NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Antiquities

This booklet has been prepared for the Service as a whole. It is, therefore, impossible to include the answers to all the questions which might pertain to the Park or Monument in which you are employed. However, in obtaining the answers to the questions on the following list, you will be preparing yourself for some questions which the visitor may ask. At the same time, you will become familiar with the Antiquities Act provisions which most directly affect you in your present job. Now—can you answer these questions?

Area Checklist.

1. Was the Park or Monument in which you are now working established by Presidential proclamation under the Antiquities Act? How many of the National Parks in the Region were given protection in this way?

2. How many archeological sites are known in the Park?

3. Is vandalism or "pot-hunting" a common thing in your part of the Country?

4. What should you do when a visitor proudly shows you an arrowhead or a piece of pottery he has just picked up in the Park? A fossil?

5. Which sections of the Park have been examined by archeologists? Is there an Archeological Base Map in the Park's Master Plan?

6. Which sections of the Park will be affected by construction programs during the MISSION 66 development? Are there any archeological sites in these sections which will be damaged or destroyed?

7. What are the major fossil beds in the Park? Which fossils are most numerous? Which ones attract the greatest visitor interest?

8. Is the Park one of the few where prospecting is permitted? If so, how does this affect the collection of geological materials and fossils?

9. What signs are present on the surface of the ground in the Park which serve to indicate use of the area by Indians?

10. What are the penalties for violation of the Antiquities Act?