Diana,
That same logic can be applied to "contemporary" signatures.
I believe this is part of the point that Mixon is making, and I agree
with for the most part.
I have been at graffitti cleanups that used the 50 year rule, and they
removed three generations of family signatures leaving only the oldest
(fourth generation) there by reducing the "value" of that one siganture.
That one, and all the others, should have been removed as well
regardless of it's age, as most of it's value was in the context of the
local family visiting this "sacrifice" cave. Graffiti removal is mostly
just an aesthetic reaction to someone else's aesthetic values. It is a
slippery slope when one places ones own values onto others.
Terry H.
Diana Tomchick wrote:
But then you would deny future cavers the thrill of re-discovering the
signatures. Although I love to survey, I have to admit that the
discovery of those signatures was a highlight of that particular trip.
One of the other people on the survey crew had seen many of these
historic signatures in this cave, and still was awed that the signatures
in the mud had survived for so long. They looked as if they had been
scrawled in the mud yesterday. It was a real testament to how stable the
cave environment can be (in select places).
Diana
On Sep 25, 2008, at 1:38 PM, Mixon Bill wrote:
Now there's another subject on which I am willing to be in the vocal
minority. Those are graffiti, 1891 or not. I say give the history
buffs 30 days to photograph them, then have a restoration trip. Of
course, since it's US property, this won't happen. How come historians
have so much more pull than cavers do? Probably just because more of
them get paid as professors, etc.. (I've never bought into the notion
that professional archaeologists and museums have any special claim to
ancient artifacts, either.)
-- Mixon
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