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Choice of works to include here is by J. Claire Dean and Leigh Marymor, updating their earlier list.
A. Overviews
B. Collected Conference Papers:
C. Conservation and Preservation, including technology
D. Site Management, to handle visitors as well as the natural elements
There is of course much overlap, in works covering both C and D.
A. Overviews
"MANAGEMENT PLANNING FOR CONSERVATION"
2001 Loubser, Johannes
in Handbook of Rock Art Research, David S. Whitley, ed. 80-115 Alta Mira Press Walnut Creek, Lanham, New York, Oxford First hard bound
(World. United States. Cultural resource management. Conservation and preservation. Cultural tourism. Visitor behaviour. Cultural resource management planning process. Significance of rock art sites. Condition assessment, intervention, graffiti removal and maintenance. )
CONSERVATION Vol.21 Number 3, 2006
Published by the Getty Conservation Institute
Special issue focusing on Rock Art, with article by Jean Clottes;
conversations with J. Claire Dean, Josephine Flood, and Jo Anne Van Tilburg,
article by David S. Whitley; and article by Janette Deacon and Neville Agnew
B. Collected Conference Papers:
IMAGES PAST, IMAGES PRESENT: THE CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION OF
ROCK ART
1999 Dean, J. Claire, ed.
Proceedings from the Rock Art Preservation and Conservation Symposium, International Rock art Congress, Flagstaff, Arizona, 1994.
American Rock Art Research Association, Tucson, Arizona.
PRESERVING OUR ROCK ART HERITAGE. PROCEEDINGS FROM THE SYMPOSIUM ON ROCK ART CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION. 14TH ANNUAL ARARA CONFERENCE
1989 Crotty, Helen K.
Occcasional.Publication #1:
American Rock Art Research Association, San Miguel, California.
C. Conservation and Preservation, including technology
CONSERVATION GUIDELINES OF THE AMERICAN ROCK ART RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
1988 American Rock Art Research Association.
American Rock Art Research Association, San Miguel, California.
PRESERVATION OF ROCK ART
1996 Thorn, Andrew, and Jacques Brunet, editors.
Occasional AURA Publication No. 9 Proceedings of the International Congress of the Australian Rock
Art Research Association, Cairns, 1992.
Australian Rock Art Research Association, Melbourne, Australia.
(World. Cultural Resource Management. Conservation and preservation.)
VANDALISM OF ROCK-ART FOR ENHANCED PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIES IN CONSERVATION
1994 Chaffee, S. D., M. Hyman and M. W. Rowe.
ETUDES DE CONSERVATION (39)3:161-168.
(Utah. Southwest. United States.. Rock art studies. Ethics. Dating. Cultural resource management. Conservation and preservation.)
THE ROLE OF CONSERVATION TECHNIQUES IN ROCK ART PRESERVATION
1985 Schwartzbaum, Paul M.
Rock Art Research (2)1:65-70
Australian Rock Art Research Association, Melbourne, Australia.
(Italy. Europe.. Cultural resource management. Conservation and preservation. Mural painting and rock art; techniques. Salt efflorescences, condensation, infiltration of atmospheric water and vandalism.)
ROCK ART CONSERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES: WISH OR REALITY
1989 Silver, Constance.
Preserving Our Rock Art Heritage, ARARA Occasional Publication.1:3-15,
American Rock Art Research Association, San Miguel, California.
(United States.. Cultural Resource Management. Conservation and preservation.)
WHAT MAKES A CONSERVATION TREATMENT ACCEPTABLE OT NOT?
1989 Stanley Price, Nicholas.
Preserving Our rock art Heritage, ARARA Occasional Publication.1:17-22
American Rock Art Research Association, San Miguel, California.
(Cultural Resource Management. Conservation and preservation.)
WHAT ARE SILICA SKINS AND HOW ARE THEY IMPORTANT IN ROCK ART CONSERVATION?
1990 Watchman, Alan.
Australian Aboriginal Studies, 1:21-29, Canberra, Australia.
(Australia. Conservation and preservation. Silica skins.)
RETOUCH: MAINTENANCE AND CONSERVATION OF ABORIGINAL ROCK IMAGERY
1992 Ward, Graeme K.
Occasional AURA Publication 5:1-7. The Retouch Symposium of the First Aura Congress, Darwin.
Australian Rock Art Research Association, Melbourne, Australia.
D. Site Management, to handle visitors as well as the natural elements
TRIBAL CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. THE FULL CIRCLE OF STEWARDSHIP.
2002 Stapp, Darby C. and Burney, Michael S. 246 pgs AltaMira Press Walnut Creek, California
(North America. United States. Cultural resource management. Conservation and preservation. Indigenous, Native American, views and involvement in CRM. Conflict and relationship between Native Americans and archaeology. Stewardship. Cultural landscapes. )
ROCK ART AND CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1991 Lee, Georgia.
Wormwood Press, Calabasas, California.
(Alberta, Ontario, Manitoba, British Columbia, Canada. New South Wales, Queensland, Australia. California, Hawaii, Nevada, Texas, United States. Conservation. Preservation. Cultural resource management. Graffiti.)
ACTIVELY MANAGING ROCK ART SITES. ROCK ART IN ARKANSAS
2004 Swadley, Ben (Aug.28) 10 pgs http://rockart.uark.edu/managing.html Internet
(Arkansas. United States. Cultural resource management. Conservation and preservation.)
PREHISTORIC ART: GUIDE TO GOOD PRACTICE [...]
2001 Seglie, Dario, ed.
European Prehistoric Art. Past Signs and Present Memories 52 pgs
European Commission - Education and Culture DG Culture 2000 Programme
(Europe. Cutural resource management. Conservation and preservation. Codes of ethics. Public visitation. Cultural tourism. )
MANAGING A NEW ROCK ART SITE
1997 Kolber, Jane.
Trabalhos de Antropologia e Etnologia. Vol.37:3-4, 6
Sociedad Portuguesa de Antropologia e Ethnologia, Porto, Portugal.
(Cultural resource management.)
MANAGEMENT OF ROCK ART IMAGERY
1996 Ward, Graeme K. and Lucina A. Ward, editors.
Occasional AURA Publication No. 9. Proceedings of Management of Rock Art Imagery Symposium,
Second International Congress on the Australian Rock Art Research Association, Cairns, 1992.
Australian Rock Art Research Association, Melbourne, Australia.
CONSERVING AUSTRALIAN ROCK ART: A MANUAL FOR SITE MANAGERS
1989 Lambert, David.
Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra, Australia.
(Australia. Cultural resource management. Conservation and preservation.)
ROCK ART CONSERVATION IN AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIAN HERITAGE COMMISSION, SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS SERIES
1988 Rosenfeld, Andree.
Australian Heritage Commission, Canberra, Australia.
(Australia. Conservation. Preservation. Cultural resource management. )