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"Disney Panel" of petroglyphs in the Barker Dam area at Joshua Tree National Park, in California, USA.

The "Disney Panel" of petroglyphs in the Barker Dam area at Joshua Tree National Park, in California, USA. In a culturally-insensitive act which would now be considered as vandalism, a Disney film crew allegedly added some new petroglyphs here and painted over existing petroglyphs with bright modern colors to make the panel more visible for the 1961 film "Chico, the Misunderstood Coyote." The paint cannot be removed without damaging the original petroglyphs. "Contemporary graffiti at rock art sites interfere with aesthetic appreciation, degrade the archaeological value of the resource, and disrespect the cultural heritage of indigenous peoples" said Richard A. Rogers, Associate Professor of Speech Communication at Northern Arizona University in 2007. Most pictographs and petroglyphs in the park were done by the Cahuilla Indians who seasonally harvested pinyon nuts, mesquite beans, acorns, and cactus fruit.

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The "Disney Panel" of petroglyphs in the Barker Dam area at Joshua Tree National Park, in California, USA. In a culturally-insensitive act which would now be considered as vandalism, a Disney film crew allegedly added some new petroglyphs here and painted over existing petroglyphs with bright modern colors to make the panel more visible for the 1961 film "Chico, the Misunderstood Coyote." The paint cannot be removed without damaging the original petroglyphs. "Contemporary graffiti at rock art sites interfere with aesthetic appreciation, degrade the archaeological value of the resource, and disrespect the cultural heritage of indigenous peoples" said Richard A. Rogers, Associate Professor of Speech Communication at Northern Arizona University in 2007. Most pictographs and petroglyphs in the park were done by the Cahuilla Indians who seasonally harvested pinyon nuts, mesquite beans, acorns, and cactus fruit.
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