Grimes Point Petroglyph
- 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.
- Making paper rubbings or tracings may crumble rock art.
- Making latex molds of rock art should only be done by professionals.
- Building fires nearby can cause serious damage from smoke and high temperature.
- Do NOT take it home. Collecting is illegal and punishable by law.
- Drawing chalk outlines is harmful to the rock art, and makes it impossible to use new methods of dating the figures.
- Re-pecking or re-painting a difficult-to-see rock art image 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.