Caroline Miller Awarded the 'Small Grant' from the California Rock Art Foundation

The California Rock Art Foundation (CRAF) is pleased to announce that Ms. Caroline Miller has been awarded its Small Grant in the Specialty Area of Rock Art Field Research for her work in the field of art conservation and rock art condition assessment. CRAF was notified of Ms. Miller's Research Interest and need for financial underwriting through their long-term association with the Bradshaw Foundation.

Ms. Miller applied for and was successful in her submission and has received financial support of her Master of Arts Thesis research that focuses on a Condition Assessment for the Coso Range Rock Art within Little Petroglyph Canyon.  The fieldwork element was specifically supported by CRAF.

Ms. Miller's research involves archival studies and current fieldwork to identify a sample of rock art drawings that have been affected over the course of the last five decades by either natural or cultural forces. The prehistoric rock drawings (petroglyphs) are located within the Coso Range of eastern California in Little Petroglyph Canyon on the Naval Air Weapons Center, China Lake.

On August 15th and 16th, a representative of CRAF accompanied Ms. Miller into Little Petroglyph Canyon to document a number of panels that have either been physically weathered and were being adversely affected by the natural elements.  Other old graffiti was also photographed and identified with respect to its association with particular glyph elements and rock art panels.  

For Ms. Miller this was her first trip to California and on her first field visit she had the opportunity to speak with and visit the California Rock Art Archive at the Cotsen Research Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles.  She also reviewed photographic and reference material at the Maturango Museum, Ridgecrest, California through the auspices of their Director of Prehistory, Sandy Rogers. Finally, Ms. Miller also was able to review the photographic inventory from the Naval Air Weapons Station, China Lake from their electronic database facilitated by Base Archaeologist, Michael Baskerville.

Ms. Miller is expecting to complete her Master of Arts Thesis and receive her degree in late 2015 from the Institute of Archaeology, University College, London, England in her specialty subject matter:  the Principles of Conservation.

For further information: Alan Gold at avram1952@yahoo.com 

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