Now before I invite you to join in a discussion in thissecond part of the seminar,I'd like to make somevery important points about our fieldwork - and infact any field trip to look at rock art.
We're going to a number of sites,and we won'talways be together.The single largest problem facedby people who manage the sites is - yes,I'm sureyou've guessed - damage caused by bisitors,eventhough it's usually unintentional.
Whenever you do go to a site,don't forget you canlearn many things from observing at a distanceinstead of walking all over it.This can really help to reduce visitor pressure.People oftensay,'Well,there's only two of us and just this one time',but maybe thousands of people aresaying the same thing.
And then some basic rules to guide you - we'll have our own camp near a village,but remembernever to camp on a site if you go on your own.It may be disrespectful to the people of thatculture,and certainly don't make fires,however romantic it may seem.It's really dangerous indry areas,and you can easily burn priceless undiscovered material by doing so.