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ARARA Online - September 2016 Edition
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This Issue:
~ 2017 ARARA Call for Nominations
~ Rock Art Preservation / Raising Awareness
~ Upcoming Rock Art Events
~ Conferences & Symposiums
~ Publications
~ Technology
~ La Pintura
~ ARARA Archives
~ ARARA on Facebook
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2017 ARARA Call for Nominations
The call for ARARA nominations remains open. Please see previous issues for complete details, or contact the nominations chairperson Chris Gralapp at cgra...@gmail.com for more details or questions.
Rock Art Preservation - Raising Awareness
Dampier Archipelago
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Standing Rock Camp, Dakota Access Pipeline
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/standing-rock-cultural-desecration-640799
Upcoming Rock Art Events
September Meeting of the Southern Nevada Rock Art Association
Date: Sept 26nd
Location: The REI store -- 710 S Rampart Blvd, Las Vegas
(in the Boca Park shopping center near the intersections of Rampart and Alta Drives)
Time: 6:45 to 8:30 pm.
Speaker: Don Christensen on Rock Art and Cultural Transformation on Cedar Mesa, Utah
For more complete information, please visit the SNRAA Website at http://snraa.org/snraa.org/EVENTS.html
Upcoming SNRAA Meetings:
October 24 — Speaker: Nina BowenNovember 28 — Speaker: TBADecember — No meeting
Conferences & Symposiums
Arte Rupestre en Colombia - Investigación y preservación patrimonial
23 de Septiembre de 2016. 8:00 am - 6:00 pm
TUNJA, Auditorio Claustro de San Agustín
Arte Rupestre en Colombia
Mantener un espacio de reflexión sobre temas arqueológicos y etnográficos del departamento
Lugar. Auditorio Banco de la República
Claustro de San Agustín, Tunja
Dirigido a Público en general
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(In English - your editor's best translation)
Rock Art in Colombia - Research and heritage preservation When: September 23rd 2016 from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 pm
Location: Republic Bank Auditorium, Cloister of St. Augustine Tunja Columbia Maintaining a space for reflection on archaeological and ethnographic department issues
Aimed at the general public.
Editor's Note:
This looks to be a very interesting program. If you are in the area please do take the time to attend!
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The 36th Annual URARA Symposium
When: September 30 to October 3, 2016
Where: R.J. Law Community Center
75 W Main St
Delta, Utah A four day gathering with two days of field trips bracketing two days of speakers and scholarly presentations. The business meeting will be held on Saturday afternoon. There will also be Conservation and Preservation Presentations, several workshops, a catered lunch and a a banquet on Sunday, an auction, watermelons, and plenty of fun and frivolity!
Keynote Speakers:
Carolyn Boyd on Saturday Morning
Her presentation will be:
The White Shaman Mural: An Enduring Creation Narrative in the Rock Art of the Lower Pecos
Alan Gold (Garfinkel) on Sunday Morning
His presentation will be:
Myth, Ritual and Rock Art: Decorated Animal People and Animal Masters of the Coso Range
More detail and information: http://www.utahrockart.org/Speakers
There is a plethora of rock art in the Delta area. The rock art is generally on boulders rather than large rock faces. Access is much simpler than in many other places with many "drive up" sites and little hiking.
Delta is a city in Millard County on the eastern edge of the Great Basin.
Further
details, and a full schedule of events can be found here: http://www.utahrockart.org/symposium
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35th Biennial Great Basin Anthropological Conference of 2016 (GBAC)
When: Oct 6 - 9 2016 Where: Reno, NVBroadbent & Associates, Inc. is pleased to sponsor the 35th Biennial Great Basin Anthropological Conference of 2016 (GBAC). The theme is “Featured Landscapes”, a reminder that archaeological sites (especially in an area of widely spaced, seasonal resources such as the Great Basin) are best interpreted within a larger regional framework. Broadbent’s archaeological consultants are looking forward to attending the conference and presenting results from our research. Please join us for this special event!
For more information please visit:
http://www.broadbentinc.com/great-basin-anthropological-conference-2016/
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When: Oct 7th - 10th 2016
Where: Grand Junction, CO
For registration and details please visit: http://www.coloradoarchaeology.org/_____________________________________________
Rock Art 2016 - San Diego’s 41st Annual Rock Art Symposium When: Saturday, November 5, 2016
Where: San Diego Educational Cultural Complex Theatre
4343 Ocean View Blvd
San Diego, CA 92113
For registration and details please visit: www.sdraa.orgThe San Diego Rock Art Association (SDRAA) is pleased to announce Rock Art 2016, San Diego’s 41st Annual Rock Art Symposium, to be held on Saturday, November 5, 2016. This year we return to the San Diego Educational Cultural Complex Theatre, 4343 Ocean View Blvd, San Diego, CA 92113, with full theater seating and ample parking The Symposium Registration Fee is $25 for all attendees, with complimentary registration for Native Americans. Registration includes our commemorative mug with the conference logo, and T-shirts are available for purchase. Visit www.sdraa.org for complete information and online registration and payment.
Fundraisers
Rock Art Foundation 23rd Annual Rendezvous & Fundraiser When: October 14 - 16th 2016 Where: White Shaman Preserve Cost: $70 per person (no charge for children 12 and under with parents) Easy prepayment available for the Rendezvous by visiting our secure web site
Please help us plan by registering by October 2
More Information: http://www.rockart.org/tours_events/events.cfm The 2016 Rendezvous will be held at the Oct 14 – 16
and we will offer as many tours as possible over the weekend. RAF
tours offered for this year’s gathering will be included and there will
not be an extra charge. RAF tours that are planned are: White Shaman,
Meyers Springs, Bonfire Shelter, Eagle Cave, Painted Shelter and Curly
Tail Panther and a Shumla
School Campus tour with Dr. Carolyn Boyd.There will be 3 additional tours offered by Seminole Canyon State Park (Fate Bell Shelter, Upper Canyon and Presa Canyon) during the Rendezvous weekend – these tours are an additional charge paid to the Park at the time of the tour and are not covered in the Rendezvous fee. Presa and Upper Canyon
tours require reservations by calling 432.292.4464Camping
will be available at the White Shaman Preserve. Coffee and sweet rolls
will be served Saturday and Sunday mornings with a BBQ dinner on
Saturday night. All the details have not been finalized - an additional
e-mail with complete tour and event information will be provided as we
get closer.Please remember to bring raffle items for the Saturday evening raffle – that’s a really good way to help the RAF.
The Rendezvous schedule is located at: http://www.fellowpages.org/rockart/store/rendezvous_schedule.pdfFor more details and registration please visit:
http://www.rockart.org/announcements/20160801.cfm
Calls for Papers & Presentations
Rock Art 2016 - San Diego’s 41st Annual Rock Art Symposium
Deadline: Papers will be accepted until October 28, 2016,
OR until the program is full, whichever comes first
Submission Type: Abstract
Submission Email: symp...@sandiegorockart.org
We accept papers on any aspect of rock art research, and presenters may submit papers to be considered for publication after the conference. Papers will be accepted until October 28, 2016, or until the program is full, whichever comes first. To submit a paper, send your Abstract to symp...@sandiegorockart.org
Publications
Rock Art of Lake Titicaca Region (Peru and Bolivia) published by SIARB:
The Bolivian Rock Art Research Society (SIARB) has just published Vol. 8 of its series Contribuciones, a
voluminous book (358 pages, more than 600 illustrations including 33 color plates) on rock art of Lake
Titicaca region (Peru and Bolivia), edited by Matthias Strecker, with contributions by researchers from
Bolivia (Freddy Taboada, J. M. López Bejarano), Peru (Adán Umire), USA (Elizabeth Arkush,
Elizabeth Klarich, Arik
Ohnstad), Austria (Rainer Hostnig) and Germany (M. Strecker). The text is in
Spanish with English summaries. The book makes ample use of
DStretch and includes some photos
by Robert Mark.
Price (including mailing to Europe or the USA) is $US 40.
For information or copies please contact: strecke...@gmail.com
Technology
Labstretch
iDStretch
Now
avaliable for Ipad and Iphone! A mobile version of DStretch. Use your
iPhone or iPad in the field
to see faint or invisible rock art images.
iDStretch is simple to use, fast, and you can save the enhancements.
It
does not need wifi or phone connection to work.
See the web page for
more information: http://www.dstretch.com/iDStretch/index.html
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