RASI Scoring Sheet

Date: __________________

Your Initials: ________________________

Panel: _________________________

Panel Location (site): __________________

Panel Aspect: ____________________

1 minute sketch of panel

The panel sketch would go here

Scale:

0 - not present

1 - present

2 - obvious

3 - dominant

Setting the Stage: Fissures & Rock Weaknesses						Notes
	Fissures independent of stone lithification (pressure release, calcrete wedging)	0	1	2	3
	Fissures dependent on lithification (bedding, foliations)	0	1	2	3
	Changes in textural anomalies (banding, concretions)	0	1	2	3
	Rock weakness (Hardness tested at control site: 0 = quartz scratch/not scratched, 1 = knife blade scratch, 2 = by knife fingernail scratch, 3 = penny scratch)	0	1	2	3
Preparing for Detachment
	Fissuresol (future location of break-off)	0	1	2	3
	Roots	0	1	2	3
	Plant growth near or on panel	0	1	2	3
	Scaling (larger than flaking)	0	1	2	3
	Splintering (following stone structure/oblique to surface)	0	1	2	3
	Undercutting	0	1	2	3
	Weathering-rind development	0	1	2	3
	Other concerns (e.g. water flow)	0	1	2	3

Loss of Stone Material Incrementally
	Abrasion (from sediment transport by water)	0	1	2	3
	Anthropogenic cutting (carving, chiseling, bullet impact...)	0	1	2	3
	Aveolization (honeycombed appearance)	0	1	2	3
	Crumbly disintegration (in groups of grains/powdery)	0	1	2	3
	Flaking (single or multiple)	0	1	2	3
	Flaking of the weathering rind	0	1	2	3
	Granular disintegration (most frequently sandstone and granitic)	0	1	2	3
	Lithobiont pitting (lichens, mosses, etc.)	0	1	2	3
	Lithobiont release (when the “dam” of weathered rind decayed rock erodes)	0	1	2	3
	Loss parallel to stone structure (bedding or foliations)	0	1	2	3
	Rock coating detachment (usually incomplete; includes paint material in pictographs)	0	1	2	3
	Rounding of petroglyph edges (or blurring of pictograph images)	0	1	2	3
	Scaling (larger than flaking)	0	1	2	3
	Textural anomaly features erode differentially (clay lenses, cementation differences, nodules)	0	1	2	3
	Splintering (following stone structures and oblique to stone surface)	0	1	2	3
	Other forms of incremental erosion	0	1	2	3

Loss of Stone by breaking-off chunks
	Anthropogenic activities	0	1	2	3
	Fissuresol/calcrete wedging (or dust in fissuresol, or both)	0	1	2	3
	Fire	0	1	2	3
	Undercutting	0	1	2	3
	Other natural causes of break-off (roots, earthquakes, etc.)	0	1	2	3

Rock coatings (and other deposits)
	Anthropogenic (chalking, graffiti, other)	0	1	2	3
	Rock coating present	0	-1	-2	-3
	Case hardening (deposits in rock that harden outer shell)	0	-1	-2	-3
	Salt Efflorescence or subflorescence	0	1	2	3

Notations on Rock Coatings (note: these notes do not alter the Rock Art Stability Index Score, but they are useful in analyzing a site's context)

Less difficult to identify in the field

	Circle One	Notes
Lithobionts (e.g. lichen)	Yes / No / Uncertain
Rock Varnish (desert varnish)	Yes / No / Uncertain
Droppings	Yes / No / Uncertain
Dust Coatings	Yes / No / Uncertain
Iron Film	Yes / No / Uncertain

More difficult coatings to identify in the field

	Circle One	Notes
Silica glaze	Yes / No / Uncertain
Heavy metal	Yes / No / Uncertain
Oxalate	Yes / No / Uncertain