The Rock Art Stability Index: A New Strategy for Maximizing the Sustainability of Rock Art

Dorn, Ronald I.; Whitley, David S.; Cerveny, Niccole Villa; Gordon, Steven R.; Allen, Casey D.; Gutbrod, Elyssa

doi:10.1179/hso.2008.1.1.37

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“…Ollier's basic observations have been replicated in different deserts and at scales from cm-sized fractures to m-long crevices (Coudé-Gaussen et al, 1984;Villa et al, 1995;Dorn et al, 2008;Moores et al, 2008). Observations at the five construction sites and spalling study site reveal that fissure fills also found fills in fractures that have all different orientations; they can be vertical, horizontal or oblique.…”

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confidence: 83%

“…Repeating the basic idea of dirt cracking without mention of Ollier's (1965) paper has also occurred, for example, when the term 'fissuresol' was introduced to describe the mixture of mostly eolian dust with some weathered rock fragments that accumulate inside fractures in warm desert rocks in the Sonoran Desert (Villa et al, 1995) and create a weathering problem for petroglyph panels (Dorn et al, 2008). Another example of replication of concept includes this observation: "where permitted by climate, cracks in rocks can be havens not only for liquid water but also for fine-grained mineral dust and biological organisms.…”

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confidence: 97%

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Revisiting dirt cracking as a physical weathering process in warm deserts

Dorn

2011

Geomorphology

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Revisiting dirt cracking as a physical weathering process in warm deserts

Dorn

2011

Geomorphology

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“…Initiatives to preserve culturally significant coastal caves and karst features face continuing challenges in terms of increasing population-based pressures and the coordination of resource management practices and will require continuing documentation efforts and impact assessment strategies specific to associated cultural resources (Dorn et al 2008;Porter 2010;Zengel et al 2001).…”

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confidence: 99%

Anthropogenic Use, Modification, and Preservation of Coastal Cave Resources in Puerto Rico

Lace¹

2012

The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology

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Coastal caves throughout the Caribbean basin have provided critical environmental settings for diverse human activities spanning many cultural periods and have ranged from ceremonial, mortuary or ritualistic applications to the practical uses of such shoreline structures within the context of past subsistence strategies and subsequent post-contact commercial exploitation. Coastal caves can harbor significant cultural resources, serving as repositories of archaeological and historical materials as well as providing critical physiographic components of cultural development in the Puerto Rican islands. However, anthropogenic uses of coastal cave sites of the Puerto Rico mainland have received limited attention in comparison to the numerous archeologically and geologically significant cave and karst sites located in the island interior. The comparative distribution and diversity of coastal cave rock art forms can serve as indicators of anthropogenic uses, forming an important baseline data set contributing to a more complete understanding of long-term cultural uses of littoral sites. This study integrates an overview of anthropogenic influences on Puerto Rican coastal karst landforms with their distinctive geomorphologies, correlating defined examples of cave structures with associated pre-contact and post-contact uses, contemporary human impact, and applied management/preservation strategies.

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“…Novak and Gowin, 1984;Novak, 1985), this paper explores one way to bring active, learner-centered education (LCE) to the forefront of science pedagogy, through students engaging as actor networks in an animate landscape. Utilizing the rock art stability index (RASI; see Cerveny, 2005;Dorn et al, 2008) and its specific focus on connecting weathering form to weathering process, students are better equipped to explore the weathering form and process dialectic in depth, than from traditional, positivistic science pedagogical techniques.…”

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Practicing physical geography: An actor-network view of physical geography exemplified by the rock art stability index

Allen

Lukinbeal

2010

Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment

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This paper explores the use of a new pedagogy, the rock art stability index (RASI), to engender deeper understanding of weathering science concepts by students. Owing to its dynamic nature, RASI represents a quintessential actor network for weathering science, because it links task in the landscape with an active material practice and an alternative materialistic world-view recently called for in positivistic science, to create place. Using concept maps as an assessment tool, 571 college undergraduate students and 13 junior high school integrated science students (ages 12-13) were evaluated for increased learning potential between pre-and post-field experiences. Further, this article demonstrates that when students use RASI to learn the fundamental complex science of weathering they make in-depth connections between weathering form and process not achieved through traditional, positivistic weathering pedagogy. We argue that RASI draws upon inherent actor networks which allow students to link weathering form and process to an animate conceptualization of landscape. Conceptualizing landscape as sentient actor networks removes weathering science disciplinary connections and their inherent pedagogic practices. Our focus in this paper is not to challenge weathering ontology and epistemology, but rather to argue that there is a need for a pedagogical paradigm shift in weathering science.

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The Rock Art Stability Index: A New Strategy for Maximizing the Sustainability of Rock Art

Cited by 7 publications

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Revisiting dirt cracking as a physical weathering process in warm deserts

Revisiting dirt cracking as a physical weathering process in warm deserts

Anthropogenic Use, Modification, and Preservation of Coastal Cave Resources in Puerto Rico

Practicing physical geography: An actor-network view of physical geography exemplified by the rock art stability index

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