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TRACCE Online Rock Art Bulletin 8 – Jul 1997
Rock art studies: NEWS of the world I
Book cover
TRACCE no. 8 – by editor
Recent Developments in Rock Art Research
(Acts of Symposium 14D at the NEWS95 World Rock Art Congress, Turin and Pinerolo, Italy)
Edited by Paul G. Bahn & Angelo Fossati
Oxbow Monograph 72- 1996. Read more
Call for sessions proposals
TRACCE no. 8 – by Jack Steinbring
1999 International Rock Art Congress
IFRAO-ARARA-MAGF
at Ripon College
Ripon, Wisconsin, U.S.A., MAY 23 – 31 Read more
Cochabamba
Cochabamba
TRACCE no. 8 – by P.G. Bahn
The 8th International Congress of IFRAO, the International Federation of Rock Art Organizations, took place in Cochabamba, Bolivia, from April 1 to 6, organised and hosted by SIARB, the Sociedad de Investigación del Arte Rupestre de Bolivia Read more
2nd International Congress
Congress logo
TRACCE no. 8 – by Congress staff
2nd International Congress of Rupestrian Archaeology – 2nd announcement
Archaeology and Rock Art. Europe – Alps – Valcamonica
2 – 5 October 1997, Palazzo dei Congressi
Boario Congressi – Via Manifattura 25041 DARFO BOARIO TERME
(Valcamonica – BS – ITALY). Read more
Toro Muerto Paul Bahn’s report
Toro Muerto
TRACCE no. 8 – by Matthias Strecker
Toro Muerto Paul Bahn’s report of 30/4/97.
Paul Bahn reports on his visit to Toro Muerto on 18th April 1997, together with Elena Miklashevich, in the company of Eloy Linares Málaga (ELM). He rightly states that the number of engraved figures has been exaggerated by ELM. Read more
Toro Muerto (Peru)
Toro Muerto
TRACCE no. 8 – by P.G. Bahn
Together with Elena Miklashevich of Kemerovo, Siberia, I paid a visit to the Toro Muerto petroglyph site, Peru, on 18th April 1997, in the company of a commercial tour-guide and also of Eloy Linares Malaga, who first brought the site to the world’s attention over 40 years ago. Read more
Slide scanning
Slides
TRACCE no. 8 – by Andrea Arcà
Slide scanning for a digital archive.
Each rock art Association and each rock art researcher, professional and amateur, probably owns hundreds or thousands of Rock Art related pictures, b/w and colour negative or positive (slides). Read more
Digital image processing
La Saltadora rockshelter
TRACCE no. 8 – by J.M.V. García, I. Montero Ruiz, A. R. Alcalde
Digital image processing and prehistoric art.
the digitalizing of the Rock Art Archives of the Departamento de Prehistoria (Centro de Estudios Históricos, C.S.I.C.). Read more
Funny petroglyphs II
La Bosca
TRACCE no. 8 – by Angelo Fossati, Elena Marchi
The prehistoric man had some times a very good sense of humor. He left us some funny images: men, women and animals in “strange” positions or with different objects… Read more
The Salomon’s knot
Salomon’s knot
TRACCE no. 8 – by Umberto Sansoni
We are developing a research on the symbol of the “Salomon’s knot”, checked since I-IV Century AD… Read more
Sasso delle Fate prehistoric petroglyphs
Human figure
TRACCE no. 8 – by Daniela Burroni
Prehistoric Petroglyphs at Sasso delle Fate Monte San Savino -Tuscany (Italy).
In 1995 the archaeological group “G.F.Gamurrini” noted the presence of petroglyphs carved in a large boulder situated near Monte San Savino, a small hill town in eastern Tuscany (Figure 1). Read more
New Course in Rock Art Studies (Australia)
Thylacinus cynocephalus
TRACCE no. 8 – by Alan Watchman
New Course in Rock Art Studies (Australia).The School of Anthropology and Archaeology, James Cook University in Townsville, Australia, is offering a new course in rock art studies for 1998. Read more
Following Tracks (Namibia)
Twyfelfontein Zebra
TRACCE no. 8 – by Grant S. McCall
Following Tracks (Namibia). In the country of Namibia, in southern Africa, one may find one of the most dense occurrences of rock art in the world. Read more
