Expanded results in the CARE of rock art in the UK and Ireland (original) (raw)

Abstract

"Last year at BRAG, we introduced the research project "Heritage and Science: Working Together in the CARE of Rock Art”. Early scientific investigations showed that specific local conditions correlate with higher levels of stone deterioration that appears to be accelerating due broader environmental change. Specifically, field data and climate modelling suggested that rock art in Northumberland has potentially deteriorated more over the last 60 years than over the preceding ca. 6000 years (Giesen et al. 2013). This year we provide expanded results from fieldwork in Northumberland, SW Scotland, and the Republic of Ireland, which further links micro-environmental conditions and the relative deterioration of the rock art. This new work includes assessing rock mineralogy and stone weathering using X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) techniques, and contrasting XRF and soil composition data at different locations with apparent levels of stone deterioration (defined a rock “stage”; Warke et al. 2003). Results will be highlighted in this presentation, which includes work funded by the Science and Heritage Programme at the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council. "

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