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" EVfiDfi Archaeologist Volume 5, Number 1, 1985 o 2. 3 4un Obsidian Clovis point from the Coal Valley Water Gap, Southeastern Nevada (drawing by John Zaneanella) . .....ftda Archaeological Association Hvvada Archavologlcal BOARD Association The Board of the Nevada Archaeologist is elected by the members of the Nevada Archaeological Association. The Board appoints the editor of the Nevada Archaeologist The desigll for the NAA logo u'as taken from a Garfield Flat petroglyph for a term of three years. by Robert Elstoll. Member Janelle Nixon ARCHAEO-NEVADA SOCIETY Las Vegas, Nevada MEMBERSHIP Member Rex Fraizer ARCHAEO-NEVADA SOCIETY The Nevada A rchaeological Association is an incor- Las Vegas, Nevada porated, non-profit organization registered in the State of Nevada, and has no paid employees. Membership is open Member James (Pat) Green to any person interested in archaeology and its allied NEVADA ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSN. sciences, and in the conservation of archaeological resources. Requests for membership and dues should be Member Amy Dansie sent to the corresponding secretary whose address is listed NEVADA ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSN. below. Make all checks and money orders payable to the Carson City, Nevada Nevada Archaeological Association. Membership cards will be issued on payment of dues, and active members Member Robert Elston Nevada Archaeologist. receive subscription to the Subscrip- Drawer A tion is by membership only, but individual or back issues Silver City, Nevada 89428 may be purchased separately. Member Sharon E. Taylor N.A.A. OFFICERS P.O. Box 1303 Fernley, Nevada 89408 President T. Hal Turner 885-5476 P.O. Box 2650 BACK ISSUES Carson City, NV 89702 Back issues of the Nevada Archaeologist may be ordered through Amy J. Dansie, Nevada State Museum, Secretary Jean Stevens Carson City, Nevada 89710. Checks or money orders P.O. Box 341 should be made out to the Nevada Archaeological East Ely, NV 89315 Association. Volume 1 (one issue), and Volume 2, Numbers 1 and 2, are available at $3.00 each issue. Treasurer Janelle Nixon Volume 3, Number 1 and following issues are $4.00. 1855 S. Duneville Street Las Vegas, NV 89152 FUTURE ISSUES Editor Donald R. Tuohy 885-4812 Manuscripts submitted to the Nevada Archaeologist Nevada State Museum should follow the style guide of the January, 1979 issue Capitol Complex of American Antiquity. Manuscripts should be typed and Carson City, NV 89710 double spaced throughout. including notes and bibli­ ography, and illustrations should be camera-ready with DUES a caption typed on a separate sheet of paper, also Student. 5.00 double-spaced. Something less than these standards Active . 10.00 will be accepted reluctantly if what you have to say is Active Family.... 12.00 more important than the format expressed above. Supporting. 25.00 Sponsor. 50.00 More manuscripts relating to Nevada archaeology Patron. ................. 100.00 and anthropolgy, in general, are solicited. All "Student" through "Patron" members receive sub- scription to the Nevada Archaeologist, the journal of the . Copyright by the Nevada Archaeological Association, Association. Spring 1985. HEVADA Archaeologist Volume 5, Number 1 1985 ON ROCK ART As promised on the editorial page of the last issue of the Nevada Archaeologist (Volume 4, No.2), additional information on minimal standards for recording art sites is presented herein. The standards are those developed by the American Committee to Advance the Study of Petroglyphs and Pictographs, and were compiled by B.K Swartz, Jr. and nine contributors. Their work was summarized in Datum, Heritage Conservation Branch Newsletter, Volume 6, No.2, by Doris Lundy of the British Columbia Provincial Museum, Victoria, British Columbia, and her permission to reprint the standards here is gratefully acknowledged. TABLE OF CONTENTS Minimum Recording Standards Proposed by the American Committee to Advance the Study of Petroglyphs and Pictographs . 2 Amateur Archaeologists Speak - Tiny Points from the Carson and Humboldt Sinks by Norma and Herb Splatt. 4 Clovis Points from Lahontan Reservoir and the Nevada Test Site, Nevada by Ronald L. Reno . 7 Clovis Point from Coal Valley Water Gap, Southeastern Nevada by Richard M. Ryan. .. 10 A Snake Valley "Flooter" Notes on a Fluted Point from Snake Valley, East-Central Great Basin by Brian C. Amme . .. 13 Notes on the Great Basin Distribution of Clovis Fluted and Folsom Projectile Points by Donald R. Tuohy. 15 A Preliminary Report on the Las Vegas Valley Archaeological Research Project by Kevin Rafferty. .. 19 1 MINIMUM RECORDING STANDARDS nature and do not require physical contact. PROPOSED BY THE AMERICAN Careful photographic work and draughtsman­ COMMITTEE TO ADVANCE THE STUDY ship are probably sufficient for basic OF PETRO GLYPHS AND PICTOGRAPHS petroglyph and pictograph recording, but easy-to-record additional metric data should It is imposs~ble to prepare a uni­ be included to provide useful comparative versal, objective set of standards for information. recording petro glyphs and pictographs. Five types of petroglyph-pictograph Data collected often relate to specific records should be made. problems being investigated. Much of 1. FACE RECORDING FORM the data is not objective by nature -­ but is observational or contextual. Metric data (objective) Also, strictness of standards should Site and face (or panel) designation vary by site fragility and accessibility. Face datum A deteriorating petroglyph 100 miles Face dimensions (straight) from permanent settlement, encountered Face dimensions (surface) by a solitary archaeologist doing survey Direction of face (in degrees, compass, work in rugged wilderness, requires check for magnetic distortion, iron different treatment than one scheduled in rock, etc.) for imminent demolition by highway Inclination of face (in degrees, plumb construction or petroglyph that is bob and protractor) thoroughly stabilized. The following Height of base of face from ground standards are minimal and based on Height of top of face from ground non-returnable, transitory, single (check over-hangs, boulder tops, etc.) visits to friable surface localities. Discrete design element designation Important recording opportunities, such and dimensions as the relation of the season and time Distances between design elements of day with face-light exposure for Distance of design element data from photographic enhancement, are not al­ face datum ways available. Broad, regional archae­ Range of line width (for each discrete ological observations should be made in design element and each style) concert with specific petroglyph re­ Range of line depth (for each discrete cordings. design element and each style, In deciding which techniques to apply petroglyphs) in a particular case, one's goal should Cross-section of lines (for each discrete be optimal data recording with minimal design element and each style, petro­ resource destruction. Methods requir­ glyphs ing surface pressure, application or Colors including rock surfaces (Munsell insertion, such as painting (aluminum Color Chart, pictographs) powder, tempera, etc.), tracing, rub- Hardness of rock (Moh Scale) bing, molding or grid-anchoring, cannot Observational data (descriptive) be universally condoned and should not Vandalism be attempted on friable surface mark­ Natural defacement (e.g .. erosion of ings. These approaches can break down surface, waterlines, lichen, patinq, the basic rock structure or may con- smoke blackening, etc.) taminate or alter the surface, dis- Old ground surfaces torting potential trace-element studies. Superpositions Also, direct transfer records demand Type of rock greater storage space. Chalking should Conformation of rock (cracks, holes never be done; water spraying, espec- incorporation, etc.) ially of pictographs, should not be Wear surface (e.g. carved, cut, engraved, done unless there is no doubt that panel pecked, ground or abraded, rubbed, is scheduled for destruction. drilled, secondary smoothing, etc. for Various photographic techniques are petroglyphs; or brushed, daubed, blown, stressed, since they are documentary in stencilled, etc. if a pictograph) 2 I I. PHOTOGRAPHS V. GENERAL DESCRIPTION Take a large number of photographs, Mention the geomorphology of the area, especially if in inaccessible regions, landforms, e.g. routes, passes, washes, both fine-grained black and white, and, etc., site situation, e.g. river valley especially for pictographs, externally cliff, cave, mountain top, distribution coupled color (Kodachrome) film with of plant cover, location of other archaeo- a Macbeth ColorChecker. Avoid using logical sites in the area, cultural assoc- internally coupled film, even if truer iations (portable and non-portable), color is rendered. Vary exposure and especially diagnostic and decorated re­ angles, take close-ups, use slide- mains such as points and pottery, tools lighting, experiment with filters, and or materials that may have been used to panoramas from site and of site. produce the markings. Note unique features Photograph everything, attempt to use of the surroundings. This section can be constant distances and systematic refined and standardized by eventual coverage and record procedure. Keep comparison of such accounts in varied areas. records of photographs with site and Future conservation recommendations face designations. Scales are optional may be made based on site uniqueness, if face dimensions are recorded and may condition and location, i.e. ignore clutter photographs. Black and white (initate no policy-keep
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