Know whose traditional homelands you are recreating on: Native Land
Please remember these are sacred sites, admire from a distance.
Do NOT touch rock art. Touching rock art will leave oils from your fingers that may speed the painting’s and the rock’s natural deterioration process.
Do NOT make paper rubbings or tracings, it may crumble rock art.
Do NOT make latex molds of rock.
Do NOT build fires nearby, they can cause serious damage from smoke and high temperature.
Do NOT take it home. Collecting is illegal and punishable by law.
Do NOT draw chalk outlines, it is harmful to the rock art, and makes it impossible to use new methods of dating the figures.
Do NOT re-peck or re-paint a difficult-to-see rock art image. This doesn’t restore it, but rather destroys the original.
Defacement. People who don't know better often paint their names over rock art, or shoot bullets at it. Defacement is a sign of disrespect for other cultures. It’s also punishable by law.
Be careful of tunnel vision. People often forget to watch where they are walking and may trample or damage important artifacts.
Removal/rearrangement of artifacts often destroys archaeological data. Artifacts should be left where they are found.
Ground Disturbance. Any digging at an archaeological site is not allowed and unauthorized digging is punishable by law.
Do not take artifacts
If you see people vandalizing sites, please report it as soon as possible by calling 1-800-VANDALS.