American Rock Art Research Association
Conservation and Preservation Committee

CONSERVATION BASIC READING LIST

prepared by J. Claire Dean and Leigh Marymor

CONSERVATION GUIDELINES OF THE AMERICAN ROCK ART RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
1988 American Rock Art Research Association.
American Rock Art Research Association, San Miguel, California.

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.

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.

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.

CONSERVING AUSTRALIAN ROCK ART: A MANUAL FOR SITE MANAGERS
1989 Lambert, David.
Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra, Australia.

ROCK ART AND CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
1991 Lee, Georgia.
Wormwood Press, Calabasas, California.

ROCK ART CONSERVATION IN AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIAN HERITAGE COMMISSION, SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS SERIES
1988 Rosenfeld, Andree.
Australian Heritage Commission, Canberra, Australia.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

WHAT ARE SILICA SKINS AND HOW ARE THEY IMPORTANT IN ROCK ART CONSERVATION?
1990 Watchman, Alan.
Australian Aboriginal Studies, 1:21-29, Canberra, Australia.