Moab Petroglyph Vandalism

The rich archeological evidence on the public lands surrounding Moab goes back several thousand years. We all need to do everything we can to preserve and protect these precious cultural resources for future generations.

[@randywilmoth3200]

As a multiple time visitor of Moab, I hate that anyone would deface those places. No one who enjoyed riding and the outdoors should never stand by and let this happen without stopping or reporting it. Period.

[@FawxNewsNetwork]

Is that Gabby Petito at 2:00? when was this filmed?

[@danielrosas5685]

YES. YOU NEED TO PUT A SIGN. $250.000 FOR DEFACING OR BREAKING THE ROCKS. PLEASE PRAY FOR PEACE IN JERUSALEM AND THE WHOLE WORLD. AMEN

[@jakecox3437]

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Hopi + white guy speaking here, so I take the cultural aspect as sacred.
Nevertheless, I wanted to ask whether the assumption that these petroglyphs are masterpieces equivalent to the Mona Lisa, is bad. How do we know that the petroglyphs aren't akin to the modern day graffiti that vandalized them? Do we think the Picasso's of our ancestors made these petroglyphs, or could it have been punk kids and tourists? Were these made by the best of our ancestors?
Interested to hear whether this thought (possibility/hypothesis) resonates with anyone else.
tbh, I think people obviously shouldn't vandalize these places, but more importantly, I wish people living today (all normies, eg) would visit these places and be allowed to touch them and be intimate with them, and would not simply "believe the experts," but instead, would try to understand them in a tactile manner, and investigate for themselves, that many would find meaning in them that would be life-enriching, an aspect of themselves they would discover that otherwise would lay dormant in the environment of the modern world.