International Congress:

Archaeology and Rock Art - 25 years SIARB

La Paz, Bolivia, 25-29 June 2012

 

Bolivian Rock Art Research Society (SIARB)

National Museum of Ethnography and Folklore (MUSEF)

International Federation of Rock Art Organizations (IFRAO)

 

                       

            INTRODUCTION

 

            In the last 20 years, international meetings in South America contributed to the scientific study of rock art and the collaboration between scholars world-wide. Symposia or congresses were organized by the Bolivian Rock Art Research Society (SIARB) in Bolivia in 1988, 1989, 1991, 1997, and 2000. Other meetings took place in Jujuy (Argentina) in 2003, in Cusco (Peru) in 2004, and in Arica (Chile) in 2006. National archaeological congresses frequently include sessions dedicated to rock art studies.  

 

            SIARB wishes to continue the success of previous meetings and is making efforts to organize a new congress which will take place in June 2012. Matthias Strecker, General Secretary of SIARB, is in close contact with numerous colleagues and scientific institutions in South America and world-wide and has already received many letters of support from colleagues who wish to participate in this congress. Besides, the International Federation of Rock Art Organizations (IFRAO) is supporting this event, the annual meeting of IFRAO representatives will be held during our congress.

 

            On the other hand, SIARB is supporting forthcoming international rock art meetings in South America, such as the following:

           

• Global Rock Art”, International Rock Art Congress IFRAO 2009, National Park of Sierra da Capivara, Brazil, June 29 to July 3, 2009.
• International Rock Art Symposium, Tucumán, Argentina 2010

 

 

            ORGANIZATION OF THE CONGRESS

 

            The general subject of the congress will be  ARCHAEOLOGY AND ROCK ART. The organizers believe that it is most appropriate to analyze the relation between archaeological investigations and rock art studies; the relation between archaeologists and rock art specialists; the way rock art sites may be integrated into a regional archaeological framework; regional chronologies including rock art traditions; the policies of surveying, recording, and preserving sites; etc.

 

            There will be up to 12 sessions during 4 days. Each session should have 2 or more chairpersons, preferably including a rock art expert.

 

            There will also be a possibility to present exhibits (posters) and sell publications.

 

            Official languages of the congress will be Spanish, Portuguese and English. However, in exceptional cases, a presentation may be in a different language, as well.

 

            Before and after the academic program there will be rock art excursions. The detailed excursion program will be defined later. We expect  to be able to offer trips to archaeological and rock art sites in the lake Titicaca region and in other parts of Bolivia, such as Santa Cruz and Tarija.

 

            This congress will be organized by SIARB (see web page: www.siarb-bolivia.org) and the National Museum of Ethnography and Folklore (Museo Nacional de Etnografía y Folklore, MUSEF, see web page: http://www.musef.org.bo/) and will take place in the museum. We expect that some other institutions in La Paz will also support us, such as the Department of Anthropology-Archaeology of the UMSA university (Carrera de Antropología-Arqueología de la Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, UMSA).

 

            The society has formed a committee in charge of preparing the congress. It consists of Lic. Freddy Taboada (SIARB President), Claudia Rivera, Ph.D. (SIARB), Matthias Strecker (SIARB secretary and editor).

 

 

            PUBLICATION OF CONGRESS PAPERS

 

            As on previous occasions, SIARB will publish reports on the congress in its annual journal and will edit and publish at least one session in a volume of the series “Contribuciones al Estudio del Arte Rupestre Sudamericano”. Due to our economic limitations as private scientific society, we cannot publish a large part of the transactions. However, we are in contact with colleagues and other institutions in the neighbouring countries and are confident to receive their support with the publication of other sessions. In this respect, chairpersons of the sessions will play an important part.  

 

           

            TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

 

-         2008-2012:                 up-to date information on the congress in web site

-         2010, June:                  last date for proposals of sessions

-         2011, Oct.:                  last date for proposals of papers (title and summary)

-         2012, end of June:       congress

 

 

            CONTACT

 

            Contact address:

                                                SIARB, Casilla 3091

                                                La Paz, Bolivia

                                                – Tel./Fax: (591) – 2 – 2711809

                                                – e-mail: siarb@... / strecker.siarb@...

 

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