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2017 ARARA
Post-Conference
The conference in Redmond, Oregon, was a great success.
Next month we hope to have some more summaries of the activities and happenings from the 2017 conference for you.
For those who were unable to attend the program, with abstracts in PDF format can be downloaded here:
http://www.arara.org/documents/2017_program_and_abstracts.pdf
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Field Trip Wrap-up by Carol Garner This year's ARARA field trips were exceptionally enriched by the involvement of the local Indian tribe, the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation. Their participation resulted in true cultural interchange and was also economically beneficial to the tribal members themselves.
Our special thanks to Val Anderson of the Archeological Society of Central Oregon who organized field trips that gave ARARA members insight into the local culture and lore. A bevy of her co-members in ASCO and local site supervisors provided excellent guidance on the trips.
And our hat is off to Mike Taylor, who worked with the tribe not only to arrange a unique visit to their Museum and a traditional salmon bake lunch, but who also got the tribe's Youth Dancers to put in a high-spirited appearance at our Friday social hour and arranged for a blessing at our banquet. All in all, the conference was a delightful cultural experience.
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation
URL 1: https://www.critfc.org/member_tribes_overview/the-confederated-tribes-of-the-warm-springs-reservation-of-oregon/
URL 2: https://warmsprings-nsn.gov/
ASCO - Archaeological Society of Central Oregon URL: www.ascoinfo.net
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ARARA's 2017 Silent Auction
Organized by co-chairs Carol Garner and Kellee Taylor, ARARA's successful auction this year featured an unusually large assortment of fascinating items donated by our generous members. From paintings, photos and other objects d'art to beautiful jewelry by vendors Ernie Washee and Margaret Berrier, among others, to autographed books by Jean Clottes, Carolyn Boyd, and James Keyser, the bidding was intense and exciting! Our favorite item -- a T-shirt dress donated by Keyser which was incidentally based on the cover of his first book!
During the breaks, a dedicated group of volunteers worked feverishly to get all the items tagged, priced, and out on display. Our long-time favorite auctioneer, Dell Crandall, did the honors, and the only protests we heard were that people wished the fun could have gone on longer.
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45th Annual ARARA Conference (2018)
The 45th Annoual ARARA Conference will be held in Colorado Springs, Colorado!
Dates to be announced soon. Please visit arara.org for the latest details!
Rock Art Studies: A Bibliographic Database
A Bibliographic Database is a work in progress which was begun in March, 1993. Currently the database contains 35,000 citations to the world’s rock art literature.. More than 11,687 citations are held in the compiler’s personal library. These and many others were reviewed for annotation. The
RAS database first became available with free and open access on the
internet through a joint partnership between the Bay Area Rock Art
Research Association (BARARA) and
the Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley in 2003. That
partnership enjoyed fourteen years of service to the rock art research
community. In the fall of 2016 a new partnership was forged between the
Museum of Northern Arizona (Flagstaff) and BARARA. With its new web
interface and searchable data platform, the Rock Art Studies Database
project is poised for many more years of continuing literature updates
and relevancy.URL: https://musnaz.org/search_rock_art_studies_db/
Rock
Art Preservation - Raising Awareness, and new Scientific Discoveries
Bear’s Ears Developments
Many
of you are undoubtedly following the developments regarding the Bears
Ears Monument, amongst others. The news continues to develop almost
daily. Suffice to say, despite the many comments and calls for it to be
left as is, the current head of Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke
has recommended that portions of it be revoked. There is still room to
be heard, many organizations are still working hard to see the monument
is not reduced. There are petitions, and calls to your representatives
- or the representatives in the areas where these monuments and parks
are located will be heard. As Americans - Native or otherwise - these
are our lands, our heritage, to protect, to pass onwards - and it is
our job to see it done. _____________________________________________
North European Rock Art: A Long-Term Perspective
By: Joakim Goldhahn Edited by: Bruno David and Ian J. McNiven
The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology and Anthropology of Rock Art -- Oxford Handbooks Online
Published online March 2017
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190607357.013.1
URL: https://www.academia.edu/31266912/North_European_Rock_Art_a_Long-Term_Perspective
Paper - PDF download available
Abstract:
This chapter offers a long-term perspective on rock art in northern
Europe. It first provides an overview of research on the rock art
traditions of northern Europe before discussing the societies and
cultures that created such traditions. It then considers examples of
rock art made by hunter-gatherer societies in northern Europe, focusing
on the first rock art boom related to Neolithization. It also examines
the second rock art boom, which was associated with social and religious
changes within farming communities that took place around 1600–1400 bc.
The chapter concludes by analysing the breakdown of long-distance
networks in the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age and its
consequences for the making of rock art within the southern traditions,
as well as the use of rock art sites during the Pre-Roman Iron Age,
Roman Iron Age, and Migration Period. _____________________________________________
Review of Certain National Monuments Established Since 1996; Notice of Opportunity for Public Comment Docket ID: DOI-2017-0002 Agency: Department of the Interior (DOI) Website: https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=DOI-2017-0002 (This is the comments page)
Supporting Document: https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=DOI-2017-0002-0001
Docket ID: DOI-2017-0002-0001
(Copied from Supporting Document)
Action: Notice; Request for comments.
Summary
The
U.S. Department of the Interior is conducting a review of certain
National Monuments designated or expanded since 1996 under the
Antiquities Act of 1906 in order to implement Executive Order 13792 of
April 26, 2017. The Secretary of the Interior will use the review to
determine whether each designation or expansion conforms to the policy
stated in the Executive Order and to formulate recommendations for
Presidential actions, legislative proposals, or other appropriate
actions to carry out that policy. This Notice identifies twenty-seven
National Monuments under review and invites comments to inform the
review.
Dates
To ensure consideration written comments relating all remaining* National Monuments must be submitted before July 10, 2017.
*Bears Ears commentary closed on May 26th
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The New Plot to Hijack GIS and Mapping
By: Staff on June 23, 2017
From: American Association of Geographers (AAG) Newsletter [aag.org] A
bill recently introduced in the U.S. Senate could effectively exclude
everyone but licensed architects, engineers, and surveyors from federal
government contracts for GIS and mapping services of all kinds — not
just those services traditionally provided by surveyors.
Dropbox (PDF) link: (2 pages) The Geospatial Data Act.pdf from Becky Pendergast (AAG)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ni0scy1kgk96wmr/The%20Geospatial%20Data%20Act.pdf?dl=0A
Other related links
- S.1253 - Geospatial Data Act of 2017 - 115th Congress (2017-2018)
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1253
Gives (up to date) Congressional information, data about the bill itself, and the text of the bill.
- Geospatial Data Act of 2017 (S. 1253) (GovTrack.us)
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/s1253
Also provides Library of Congress details and other relevant details, sourcing, and links.
- Be Aware of the Proposed Geospatial Data Act (GDA) of 2017
By Caitlin Dempsey of GIS Industry June 25, 2017
https://www.gislounge.com/aware-proposed-geospatial-data-act-gda-2017/
Back
in May of this year, US Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Mark Warner
(D-VA) introduced the Geospatial Data Act (GDA). S. 1253 is being
promoted as a bipartisan bill to “improve coordination, reduce
duplication, and increase data transparency in the acquisition of
geospatial data.” This bill is a reintroduction of S. 740: Geospatial
Data Act of 2015 which was introduced during the 114th Congress. _____________________________________________
Strategies for 14C Dating the Oxtotitlán Cave Paintings, Guerrero, Mexico
By: Jon Russ, Mary D. Pohl, Christopher L. von Nagy, Karen L. Steelman, Heather Hurst, Leonard Ashby, Paul Schmidt,
Eliseo F. Padilla Gutiérrez, and Marvin W. Rowe
Edited by: Bruno David and Ian J. McNiven
Advances in Archaeological Practice 5(2), 2017, pp. 170–183 Society for American Archaeology.
DOI: 10.1017/aap.2016.10
URL: (14 pages PDF)
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/3FA38E5122047956B288E15B3D67DC50/S2326376816000103a.pdf/strategies_for_14c_dating_the_oxtotitlan_cave_paintings_guerrero_mexico.pdf
Abstract:
Oxtotitlán
Cave paintings have been considered among the earliest in Mesoamerica
on stylistic grounds, but confirmation of this hypothesis through
absolute dating has not been attempted until now. We describe the
application of advanced radiocarbon strategies developed for situations
such as caves with high carbon backgrounds. Using a low-temperature
plasma oxidation system, we dated both the ancient paint and the
biogenic rock coatings that cover the paint layers at Oxtotitlán. Our
research has significantly expanded the time frame for the production of
polychrome rock paintings encompassing the Early Formative and Late
Formative/Early Classic periods, statistically spanning a long era from
before ca. 1500 cal B.C. to cal A.D. 600. _____________________________________________
El arte rupestre de Castellón ya tiene una web sencilla e intuitiva en 4D. Pablo Albert ~ Castellón — 29 Mar 2017
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Para el proyecto se han utilizado tecnologías de vanguardia como la
fotogrametría, termografía y comparaciones volumétricas, entre otras
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El Parque Cultural Valltorta-Gassulla está formado por los municipios
de les Coves, Ares, Benassal, Albocàsser, Ulldecona y Tirig
English translation (All errors are the editor’s fault)
The rock art of Castellón already has a simple and intuitive web in 4D Pablo Albert ~ Castellón — 29 Mar 2017
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The multi-disciplinary Project utilized such advanced state-of-the-art
technologies as photogrammetry, thermography and volumetric comparisons.
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The Valltorta-Gassulla Cultural Park is formed by the municipalities of
Las Cuevas, Ares, Benassal, Albocàsser, Ulldecona and Tirig
URL: http://www.elmundo.es/comunidad-valenciana/castellon/2017/03/29/58db9a38468aebaa278b4592.html
Editor’s Note:
This
is a Galatian Spanish article about a multi-cross-disciplinary effort
in the Valltorta-Gassulla Cultural Park* that is managing their
heritage and bringing the Levantine Rock Art to the local population
along with the rest of the world via the web. It briefly discusses the
measures involved, conservation, and the “4D” perspective offered.
*The Park itself, which includes several municipalities, has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1998._____________________________________________
2016 Vice Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research Leadership - Griffith University
The
award for excellence in research leadership was awarded to Professor
Paul Taçon, Director of Griffith University’s Place, Evolution and Rock
Art Heritage Unit. For more than 36 years, Professor Taçon has
been exploring the rock art sites of Australia and south-east Asia,
while collaborating with Indigenous people in archaeological research.
In
2016 alone, he helped establish the Australian Research Centre of Human
Evolution and the Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research. He
led a large field research team in northwest Arnhem Land which
discovered 160 undocumented rock art sites. He also published more than a
dozen research papers, as well as a book
“In the more than 12
years I have been at Griffith University, I have worked hard to build
many successful research teams and projects, mentor junior colleagues
and guide PhD students through their research programs,’’ Professor
Taçon said. “Winning the Vice Chancellor’s award for Research Leadership caps one of the most incredible periods of my research career.”
Main Article: https://app.secure.griffith.edu.au/news/2017/06/14/griffith-research-excellence-honoured-3/ _____________________________________________
In Victory for Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Court Finds That Approval of Dakota Access Pipeline Violated the Law
Victory
Ruling: Trump administration shortcut environmental review; Court
seeks additional briefing on whether to shut down pipeline
June 14, 2017 — Washington, D.C.
The
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe won a significant victory today in its fight
to protect the Tribe’s drinking water and ancestral lands from the
Dakota Access pipeline.
A federal judge ruled that the federal
permits authorizing the pipeline to cross the Missouri River just
upstream of the Standing Rock reservation, which were hastily issued by
the Trump administration just days after the inauguration, violated the
law in certain critical respects.
In a 91-page decision, Judge
James Boasberg wrote, “the Court agrees that [the Corps] did not
adequately consider the impacts of an oil spill on fishing rights,
hunting rights, or environmental justice, or the degree to which the
pipeline’s effects are likely to be highly controversial.” The Court did
not determine whether pipeline operations should be shut off and has
requested additional briefing on the subject and a status conference
next week.
URL: http://earthjustice.org/news/press/2017/in-victory-for-standing-rock-sioux-tribe-court-finds-that-approval-of-dakota-access-pipeline-violated-the-law
Civil Action No. 16-1534 (JEB) 14 Jun 2017: http://earthjustice.org/sites/default/files/files/DAPL-order.pdf (91 page DAPL decision PDF)
Rock Art Events & Meetings
Monthly Meeting of the Southern
Nevada Rock Art Association
Date: July 24th
2017
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)
Time: 6:45 to 8:30 pm.
Speaker: Harold Larson & Jeanne Howerton speaking on "Rock Art Along the Old Spanish Trail"
For more complete
information, please visit the SNRAA Website at http://snraa.org/snraa.org/EVENTS.html
Upcoming SNRAA Meetings:
Aug 28th
— Judy Hilbish “Western Message Petroglyphs”
Sep 25th
— David Valentine “Rock Art in Western Idaho”
Oct 23rd
— Rick Bury “Ancient Chumash Astronomers' ”
Nov 27th
— Diane Winslow “Parowan Rock Art”
Dec
— No Meeting
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Island of Jersey – Archaeological Tour
When: March 23-26 2018
Where: Island of Jersey, Channel Islands, UK Local Transport: Airport transfers and day visits by coach
Group Size: Up to 18
Email Info: info [at] siragusatours.co.uk
Tour Details and pricing: http://www.siragusatours.co.uk/23-26-march-2018
Phone: 01604 859491
The Channel Islands, in particular the island of Jersey has some of Europe’s most important archaeological sites that include the Neanderthal site of La Cotte de St Brelade, dating to 250,000 BC and the 6,000 year old Neolithic passage grave site of La Hougue Bie. In addition to this rich prehistoric heritage that Jersey has to offer, there are also a number of remarkably-reserved medieval castles and a unique World War II heritage in the form of the German occupation’s Atlantic Wall. This layered history provides the visitor with an almost continuous chronology from the dawn of time to up until the present day. This short tour, looking at some of Jersey’s most spectacular archaeological sites will offer something for everyone.
The tour is lead by Dr. George Nash, a specialist in contemporary and prehistoric art [Rock Art] and is currently a Research Fellow within the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Bristol and Associate Professor at IPT (Tomar), Portugal. Over the past 25 years George has undertaken a number of field projects around the world including Chile, Israel, Norway and Sardinia, resulting in the publication of many papers and books. George is currently involved in the research and conservation of cave sites in South Wales.
Related OU Courses: General interest, Prehistory and anything to do with World War II and the ‘Atlantic Wall’.
Itinerary / Study Programme
This itinerary and study programme is provisional and may be subject to change in response to local conditions
Day 1 - Friday 23 March 2018
am: Travel and arrive
pm: Mont Orgueil Castle, Le Couperon Neolithic Gallery Grave (free), Le Catel Iron Age Enclosure (free)
Day 2 - Saturday 24 March 2018
am: La Hougue Bie and Museum, Mont Ube Neolithic Passage Grave (free),
pm: Faldouet Neolithic Passage Grave (free), Lecture from the States Archaeologist (or from George)
Day 3 - Sunday 25 March 2018
am: Grosnez Castle (free), Le Pinacle Neolithic Axe factory (free but longish walk – walking boots needed),
World War I firing range/World War II Navy Tower
pm: St Ouen’s Beach (German World War II gun emplacements – Free), La Corbiere Lighthouse – free views plus one archaeological site
Day 4 - Monday 26 March 2018
am: St Helier Museum (award winning museum)
pm: Shopping in St Helier and departure
Conferences
& Symposiums
Field Seminar - Documenting the Past for the Future, World Heritage area in Tanum
When: July 22-29 2017
Where: Tanum Rock Art Research Centre
Tanums Hällristningsmuseum
Underslös, 457 91 Tanumshede, Sweden
Phone: +46 525 295 55
Presented by: Underslös Museum / Tanum Museum of Rock Carvings
(Scandinavian Society for Prehistoric Art)
In co-operation with the University of Gothenburg
Further info / contact: adorant [at] bigfoot.com
URL: www.RockArtScandinavia.com
Program Flyer (PDF): http://www.rockartscandinavia.com/images/articles/as2017ny.pdf
Rock art in danger sounds dramatic, nevertheless it is not an
overstatement. During the last hundred years different kinds of
destructions have never been so rapid and extensive. It is urgent to
record as much as possible, because in the next 50-100 years a large
part of the cultural heritage all over the world will have disappeared.
The International Rock Art Seminar offers the opportunity to attend
lectures, as well as the chances to work on some of the most beautiful
panels in Northern Europe together with participants from different
countries.
Participants are welcome some day(s) before and after the seminar. _____________________________________________
Second Annual Peruvian Rock Art Conference in Cusco in 2017
When: August 14th to 18th 2017
Where: Cusco Peru
For updates and further information: https://sites.google.com/view/2raec-cusco/p%C3%A1gina-principal?authuser=0 (Has Video!)
The
Peruvian of Rock Art Association (APAR) has the honor of inviting rock
art researchers of Peru and the world to the Second International
Conference on Rock Art and Ethnography to be held in the city of Cusco,
from August 14 to 18, 2017.
We consider that this is a very
important event to understand the native forms of seeing the so-called
"rock art" of the world, so we emphasize the invitation to native
savants and indigenous researchers in non-Western traditional cognition
related to sites with Rock art and sacred places.
FRAO member
Peruvian Rock Art Association (APAR) will host the Second International
Rock Art and Ethnography Conference in the third week of August 2017.
This event follows the first conference of its type carried out in the
city of Cochabamba, Bolivia, in 2014, where the importance and scope of
the ethnography for the rock art research were discussed, with emphasis
in the Andes and Amazonia.
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20th International Rock Art Congress - IFRAO 2018 ~ Standing on the Shoulders of Giants / Behind the Giants
When: 22 August - 02 September 2017
Where: Valmonica Darfo Boario Terme (BS) Italy
Phone: 0364 42091 Email: info [at] ccsp.it
URL: http://www.ccsp.it/web/Ifrao2018/ifrao2018_it.html
The
next IFRAO Rock Art International Congress will take place in
Valcamonica from 29 August to 2 September 2018 and will bring the
attention of researchers around the world to our Valley (we expect 800-1,000 rock art specialists from around the world in our region ).
The choice fell on the Camonica Valley because it was the first site
with rock art in the world ( along with the Vézère valley in France ) to
enter the UNESCO World Heritage List, to which 23 other areas, a
pioneering choice that has led these fundamental manifestations of human
intellectuality - first considered as simple curiosity - to the
attention of the world as the founding moment of human culture.
Editor's Note: The website provides a program schedule and a lot of other very interesting information about the conference. IFRAO's website has a great deal of fascinating information.
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Rock Art
Worldings - Chronologies, materialities and ontologies
When: 23-26 October 2017
Where:
Linnæus University Conference in Kalmar, Sweden
Conference Details and Registration: https://lnu.se/en/research/conferences/RockArtWorldings
Linnæus University welcomes
you to a three-day conference focused on the Post-Paleolithic rock art
of northern Europe and beyond, and specifically, the relationship
between chronologies, materialities and ontologies. Building on
recent advances in the development of rock art chronologies, we wish
to investigate how these new understandings can be put to use in
exploring aspects of prehistoric materialities and ontologies. In the
wake of works by Viveiros de Castro, Ingold and Descola, among
others, and their reconsideration of humankind's ontologies, we hope
to address how rock art and related categories of material culture
can contribute to our understanding of the prehistory of northern
Europe and connected regions. Given that ontology is intimately
intertwined with social aspects, this conference focuses not only on
the 'conceptual world', but on a broad range of lived experiences and
how these are expressed, manifested and challenged through the use of
rock art media.
The keynote lecture for the
conference – Art beyond the Cave: rock art ontologies – will be
presented by Professor Andrew Meirion Jones, University of
Southampton (UK).
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NeandertART 2018 ~ International Conference
"Is There Paleoart before Modern Humans? Dud Neanderthals or other Early Humans create Art?"
When: August 23rd to 27th 2018
Where:
Centro Studi e Museo d’Arte Preistorica of Pinerolo [Prehistoric Studies Center and Museum of Prehistoric Art]
Turin, Italy Under the aegis of UISPP and the auspices of IFRAO
UISPP – The International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences IFRAO - International Federation of Rock Art Organisations
URL: http://cesmap.it/ifrao-2018-international-congress-is-there-palaeoart-before-modern-humans-did-neanderthals-or-other-early-humans-create-art/
Centro
Studi e Museo d’Arte Preistorica of Pinerolo, is pleased to announce
that the NeandertART 2018 – International Conference will be held in
Turin, Italy from August, 22 to August 26, 2018. This
International Conference will continue and expand a debate to be
organised by CeSMAP at the XVIII° UISPP mondial Congress in Paris from
June 3 to June 9, 2018.
As
you can see from the list of the International Conference Committee,
the response has been excellent and we anticipate a truly exciting
meeting with participants from many different countries. The NeandertART
2018 Conference will offer a unique opportunity to meet colleagues and
to combine the exchange of scientific knowledge with the wonderful
experience of visiting Italy.
The
Field Trips planned for the Conference participants will offer the rare
opportunity to inspect two very important Neandertal sites in Europe
and discuss their interpretation with the specialists involved in their
study.
We look forward to seeing you in Turin, Italy
Prof. Dario Seglie and Dr. Piero Ricchiardi
CeSMAP – IFRAO-UNESCO Liaison Office
Academic
sessions will be from 22 to 24 August 2018, followed by field trips
to Neandertal sites on 25 and 26 August (Fumane Cave, Verona, Italy and
Ciota Ciara Cave, Borgosesia, Italy).
The three sessions:
1. Changes in environment and human adaptations.
2. Changes in the utilitarian and non-utilitarian productions in two million years of human history.
3. The dawn of art-like productions and behaviours.
Editor's Note: The website gives some very interesting information and is partially in English, the rest is in Italian.
The IFRAO website also gives some information upon this conference.
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Rock Art
Worldings - Chronologies, materialities and ontologies
When: 23-26 October 2017
Where:
Linnæus University Conference in Kalmar, Sweden
Conference Details and Registration: https://lnu.se/en/research/conferences/RockArtWorldings
Linnæus University welcomes
you to a three-day conference focused on the Post-Paleolithic rock art
of northern Europe and beyond, and specifically, the relationship
between chronologies, materialities and ontologies. Building on
recent advances in the development of rock art chronologies, we wish
to investigate how these new understandings can be put to use in
exploring aspects of prehistoric materialities and ontologies. In the
wake of works by Viveiros de Castro, Ingold and Descola, among
others, and their reconsideration of humankind's ontologies, we hope
to address how rock art and related categories of material culture
can contribute to our understanding of the prehistory of northern
Europe and connected regions. Given that ontology is intimately
intertwined with social aspects, this conference focuses not only on
the 'conceptual world', but on a broad range of lived experiences and
how these are expressed, manifested and challenged through the use of
rock art media.
The keynote lecture for the
conference – Art beyond the Cave: rock art ontologies – will be
presented by Professor Andrew Meirion Jones, University of
Southampton (UK).
Calls
for Papers / Proposals
Call for Proposals - URARA 37th Annual Symposium, Green River, Utah, October 06 - 09, 2017
Proposals should have a title and an abstract
Abstract Word limit: 200
Deadline: 7 August 2017
Submit to: David Sucec, Presentations Coordinator at bcsproject [at ] xmission [dot] com
or by mail to 832 Sego Avenue Salt Lake City, Utah 84702
email is the preferred method of submission.
Preference will be given to to proposals that relate to Utah Rock Art.
Presentations are allowed a maximum of thirty (30) minutes, Site reports twenty (20) minutes.
Presentation format must be in Power Point ONLY
Reviewing process all abstracts will be reviewed for
suitability
balanced points-of-view
and to ensure that the number of papers does not exceed the time available for presentations.
For those interested in rock art, who have a point-of-view that is well thought out and can be presented in Power Point.
URARA's
Symposium is a "presenter friendly" symposium with 30 minutes available
for research papers and 20 minutes for site/panel reports.
Presenters receive free registration and free banquet and 100 dollars toward expenses.
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20th International Rock Art Congress - IFRAO2018 - Call For Papers
Proposals should have title of the presentation, author's name, affiliate and preferential session
Language: English
Abstract Word limit: 200
Keywords: 5 to 6 Images (high-resolution): (2) Two (300 dpi) in .jpg or .tiff format
Deadline: 30 November 2017
Submit to: Please fill out the form for the proposal or send an email to ifrao2018 [at] ccsp.it
Call for Papers URL: http://www.ccsp.it/web/Ifrao2018/ifrao2018_it.html
Submission URL: https://form.jotformeu.com/71362408932355
Session List URL: http://www.ccsp.it/web/Ifrao2018/programma%20e%20pdf%20vari/PDF_sito%20web/rationale%20of%20the%20sessions.pdf
Valcamonica (Italy) 29 August - 2 September 2018 Standing on the Shoulders of giants
The Centro Camuno di Studi Preistorici(CCSP) and the Società Cooperativa Archeologica “Le Orme dell’Uomo”(Footsteps of Man Archaeological Cooperative Society) have the pleasure to invite you to the 20th International Rock Art Congress which will be held in Valcamonica (Italy) from 29th of August to the 2nd of September 2018.
This major event takes place 50 years after the first “Valcamonica Symposium”, marking 30 years since the foundation of IFRAO and the 30th anniversary of the Footsteps of Man Archaeological Cooperative Society.
The congress will cover a range of topics relevant to rock art, archaeology, culture and society, from its first appearance to current forms. During five days, leading experts in the field, researchers along with young scholars and enthusiasts, will gather and present the latest results and studies on rock art, rupestrian archaeology and other relevant research fields on Paleolithic and Post-Paleolithic art from all over the world.
More than 40 sessions (the complete list of the sessions approved by the scientific committee is available on the website (see above), workshops, key lectures, exhibitions, visits with live streaming of certain events are being planned. Excursions before and after the congress in Valcamonica and to others areas of the Alps are also being programmed.
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NeandertART 2018 ~ International Conference -- Call for Preliminary Proposals (1st Call)
"Is There Paleoart before Modern Humans? Dud Neanderthals or other Early Humans create Art?"
Deadline: 30 April 2018
Conference Location: Turin Italy
Submission Method: Email ONLY
Submission Address: segreteria [at] cesmap.it
Information and registration: https://www.homoneanderthalensis.org/authors/
The NeandertART Scientific Committee welcomes your abstracts for papers and posters.
First Announcement: CALL FOR SUBMISSION OF PRELIMINARY PROPOSALS.
Alternative suggestions are invited, as well as expressions of interest in organising specific sessions or symposia.
Further announcements will be made progressively. Please refer to website for updates.
Abstracts for regular sessions are invited in the following topics:
1. Changes in environment and human adaptations.
2. Changes in the utilitarian and non-utilitarian productions in two million years of human history.
3. The dawn of art-like productions and behaviours.
Abstract Guidelines Every abstract must contain: title, possibly subtitle, author(s)’s name, affiliation, up to five key words A maximum of 1800 characters.
Participants are encouraged to submit a.s.a.p. the abstracts in English.
All abstracts will appear in the Pre-conference publications and Programme.
The payment of registration fees is the condition sine qua non for the publishing of abstract papers and posters.
All papers and posters suitable for publication will appear in post-conference Proceedings.
Technology
Labstretch2
An app for the Iphone to
assist rock art researchers in the field is available for free
download.
See http://www.rupestrian.com/labstretch.html
or
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/labstretch/id1049040326
Labstretch is still available for the IPad.
iDStretch
Now available 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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