Rock art preservation
Improved and Ecology‐based Methods Can Give Weathered Sites Prolonged Life
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6095451 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sverre Bakkevig (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 65-81 |
| Publication date | 2004-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Norwegian Archaeological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0029-3652 • E-ISSN: 1502-7678 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00293650410014942 |
| OpenAlex | W2024589426 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 6 |
Rock art is defined as systematic and man-made depressions or paintings on a\nsmooth rock surface. In contrast to other cultural monuments, they have\nhardly any ecological importance. Nevertheless rock art sites should be\nregarded as a part of the landscape, both with respect to interpretation and\npreservation. The method of gluing together fragmented rock art panels with\nan organic glue, and the repairing of cracks on rock art panels by mortar, are\ncriticised. The author raises doubts about the ‘crumbling effect’ of mosses and\nthe effect of ‘aggressive lichen’, postulated by other authors. The need for a\nlong time perspective and international co-operation in rock art preservation\nand conservation is underlined, and it is emphasized that experiments with\nnew methods of conservation should be done on panels without rock art.\nBased on observations of an accidentally covered rock art panel in\nGudbrandsdalen, Norway, a new and reversible method for stabilisation of\nseverely weathered rock art panels is proposed, using dissolved calcium\ncarbonate which is precipitated in a calcification process on the weathered\nrock and in cracks
Archaeology · Art · Carbonate rock · Environmental resource management · Geochemistry · Nature Conservation · Painting · Rock art · Sedimentary rock · Visual arts · Weathering · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Building materials and conservation · Conservation · Ecology · Environmental Science · Geology · History · Lichen and fungal ecology
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2020 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |