Natural deterioration of rock art

Robert G. Bednarik auranet@optusnet.com.au

The natural environment in which the art has managed to survive is essentially determined by climate, hydrology, geochemistry, geomorphology, and sometimes by geophysical and biospheric agents. In practice their effects cannot be readily separated; rather, issues of rock art conservation are governed by a delicate and complex interplay of many factors in practically every case. Nevertheless, to begin unravelling them and their effects it is essential to consider them separately.

The following topics are considered here:

Moisture

Physical weathering

Biological weathering

Pictogram deterioration

The role of climate

Conservation

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REFERENCES

Bibliography of rock art conservation

AURANET

The home-page of the Australian Rock Art Research Association (AURA) Inc.



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