Links to articles about the Rock Art Archive

UCLA Magazine, Summer 2001
"Rock Star: Archaeologist Jo Anne Van Tilburg is trying to decipher the marks left by generations of California Indians on the saw tooth ridges overlooking a remote Mojave Desert oasis." By Lawrence Biemiller

LA Times, June 2, 2001
"A Rock-Solid Way of Recording History Art:Volunteers hurry to map and photograph thousands of quake-threatened Indian petroglyphs." By Bob Poole

UCLA Today, February 27, 2001
"Prof, Volunteers Race to Find Ancient Art" By Meg Sullivan

The Chronicle of Higher Education, February 23, 2001
"Clambering Up a Cliff to record the Fading Handiwork of Man." By Lawrence Biemiller

Links to related sites

American Rock Art Research Association (ARARA)
The oldest rock art association, with volunteer, research and educational programs.

Bureau of Land Management Rock Art of Native California: A Visitor's Guide
This guide will lead you to twenty-four rock art sites on protected land.

California Archaeological Site Stewardship Program
The program recruits professional archaeologists and trained volunteers as stewards to monitor sites throughout the state.

The Easter Island Statue Project
A comprehensive field inventory and stylistic analysis of the monolithic statues for which the island is world-famous, directed by Jo Anne Van Tilburg.

Maturango Museum
A museum of the cultural history, natural history and geology of the northern Mojave Desert, with site visit opportunities available.

Rock Art Studies: A Bibliographic Database, Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley
Currently the database contains over 14,400 citations to the world's rock art literature, with an emphasis on english language and North American citations.