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ARARA Online - October 2016 Edition
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This Issue:
~ 2017 ARARA Call for Nominations
~ Rock Art Preservation / Raising Awareness / Scientific Discoveries
~ Rock Art Events
~ Conferences & Symposiums
~ Calls for Papers
~ 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, and new Scientific Discoveries
Early cave art and ancient DNA record the origin of European bison (19 Oct)
(Editors note: This is the scientific article about the "Higgs Bison" in the popular news)
Abstract:
The
two living species of bison (European and American) are among the few
terrestrial megafauna to have survived the late Pleistocene extinctions.
Despite the extensive bovid fossil record in Eurasia, the evolutionary
history of the European bison (or wisent, Bison bonasus) before the
Holocene (<11.7 thousand years ago (kya)) remains a mystery. We use
complete ancient mitochondrial genomes and genome-wide nuclear DNA
surveys to reveal that the wisent is the product of hybridization
between the extinct steppe bison (Bison priscus) and ancestors of modern
cattle (aurochs, Bos primigenius) before 120 kya, and contains up to
10% aurochs genomic ancestry. Although undetected within the fossil
record, ancestors of the wisent have alternated ecological dominance
with steppe bison in association with major environmental shifts since
at least 55 kya. Early cave artists recorded distinct morphological
forms consistent with these replacement events, around the Last Glacial
Maximum (LGM, ∼21–18 kya).
For the entire article please visit:
http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms13158 _____________________________________________
Indigenous
traditional owners from Queensland's Cape York are warning a proposed
gold mine would potentially damage one of the world's oldest and most
important collections of rock art.
The ABC can reveal the
Queensland Government has granted an environmental authority for the
mine which would involve the excavation of the Laura River, near the
world-renowned Quinkan Aboriginal rock art galleries.
"This is all sandstone escarpments and it's very fragile," said Nash Snider, Laura Cultural Heritage Body chairman and traditional owner.
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Hidden History: Aboriginal rock art in the Kimberley amongst the oldest in the world
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Standing Rock North Dakota Protests and the impact for Native American Culture - Updates
A History of Native Americans Protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline (Overview/Timeline)
"We
have not been consulted in an appropriate manner about...the
traditional cultural properties, sites, or landscapes vital to our
identity and spiritual well-being."
Tribes across North America converge at Standing Rock, hoping to be heard
Standing Rock: A New Moment for Native-American Rights
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe makes space on reservation land for DAPL protest camps to move
Rock Art Events
The Rocks Speak: Rock Art of the American West by Lee Silliman
& The Mystery & Majesty: Native American Rock Art Exhibit
Date(s): Until 29 Oct 2016
Location: Hockaday Museum of Art
302 2nd Avenue East
Museum Hours: 10am - 5pm Tues-Sat
Lee
Silliman shares his photographs of rock etchings, or “petroglyphs” and
their significance in Northwestern United States history and artistic
culture of the region.
For more information please visit: http://www.hockadaymuseum.org
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by Save Wemyss Ancient Caves Society
Date: October 22nd 2016 Location: Wemyss Caves (Fife / East Wemyss, Scotland)
3 Cave Cottages, East End, Kirkcaldy KY1 4RT, United Kingdom
Time: 1:30 – 5:00pm Speakers: • Fraser Hunter (National Museums Scotland) on Rome and the ‘Southern Picts’ – Some New Views • Joanna Hambly (The SCAPE Trust) on Making Sense of the Carvings in the Caves • Alice Blackwell (National Museums Scotland)
on Pictish Silver and Symbols: The Norrie’s Law Hoard
• Gordon Noble (University of Aberdeen)
on Discovering the Northern Picts: Latest Results of the Northern Picts Project
• John Borland (Historic Environment Scotland) on The Sculptor’s Cave in Moray • Sue Hamstead (SWACS) on Saving Wemyss Caves: 30 Years of SWACS
Join us at an afternoon of Pictish history, archaeology and art to
celebrate the founding of SWACS 30 years ago this October. We will
welcoming a range of guest speakers to talk about the enigmatic Pictish
carvings in the Wemyss Caves and the world of the people responsible for
them, and looking back over the history of the Society.
The
doors open at 12:45pm and the conference will finish at 5pm. This will
be followed by an early evening reception including light meal. All are
welcome. Advance registration is not essential but will be very helpful
to us for planning the event. The event is free of charge (though of course any donations to SWACS on the day would be gratefully received).
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October Meeting of the Southern Nevada Rock Art Association
Date: October 24th
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: Nina Bowen on "It's Not About the Destination, It's About the Journey"
The Canaan Gap petroglyph site is located on a cliff face east of
Little Creek Mesa and south of Smithsonian Butte. There are four main
petroglyph panels and some lesser, isolated glyphs. The glyphs are very
well defined. They are deeper than “normal” glyphs. It is thought the
reason for this was that once the patina layer on the rock was
penetrated, the glyphs eroded to a greater depth due to wind erosion.
For this reason, the glyphs at this site are called “cookie cutter”
glyphs.
Through some pretty thorough investigation, Joe Brame
and Nina Bowen have scoured the Canaan Gap area for clues to how the
area figured into the Pueblo II and Pueblo III time period. Nina will
show a more complete picture of this unique formation in the Southwest
Utah landscape.
Nina Bowen joined the Utah Rock Art Research
Association in 1983 and has been on the board practically ever since.
She has published three articles related to rock art in URARA's
publications and co-authored a paper with Troy Scotter for Utah
Archaeology on Utah rock art. She spends a lot of time in Utah, Arizona,
and New Mexico and her current research is on Paiute Style.
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South African Art at its Start (Lecture)
Date: November 3rd 2016Location: British Museum - London
BP Lecture Theatre
Time: 6:30 to 7:45pmSpeakers: David Lewis Williams, Jill Cook
For more Information please visit: http://www.britishmuseum.org Events Calendar
Join South African scholar David Lewis Williams, author of The Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the Origins of Art,
and Jill Cook, Keeper of Britain, Europe and Prehistory at the British
Museum and Curator of the 2013 exhibition Ice Age art: arrival of the
modern mind, as they examine the earliest forms of artistic endeavor in
southern Africa and discuss what they might tell us about the emergence
of artistic consciousness in the region.
The discussion includes
an illustrated talk by David Lewis Williams, showcasing San|Bushmen rock
art and how it is part of an ongoing tradition, a source of inspiration
for artists today.
Conferences & Symposiums
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.
When: 16th - 20th November 2016
Where: Minneapolis Convention Center
1301 S. 2nd Ave.
Discover
a world of opportunity. In addition to the more than 750 sensational
sessions, you’ll build lasting networks with industry colleagues,
uncover new career opportunities, and explore the latest research across
the discipline — all while addressing today’s most pressing issues.
Connect with potential employers, pick the brain of a new mentor over
coffee, and find potential opportunities at the graduate school fair.
Calls for Papers
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
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British Rock Art Group (BRAG) 2017 Conference - 27-28th May 2017 Anglesey (Wales)
The 2016 conference will be held at the Oriel Ynys Môn Musuem and Arts Center in Wales. There will also be a fieldtrip in the 28th. Word is it will be quite amazing.
Venue: Oriel Ynys Môn in Rhosmeirch, Llangefni, Anglesey, Wales LL77 7TQ
(Oriel Ynys Môn is a museum and arts center. A two-part center, the History Gallery
provides an insight into the island's culture, history and environment.)
Dr. George Nash georg...@bristol.ac.uk
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14th Nordic Bronze Age Symposium - University of Oslo June 6 - 10th 2017
In 1977, the first Nordic Bronze Age symposium was held at Isegran, Østfold, Norway.
In 2017, the 40th anniversary of the symposium series will be celebrated, this time in Oslo.
Recent years has seen a trend towards disparate discourses, either focusing on small-scale
or large-scale, southern or northern narratives of Bronze Age Scandinavia. In this call for papers,
we
encourage perspectives on the multi-scaled and contrasting Bronze Age,
and the diversity and connections between e.g. landscapes, technologies,
social practices and materialities. From the
snow patches of the Scandinavian Mountains to the fertile agricultural areas of south Scandinavia,
along the paths to the upland pastures to the open sea lanes, from the monumental mounds to
the mundane finds; we invite papers exploring the contrasts and connections that formed the
Nordic Bronze Age.
Deadline: Papers will be accepted until December 15, 2016
Submission Type: Abstract with a 250 word count maximum to the session organizers*
*Submission emails are within each session description
http://www.khm.uio.no/english/research/news-and-events/events/conferences/2017/14th-nordic-bronze-age-symposium-.html
Sessions are as follows: Linked live on the website
• Beyond Mapping Movement: Travel and exchange
• Contrasts of Bronze Age Societies
• Revitalising gender as a concept in Bronze Age discourse
• Farming: A defining element of the Nordic Bronze Age?
• Lithics of the Bronze Age – materials, types, contexts and technologies
• Rock art – diversity and complexity
• The context and social dynamics of rituals
• Nobody is perfect: contrasts in craft
• Demography: fluctuation, composition and mobility
• Bronze Age research: Past, present and future
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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