016 ( tDAR id: 405268)
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Keywords
General
Analysis Methods
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Rock Art
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Wyoming
Geographic Keywords
North America - Plains
Spatial Coverage
min long: -113.95; min lat: 30.751 ; max long: -97.163; max lat: 48.865 ;