ARARA moves to new digs (new website!) The American Rock Art Research Association (ARARA) is changing to a new web provider. The changeover to our new site may take sometime, but until then we can be found at our new temporary website http://arara.wildapricot.org Until the changeover is complete all updated/current information can be found there. We look forward to seeing you there! Please note: While the switch is being done our regular web address http://www.arara.org is no longer being maintained or updated. For all current information on ARARA please visit the new website listed above. A notice will be given when the changeover is complete and we’ve returned to our original URL. Additionally all ARARA Online links have been changed to the new website during this changeover, so any links you require that are usually embedded in
this newsletter will still take you to the appropriate place.
ARARA Annual Award Nominations Please consider recipients for the ARARA annual rewards. Whether it is someone who has provided great service to the rock art community, a wonderful photographer, an advocate for preservation, a great teacher, or an author of new rock art material we would like to recognize them. For more details on the ARARA awards visit www.arara.wildapricot.org/awards
Please send any questions or submissions to Troy Scotter -- troyscotter at gmail dot com
Rock Art Preservation - Raising Awareness, and New Scientific Discoveries
High-Resolution Rock Art Documentation and Digital Preservation By Charles Koenig and Jerod Roberts Published on: 16 Jan 2018 The Alexandria Project — Shumla Archaeological Research & Education Center One of the primary goals of the Alexandria Project is to preserve the Lower Pecos rock art sites for future generations because many of the pictographs are deteriorating due to age (up to 4,000 years old) and natural weathering. URL: https://shumla.org/high-res-rock-art-documentation-digital-preservation/ _____________________________________________ Solving a Riddle About the Dawn of Art By Diego Garate Published on: 16 Jan 2018 New tools, partnerships, and investigations into a regional “hole in the map” are helping to fill in the picture of Paleolithic art in Spain's Basque Country. URL: https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/atxurra-cave-art-spain _____________________________________________ New Discoveries of Cave Art in Church Hole (Creswell Crags, England) By Paul Bahn, Francisco Muñoz, Paul Pettitt & Sergio Ripoll Since the announcement of our discovery of Palaeolithic parietal engravings in Church Hole cave, Creswell Crags (Nottinghamshire) (Bahn et al. 2003), a great deal of new research has been carried out, and the number and importance of figures detected in this site have increased dramatically. At the same time, our methodology has changed considerably in adaptation to the new circumstances. URL: http://www.antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/bahn300/ _____________________________________________ Despite Protests, Oil and Gas Leases on 4,500 acres of Greater Chaco Will Go up for Bid on March 8 Published on: 25 Jan 2018 The Bureau of Land Management is under fire from over 100 protests filed in response to a planned sale of oil and gas leases on nearly 4,500 acres of government-owned land in Western New Mexico known as “Greater Chaco,” an area that has historical and cultural ties to the state’s pueblos including Taos and Picuris. The lease sale is scheduled for March 8, with the auction being conducted online at energynet.com, an Amarillo, Texas-based auction platform for the energy industry. URL: http://taosnews.com/stories/drilling-near-chaco-protested,45804 _____________________________________________ Conservation Lands Foundation Launches Amazing App to Allow Public the Ability to Monitor and Report Damage to Our Public Lands Date: 24 Jan 2018 The Conservation Lands Foundation, in partnership with Puente Institute and Grand Staircase-Escalante Partners, today announced the launch of TerraTruth, an app that utilizes ESRI as its base platform to allow any public lands user to submit data and photos — just “Explore, Snap, Send” — documenting damage or other harms occurring on protected public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). These lands are collectively known as the National Conservation Lands, and include the two national monuments—Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante. (article continues at website) URL: https://conservationlands.org/conservation-lands-foundation-launches-terratruth-app Puente Institute: http://www.puenteguidance.com/gis-institute/ Grand Staircase-Escalante Partners: http://gsenm.org/
Rock Art Events & Meetings
La Rumorosa Lecture, Presentation and Book Signing with Don Liponi Date: 5 February 2018 By: Santa Barbara County Archeological Society (Talk Series) Where: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History 2559 Puesta Del Sol -- Ferrand Hall Santa Barbara, CA 93105 Time: 7:30pm – 9:30pm Fees: Unknown – Likely Free Santa Barbara County Archeological Society presents a new session of their talk series. This session presents a Lecture, Presentation, with a book signing to follow by Don Liponi author of La Rumorosa Rock Art Along the Border. This work focuses on some of the spiritual communications of the Kumeyaay and Tipai Native Americans portrayed in their pictographs and petroglyphs. Special Note regarding the Museum location: Please note that the access path to our meeting hall has changed. Between February and May (possibly longer) there will be no access through the big iron gates for our meeting. Instead, please follow the designated path along the front of the Museum and enter through the hallway at the Museum’s admissions area. Signs will be posted to guide you to the lecture hall. _____________________________________________
San Diego Rock Art Association Meeting Date: 11 February 2018 (Sunday) Where: Kumeyaay-Ipai Interpretive Center 13104 Ipai Waaypuk Trail (formerly Silver Lake Drive) Poway, CA 92064 Time: 4:00 Potluck, 5:00 Meeting, Show & Tell, and Presentations Fees: Free for Members, Suggested Donation for Guests is $5.00 URL: http://www.sandiegorockart.org/meetings.html
Presentation: What's Garrick Mallery Got To Do With It? The Multiple Strands of Evidence Accumulating in Western Message Petroglyph Interpretation and Chronology A Presentation by Leigh & Amy Marymor Sixty years after Elsasser and Contreras published the first academic paper on a peculiar form of "modern petrography," thirty-six Western Message Petroglyph sites, comprising 65 petroglyph panels, have been identified in eight western states. Our multi-year study of these quirky pictographic texts has resulted in a proposal of a chronological and cultural context for them, a proposed attribution of authorship, and tentative readings of a few of the pictographic texts. We weave together numerous strands of converging evidence that tell a story of an esoteric under-belly that sprouted in the back hills of the Wild West. _____________________________________________
Joshua Tree National Park Association - Desert Institute Main URL: http://www.joshuatree.org/desert-institute/ Field Classes — Cultural History URL: http://www.joshuatree.org/desert-institute/field-classes/ 18 Feb 2018 -- Rock Art of Southern California Where: Pilot Travel Center North Palm Springs, CA Instructor: Daniel McCarthy, M.S., Anthropology Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rock-art-of-southern-california-spring-2018-registration-40042579433 10 Mar 2018 -- Intaglios Along the Colorado River Where: Oasis Visitor Center Twentynine Palms, CA 92277 Instructor: Daniel McCarthy, M.S., Anthropology Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/intaglios-of-the-colorado-river-spring-2018-registration-40042820153 16 Mar 2018 -- La Rumorosa Rock Art of Baja California Presentation (Free) Where: Copper Mountain College Joshua Tree, CA 92252 Speaker: Don Liponi Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/la-rumorosa-rock-art-of-baja-california-tickets-39974656273 _____________________________________________ The Witte Museum Rock Art Foundation -- 24th Annual Rendezvous When: 23-25 Feb 2018 Where: White Shaman Preserve -- Texas Maximum Participation: 130 guests – reservations required Tour Details: https://www.wittemuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Rock-Art-Rendezvous-Description.pdf The format of the Rock Art Rendezvous will focus on site tours of the remarkable and diverse styles of rock art in the region, making as many available as possible. Planned tours will include White Shaman, Meyers Springs, Bonfire Shelter, Eagle Cave, Painted Shelter and the Curly Tail Panther site. Regular Tour schedule of White Shaman, Bonfire Shelter, and Eagle Cave URL: https://www.wittemuseum.org/rock-art-tour-calendar/ The Witte Museum 3801 Broadway St, San Antonio, TX 78209 URL: https://www.wittemuseum.org/rock-art/ _____________________________________________ Monthly Meeting of the Southern Nevada Rock Art Association Date: 26 Feb 2018 Time: 6:45 to 8:30 pm. Location: The REI store -- 710 S Rampart Blvd, Las Vegas 89145 (in the Boca Park shopping center near the intersections of Rampart and Alta Drives) Speaker: David Sucec speaking on Intimate Relations: Associations of animals & spirit figures in Barrier Canyon Rock Art David is a visual artist, independent curator and scholar and is Founder and Director of the BCS PROJECT. (Barrier Canyon Rock Art style & Barrier Canyon Project) He holds a Masters of Art in Painting, and a minor in Art History from San Francisco State University. He returned to university in subsequent years to study Art History more deeply, and Archaeology. During the 1990’s he attended the University of Utah, Utah Museum of Natural History, Four Corners School of Outdoor Education. He also received the Utah Humanities Council’s Research Fellowship, 1991. The BCS PROJECT is a non-profit organization dedicated to increasing the appreciation and preservation of Utah’s prehistoric art. The BCS PROJECT is in the process of creating a photographic inventory of Utah’s oldest prehistoric painting style—the Barrier Canyon style. The Barrier Canyon style is unique in Southwest prehistory due to its culture being hypothesized entirely from the existence of its rock art—paintings on the canyon walls of the northern Colorado Plateau. Recognized, by Southwest archaeologist Polly Schaafsma, as a distinct rock art style about 1986; the Barrier Canyon style has since emerged to be one of the two major Archaic-period painted rock art styles in the United States (possibly in the entire New World). Even when considered on a global scale, the Barrier Canyon style is a remarkable body of visual images. Barrier Canyon style rock art sites are still in the discovery period on the Colorado Plateau. When the BCS PROJECT began to document the Barrier Canyon style in 1992, the number of known sites was about 160. By 1998, the number was thought to be about 230. Today, the number of sites is estimated, by some, to be exceed than 250. (This description is paraphrased from the BCS website.) Barrier Canyon Rock Art style & Barrier Canyon Project - http://www.bcsproject.org/barrierstyle.html The SNRAA event website is located at: http://snraa.org/snraa.org/EVENTS.html Upcoming SNRAA Meetings: Mar 26th — Richard Jenkinson speaking on Grand Canyon Polychrome Apr 23rd — TBA May 28th — Jerry Dickey speaking on TBA Jun 25th — Edna Clem speaking on Cave Art of Europe _____________________________________________ Island of Jersey – Archaeological Tour When: 23-26 March 2018 Where: Island of Jersey, Channel Islands, UK Lead By: Dr. George Nash, Dept of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Bristol & Associate Professor at IPT (Tomar), Portugal Local Transport: Airport transfers and day visits by coach Email Info: in...@siragusatours.co.uk
Conferences & Symposiums 2018 ARARA Conference When: June 1 - 4 2018 Where: Grand Junction, Colorado Information URL: https://arara.wildapricot.org/Conference
Calls for Papers / Proposals
2018 ARARA Conference - Call For Papers Presenters must register for the conference, they are not required to be members. Submission process: Online Deadline: 1 March 2018 Format: Powerpoint (ppt or pptx) Further Submission details and specifics: http://www.arara.org/2018_call_for_papers.html _____________________________________________ British Rock Art Group (BRAG) 2018 Call for Papers Abstracts Need: Presentation Title, Author's name Abstract Word limit: not given. Theme: Rock Art in the Landscape Abstract Submission Deadline: Unknown Conference Location: IIlkey, Yorkshire, England Conference Dates: 9 - 10 June 2018 Submit by email to: (either) Dr. Aron Mazel: aron.mazel [at] newcastle.ac.uk Dr. George Nash: george.h.nash [at] hotmail.com The 2018 Conference will be hosted this year by The Welsh Rock Art Organisation (WRAO) _____________________________________________ NeandertART 2018 ~ International Conference -- Call for Preliminary Proposals (1st Call) [Turin, Italy] "Is There Paleoart before Modern Humans? Did Neanderthals or other Early Humans create Art?" Deadline: 30 April 2018 Abstracts must contain: Title, possibly subtitle, Author(s)’s Name, Affiliation, and up to five key words Abstract character limit: 1800 (maximum!) Submission Method: Email ONLY Submission Address: segreteria [at] cesmap.it
Information details and registration: https://www.homoneanderthalensis.org/authors/
Publications
La Rumorosa Rock Art Along the Border: A Survey of Kumeyaay and Related Artwork in Southern California, Colorado River Corridor, Western Arizona and Baja California By: Don Liponi Publication date: 2017 Formats: Hardcover (see website) URL: http://larumorosarockart.com/the-book/ La Rumorosa Rock Art Along the Border is the first publication to focus on the rock art of this region, primarily along the California and Baja California deserts, the southern Colorado River corridor, and southwest Arizona. Almost none of the sites or photographs have ever been published. _____________________________________________
The Archaeology of Rock Art in Western Arnhem Land, Australia (Terra Australis 47) Editors: Bruno David, Paul Taçon, Jean-Jacques Delannoy, Jean-Michel Geneste Publication date: November 2017 Imprint: ANU Press DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22459/TA47.11.2017 Series: Terra Australis Series No. 47 Disciplines: Asia and the Pacific Formats: Hardcover available for ordering. E-format available in free downloads. URL: https://press.anu.edu.au/publications/series/terra-australis/archaeology-rock-art-western-arnhem-land-australia-terra _____________________________________________ The Cutting Edge: Khoe-San rock-markings at the Gestoptefontein-Driekuil engraving complex, North West Province, South Africa) Author: Jeremy Charles Hollmann Imprint: ArchaeoPress Series: Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology Series No. 97 Formats: Paperback available for ordering priced £60.00. E-format available in free downloads. URL: http://www.archaeopress.com/ArchaeopressShop/Public/displayProductDetail.asp?id=%7BC18D805A-C7FE-4879-8B09-F5A30EAD40BC%7D _____________________________________________ The Archeologies of Rock Art - South American Perspectives Editors: Andrés Troncoso, Felipe Armstrong, George Nash Publication date: March 2018 Imprint: Routledge Press Pages: 256 Format: Hardcover URL: https://www.routledge.com/Archaeologies-of-Rock-Art-South-American-Perspectives/TRONCOSO-MELENDEZ-Nash-Armstrong/p/book/9781138292673
Rock Art Studies: A Bibliographic DatabaseThis
free open-access online bibliographic database is now hosted by the
Museum of Northern Arizona. Created and maintained by ARARA
Past-President Leigh Marymor, this invaluable resource now contains over
35,000 citations to the world's rock art literature. Searches can be
by Author, Title, Place keyword, Subject keyword, and ISBN number.
Technology DStretch: An Essential Tool for your Rock Art Toolbox If you’re not familiar with DStretch, an essential program for rock art analysis, you need to be. Created by Jon Harman, Stretch is simple to use, fast, and you can save the enhancements. It can bring out faint pictographs that are invisible to the naked eye. It works on digital camera images, and no special filters or lighting are needed. Use your Phone (Android/Google or iPhone) or iPad in the field to see faint or invisible rock art images. It does not require a wi-fi signal or phone connection to work. Website: http://www.dstretch.com/ iDStretch (iPhone and iPad) at the ITunes Store https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/idstretch/id1072158444?ls=1&mt=8 AndroidDStretch on Google Play. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dstretch.androiddstretch For app information: http://www.dstretch.com/Apps/index.html Labstretch2 An app for the Iphone to assist rock art researchers in the field is available for free download. Labstretch is still available for the IPad. Website:http://www.rupestrian.com/labstretch.html
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