Abstract
A recent examination of the management histories of a select number of rock art sites in the Grampians–Gariwerd National Park in southwest Victoria, Australia, has found that management decisions, research, and site interventions were often taking place in ignorance of what had gone before. Heritage site management is often conducted in an ad hoc manner with limited understanding of past planning and management. A framework for understanding the management history of indigenous rock art sites is presented. With some modification the framework could be applied to other indigenous cultural sites.
Highlights
1.1 History of non-indigenous knowledge of Art Site(s) 1.2 Site Nomenclature2.0 Site Management 2.1 Site recordings 2.2 Authentication: indigenous or non-indigenous origin? 2.2.1 Pigment analysis 2.2.2 Testing of floor deposits 2.3 Graffiti and defacements 2.4 Management plans and recommendations 2.4.1 Site visitation surveys 2.5 Intervention works 2.5.1 Protective measures: grilles 2.5.2 Protective measures: stabilisation works 2.5.3 Protective measures: conservation 2.5.3.1 Repainting art sites 2.5.4 Graffiti obliteration and removal 2.5.5 Cleaning of rock face 2.5.6 Rubbish and vegetation removal 2.5.7 Installation of interpretive material in situ 2.6 Interpretation 2.6.1 In publications 2.6.2 Information sheets and tourist guides 2.6.3 Proposals for an interpretive centre 2.6.4 Information boards 2.6.5 Replication of the art 2.6.6 Tourism3.0 Chronology of developments 4.0 ReferencesHistory of non-indigenous knowledge of Art Site(s)Rumours that Aboriginal art sites existed in the Grampians region circulated among the gold miners at the nearby Pleasant Creek diggings from the mid-1850s
A framework for understanding the management history of indigenous rock art sites was developed for the Victoria Archaeological Survey in 1991.1 Examples were drawn from the management of ten Aboriginal art sites in the Grampians-Gariwerd National Park and its environs in western Victoria, Australia
This paper has presented a framework for detailing the management history of indigenous rock painting sites
Summary
1.1 History of non-indigenous knowledge of Art Site(s) 1.2 Site Nomenclature2.0 Site Management 2.1 Site recordings 2.2 Authentication: indigenous or non-indigenous origin? 2.2.1 Pigment analysis 2.2.2 Testing of floor deposits 2.3 Graffiti and defacements 2.4 Management plans and recommendations 2.4.1 Site visitation surveys 2.5 Intervention works 2.5.1 Protective measures: grilles 2.5.2 Protective measures: stabilisation works 2.5.3 Protective measures: conservation 2.5.3.1 Repainting art sites 2.5.4 Graffiti obliteration and removal 2.5.5 Cleaning of rock face 2.5.6 Rubbish and vegetation removal 2.5.7 Installation of interpretive material in situ 2.6 Interpretation 2.6.1 In publications 2.6.2 Information sheets and tourist guides 2.6.3 Proposals for an interpretive centre 2.6.4 Information boards 2.6.5 Replication of the art 2.6.6 Tourism3.0 Chronology of developments 4.0 ReferencesHistory of non-indigenous knowledge of Art Site(s)Rumours that Aboriginal art sites existed in the Grampians region circulated among the gold miners at the nearby Pleasant Creek diggings from the mid-1850s. A framework for understanding the management history of indigenous rock art sites was developed for the Victoria Archaeological Survey in 1991.1 Examples were drawn from the management of ten Aboriginal art sites in the Grampians-Gariwerd National Park and its environs in western Victoria, Australia.
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