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Preserving The Past…. A Virtual Tour of the Petrified Forest National Park. Welcome To The Petrified Forest National Park, or PEFO. Here, you are the researcher Experience the beauty without braving the elements First…an introduction, some pretty pictures and some basic rules…. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Preserving The Past…
A Virtual Tour of the Petrified Forest National Park
Welcome To The Petrified Forest National Park, or PEFO
• Here, you are the researcher• Experience the beauty without
braving the elements• First…an introduction, some pretty
pictures and some basic rules…
Stop 1: Painted Desert Inn• Originally made from
petrified wood
• Murals painted on the inside are depictions of Native American stories
• More Information:– http://www.nps.gov/pefo/
historyculture/pdi.htm
Painted Desert• Also called Badlands• Formed from erosion• Colorful layers each
have a name• Within Petrified
Forest National Park, the layers of the Chinle Formation are divided into five members
What You Might See
• Plants• Wildlife• Pottery • Fossils• Petrified
Wood
It is important to leave these alone – you can look, touch, and feel, but place everything back right where it wasClick here for more information
How Did This Get Like That?• Weathered mini
hoodoos – originally looked like the hills in the background
• Weathering (mostly wind) has left them like this
• Hills in the background will eventually look like those in foreground
How Did This Get Like That?• Petrified Wood
– Formed millions of years ago
– in a marine like environment
– There was volcanic activity
– Ash and silica filled the cells and made them into rock
– Different minerals are responsible for the colors
Rules of the Road• Never remove
Artifacts, Petrified Wood, or other items
• There was a time when Petrified Wood was being mined and in danger of disappearing
• Thousands of people visit every year. – If everyone took some
it would all disappear
Just kidding…this thing weighs about 200
lbs!
Rules of the Road• Removing pottery and
other artifacts– Even if you move it from
it’s location, it is no longer near it’s original place, and is now out of context
– It no longer applies to the area in which it was found
– It may be something sacred
– If you think it is super important, notify the park – DON’T take it to anyone
More Information• Link to PEFO• Link to RASI Paper• Link to Research Articles• Link to Bio(s) of Professors, etc
Resources• Cultural
– Archaeological• Archaeologists and
Paleontologists study the pottery and artifacts found
– There are many in the park• Rocks marked by travelers
in the past• Old stage stop where mail
carriers on horseback stayed
• Non-Renewable– None of these can be
replaced– Once it’s gone, it’s gone
Now, For the Introduction to RASI and Weathering
• Link to the RASI Lab (or instructions on how to find it)