Many rock art sites are open to public visitation in the western states.
I encourage you to visit these sites and mentally wander back in time.
Some of the sites in my photographs are open to the public; others are located on private property. The Bureau of Land Management and/or the Forest Service have asked that the locations of some rock art not be disclosed in order to protect the sites. If sites are closed to public visitation and have a geographic locator name, I have changed the site name for my photographs.
Rock Art Research Associations
These groups work to preserve rock art. These groups take field trips which are an educational and fun way to visit rock art sites. I encourage you to check out the organization in your area.
Rock Art Etiquette
Don’t camp near rock art sites. Smoke has damaged many pictographs.
Don’t touch, chalk, trace, paint, wet, use latex molds or scratch on or near rock art.
Don’t walk on rock art or climb on boulders with rock art.
Don’t drive fast past rock art: dust coats the patina.
Don’t make new trails to rock art panels. If you are visiting a site closed to public visitation, brush away your tracks.
Don’t put rock art site location information on the Internet or indiscriminately share location information.
Don’t use rock art sites for caches.
Don’t litter rock art sites, pick up trash left at sites, but do not touch or remove artifacts,
pottery chards, lithic scatters, etc.
Do enjoy and photograph rock art sites! |