Back to Evelyn and Bob Back to Rupestrian CyberServices home page Robert K. Mark, Ph.D. Chief Scientist at Rupestrian CyberServices 3644 N. Stone Crest Street Flagstaff, AZ 86004-6811 Phone (928) 526-3625 e-mail: rmark@infomagic.net
Employment
Rupestrian CyberServices (1998) US Geological Survey (1974-1997) UCLA Dept.of Earth and Planetary Science (1971-1974)
Education Stanford University Geology Ph.D. 1972 Stanford University Physics/Math MS 1969 City College of NY Physics/Math BS 1964
Arizona Archaeological Society Rock Art Recording Field School (1998) Apple QuickTime Virtual Reality (QTVR), Apple Developer University (1996) ARCVIEW & Avenue Programming, ESRI (1995) Archaeometry, Stanford Univ. Continuing Education (1995) What's new in ARC/INFO 7.0 (1995) Introduction to ARC/VIEW (1995) Spatial Modeling (1994) Overview of ERDAS IMAGINE (1994) Customizing ARC/INFO with AML (1994) Introduction to ARC/INFO GRID (1991) and Advanced ARC/INFO (1992) Training in archaeological site protection (National Park Service, 1989) Rock Art Site Management and Protection (Getty Conservation Inst., 1989)
Professional Associations
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Geological Society of America, American Geophysical Union, Sigma XI, American Rock Art Research Assn. Conservation Committee, Utah Rock Art Research Assn., Australian Rock Art Research Assn., Southern Africa Rock Art Research Assn., Society for American Archaeology, Society for California Archaeology, Arizona Archaeological Society, Archaeological Institute of America, and American Anthropological Assn..In Who' Who in Rock Art, a worldwide directory of specialists / scholars in the field of rock art, 1996.
Research Specialties
Applications of GIS, statistical modeling, image enhancement, and multimedia to rock art studies, site management, and public education.Current project documenting rock art sites within Canyon de Chelly National Monument. Completed mapping 180 pictograph sites at Hueco Tanks State Historical Park for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, included database with enhanced images linked to locations. Developed enhancement techniques that improve visibility of otherwise faint images. Completed interactive multimedia CD for the Deer Valley Rock Art Center, Phoenix, Arizona.
Study and management of graffiti / vandalism problems at rock art sites.
Volunteer Projects
CD of the Archaeological Conservancy's Rocky Hill Site with aerial photos, stereo images, and scanned slide images linked to GPS locations.GIS data linked to topographic and orthophoto base maps of Ring Mountain Preserve, Volunteer work done for the Bay Area Rock Art Research Association and then donated to the site managers: Marin OpenSpace District.
Instrumental in adding an explicit provision in the California Resources Code relating to protecting rock art resources.
Selected Publications
Over twenty scientific publications dealing with diverse aspects of rock art, site documentation, conservation, and management. Two multimedia CDs produced. One contains Quick Time Virtual Reality rotatable images of the planets. Another contains a 360-degree panorama of a public rock art site with close up images linked to hot spots.
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