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<< Our Photo Pages >> Lost Creek - Rock Art in United States in The West

Submitted by bat400 on Friday, 12 August 2011  Page Views: 15373

Rock ArtSite Name: Lost Creek Alternative Name: Red Rock Canyon
Country: United States Region: The West Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Las Vegas, NV
Latitude: 36.135000N  Longitude: 115.427W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
3

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Lost Creek
Lost Creek submitted by Andy B : Rock art, Red Rock Canyon, Nevada prior to the defacement Creative Commons image by Brian Minami (Vote or comment on this photo)
Rock Art in Clark County, Nevada.
Ancient Petroglyphs and Pictograms (the later probably from the historic period.) The alcove where the rock art is located along the Lost Creek Trail in the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area.

The rock art panels were defaced by vandals using spray paint in November 2010.
The location given is for the Visitor Center, where trail information is available. The area is maintained by the Bureau of Land Management.

Note: Nine months supervised release and $24,000 fine for vandalising Rock Art in Nevada
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Lost Creek submitted by Andy B : The erm, red rocks at Red Rock Canyon Creative Commons image by Slideshow Bruce (3 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Teen Sentenced in Nevada Rock Art Vandal Case by bat400 on Friday, 12 August 2011
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A 17-year-old Las Vegas boy was sentenced to nine months of supervised release and ordered to pay a nearly $24,000 fine for spray-painting graffiti over prehistoric etchings at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area in Nevada.

He was charged with unlawful defacement of archaeological resources and willfully injuring federal property for defacing the etchings at the scenic federal preserve about 17 miles west of the Las Vegas Strip in November.

Bureau of Land Management officials say they painstakingly restored the native art.

See AP report at: http://www.8newsnow.com.
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    Re: Teen Sentenced in Nevada Rock Art Vandal Case by Runemage on Friday, 12 August 2011
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    Thanks Bat, I wish we had the same penalties and enforcement of payment over here for vandalism and damage.
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Volunteers work to rid Red Rock petroglyph site of graffiti by Andy B on Wednesday, 08 June 2011
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Archaeologist and volunteers work to restore damaged rock art site at Red Rock Canyon - see the previous news report from Dec 2010.

A photo show and an article at the Las Vegas Review Journal

http://www.lvrj.com/multimedia/Red-Rock-rock-art-restoration-122272939.html

http://www.lvrj.com/news/-volunteers-work-to-rid-red-rock-petroglyph-site-of-graffiti-122272243.html
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Prehistoric rock art panels vandalized with the same maroon spray-painted graffiti by bat400 on Thursday, 02 December 2010
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Woody Smith paused Monday to admire the view as he walked on Red Rock Canyon's Lost Creek trail only to see the sight that vandals had left: 2-foot-tall letters, "NHC," glaring in maroon spray paint near the top of a beige boulder.

"Oh my God," he said, gazing at the gaudy sight with his wife, Kathy, and their friend Linda Glanister. "That's terrible. There's all that beauty and some knucklehead comes along."

That "knucklehead," who marred the visit the Smiths had made from Lake Orion, Mich., to the scenic national conservation area west of Las Vegas, left other damage to the pristine rock shelter, including a name, "Pee Wee Rodo," and the words "Nevada Has Cronic."

Archaeologists think Southern Paiutes made cultural paintings, or pictographs, there centuries ago until as recently as the 1800s. One rock art panel that was vandalized contains a petroglyph, or stone etching, that depicts a figure similar to an arched window divided into six sections.

A sign posted by Bureau of Land Management officials says the vandalism was reported to law enforcement authorities Nov. 14 and is the latest tagging incident in the national conservation area in places that feature ancient American Indian art. "None of this damage is as extensive as seen here," the sign reads, asking anyone with information about the vandalism to call the BLM Law Enforcement Hotline, 702-515-5151.

On Monday, the BLM announced in a news release that the Friends of Red Rock Canyon and the Conservation Lands Foundation are offering a $2,500 reward for information that leads to the conviction of the suspect or suspects. Bureau officials estimate the cost of restoring the site will be $10,000.

The crime is a felony violation of the Archaeological Resources Protection Act and carries a fine of up to $100,000 and five years in jail.

Pat Williams, spokeswoman for Friends of Red Rock Canyon, said restoring the site will be costly and time-consuming. "We're going to have to bring in a restoration expert," she said. "It's going to be labor-intensive, and we have to be extremely careful. That's our heritage."

In the BLM news release, archaeologist Mark Boatwright said the graffiti at the Lost Creek rock shelter "is the most severe damage to archaeological resources we've seen in Red Rock for several years."

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