TRACCE Online Rock Art Bulletin 8 – Jul 1997
 TRACCE Online Rock Art Bulletin no. 8
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Call for papers
TRACCE no. 8 – by editor
Call for papers for TRACCE 10.
Rock art studies: NEWS of the world I
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.
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
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
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2nd International Congress
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).
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Toro Muerto Paul Bahn’s report
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.
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Toro Muerto (Peru)
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.
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Slide scanning
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).
Digital image processing
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.).
Funny petroglyphs II
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…
The 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…
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Sasso delle Fate prehistoric petroglyphs
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).
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New Course in Rock Art Studies (Australia)
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.
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Following Tracks (Namibia)
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.