Burning Images: A Critical Review of Rock Art Conservation in Zimbabwe

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 58-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ancila Nhamo
2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. C. Krupp

“Star” and crescent combinations in rock art in the American Southwest were first interpreted in 1955 as eyewitness depictions of the 1054 AD supernova explosion that produced the Crab nebula. While the Crab nebula is visible only telescopically, the event that generated it was brilliant, and for a time, only the sun and moon were brighter. Additional Crab supernova candidates in California and Southwest rock art were suggested 20 years later, and they included Chaco Canyon’s Penasco Blanco pictograph panel, which became the poster child for Crab supernova rock art and is now called “Supernova” on signage at the site. By 1979, a list of 21 Crab supernova rock art sites was assembled, and the inventory has continued to expand more slowly since then. This critical review of the supernova interpretation of star/crescent rock art, the product of 35 years of fieldwork, required an independent re-examination of all of the primary sites in person. That enterprise has already demonstrated that the Tenabo, New Mexico panel does not illustrate the Crab supernova and that the two Arizona sites on which the entire supernova rock art premise is based (White Mesa and “Navaho Canyon”) are unlikely records of the event. This detailed evaluation of the primary proposed star/crescent images indicates none is a satisfactory portrayal of the striking 1054 AD supernova.


2020 ◽  
Vol 65 (sup1) ◽  
pp. P205-P212
Author(s):  
Melissa Marshall ◽  
Kadeem May ◽  
Robin Dann ◽  
Lloyd Nulgit
Keyword(s):  
Rock Art ◽  

1998 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olav Walderhaug ◽  
Eva M. Walderhaug
Keyword(s):  

2006 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 376-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janette Deacon
Keyword(s):  
Rock Art ◽  

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 139
Author(s):  
Daniela Cisneiros

No presente trabalho são apresentados os resultados das pesquisas sobre o estado de conservação dos grafismos rupestres dos sítios arqueológicos do Parque Nacional do Catimbau em Pernambuco. Essa pesquisa foi realizada a partir do levantamento macroscópico dos fatores e agentes de degradação e alteração atuante sobre os painéis rupestres dos 55 sítios do Parque. A partir da compreensão que a conservação de pinturas e gravuras rupestres só pode ser entendida de maneira interdependente, ou seja apenas a partir do conhecimento do objeto (grafismos rupestres - técnicas e propriedades) e do ambiente (suporte e agentes de interação), foram construídos protocolos para identificar a evolução dos agentes que se constituem danosos ao patrimônio rupestre nessa área. Foram considerados nessa primeira parte do projeto, os indicadores de alteração, os aspectos externos do suporte: pátinas, crostas, depósitos superficiais (sais, microorganismos, excrementos, manchas, ninho de insetos); a perda, rupturas ou fissura do suporte (escamação, fratura, desagregação, desplacamento); as intervenções antrópicas (grafite, pichações, incisões, queimadas intencionais). Nesta síntese preliminar das patologias que atingem os painéis rupestres, observou-se que os indicadores de degradação são os de origem físico-químicas oriundos da formação da rocha e estão ligadas à formação do suporte e ao entorno ambiental. Os agentes antrópicos indiretos como desmatamento e caça atuam para o agravamento da situação.DIAGNOSIS OF THE STATE OF CONSERVATION OF SITES WITH RUPESTRIC GRAPHISMS IN THE NATIONAL PARK OF CATIMBAU - PERNAMBUCOABSTRACTThis work presents the results of research on the state of conservation of rock art from the archaeological sites of the National Park of Catimbau in Pernambuco. This research was carried out from the macroscopic survey of the factors and agents of degradation and alteration acting on the rock art of the 55 sites in the Park. Based on the understanding that the conservation of cave paintings and engravings can only be understood in an interdependent manner, that is, only through knowledge of the object (rock art - techniques and properties) and the environment (support and interaction agents), they were built protocols to identify the evolution of agents that are harmful to the rock heritage in this area. In this first part of the project, the indicators of change, the external aspects of the support were considered: patinas, crusts, surface deposits (salts, microorganisms, excrement, stains, insect nests); the loss, ruptures or fissure of the support (scaling, fracture, disintegration, debonding); anthropic interventions (graphite, graffiti, incisions, intentional fires). In this preliminary synthesis of the pathologies that affect the rupestrian panels, it was observed that the degradation indicators are those of physical and chemical origin from the formation of the rock and are linked to the formation of the support and the environmental environment. Indirect anthropic agents such as deforestation and hunting act to worsen the situation.Keywords: Catimbau National Park, Rock art, Conservation. 


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