Steven M. Freers is a secondary chemistry teacher in Riverside County, California, and teaches Native American Rock Art courses for The University of California, Riverside. For the past 25 years he has been involved in rock art research and conservation in Riverside and San Diego Counties and has worked closely with Luise, Cahuilla, and Kumeyaay tribal societies. In 1994, he co-authored a book on southern California rock art "Fading Images," and served five years as the senior editor for the American Rock Art Research Association. His specialty is the use ofanthropometric data to project the stature and gender of the makers of prehistoric hand impressions. The past 14 years have found Steve assisting his two co-authors recording rock art in the Grand Canyon National Park, BLM/Arizona Strip, and the Kaibab National Forest.