@article {9502,
	title = {Disappearing Dreams at the Zephyr Creek Rock Art Site, Alberta},
	journal = {Canadian Journal of Archaeology},
	volume = {35},
	year = {2011},
	pages = {193-231},
	abstract = {<p>Discovery of a set of 1965 photographs of the Zephyr Creek rock art site, in southwestern Alberta, calls for reconsideration and reinterpretation of the site. Comparison of the early photographs with others dating to the past four decades establishes that rock art was made as recently as the mid-twentieth century, and that these images have eroded extremely rapidly. The former fact supports the argument that many of the images were made by local Stoney people who reside a few kilometres away and who were known historically to have been aware of the site. The latter fact is explained by speculation that the images were made with a pigment composed of local, iron-rich clay rather than traditional red ochre. Some of the images at Zephyr Creek may be depictions of structures associated with sundance ceremonies held by local Stoney. Historic records of rock art at the site from the early 1900s likely pertain to pictographs that are no longer visible. On-going use of a rock art site in the past century is a rare occurrence, and indicates continuation of ceremonial activity at a known site by a known group.</p>},
	author = {Jack W. Brink}
}
