IFRAO Report No. 20
CROSSING FRONTIERS
International Rock Art Congress 1998 and 98 IFRAO Meeting
6-12 September 1998, Vila Real, Portugal
This congress will be held at the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro in Vila Real, north-western Portugal. Rock art researchers from all continents are encouraged to attend, and to break through boundaries to explore new ground in rock art research.
The event will involve five days of academic paper presentations, round table discussions, workshops, poster presentations, video and slide sessions, a computer science centre, a book fair, exhibitions, artists gallery, and various excursions and field trips. The 1998 IFRAO Meeting will be held during the Congress.
ACADEMIC PROGRAM
List of symposia and co-ordinators (in alphabetical order):
Aesthetics and rock art
Co-ordinator: Thomas Heyd, Department of Philosophy, University of Victoria, Victoria B.C. V8W 3P4, Canada. Tel. +1 (250) 381 2239, Fax: + (250) 721 7511.
E-mail: theyd@uvvm.uvic.ca
Animals in rock art - biotic representations
Co-ordinator: Thomas Wyrwoll, Albert-Schweitzer-Strasse 52, D-60437 Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Fax: +49 69 95000210.
E-mail: wyrwoll@stud.uni-frankfurt.de
Astral figures in rock art
Co-ordinators: Léo Dubal, Laboratory for Archeometry, P.O Box 5914. CH - 3001 Berne, Switzerland. Fax: + 41313811334.
E-mail: rchleo@bluewin.ch
Donald L. Cyr, Stonehenge Viewpoint. 2261 Las Positas, Santa Barbara, CA 93105-4416, U.S.A.
E-mail: Stonevue@aol.com
Computers and rock art
Co-ordinator: Andrea Arcà, Società Cooperativa Archeologica "Le Orme dellUomo", Piazzale Donatori di Sangue, 1 - 25040 Cerveno (Brescia), Italy. Tel. +39 364 433983. Fax. +39 364 434351.
E-mail: aarca@inrete.it
Dating of rock art
Co-ordinators: Marian Hyman and Marvin Rowe, Department of Chemistry, A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3355, U.S.A. Tel. +(409)8451929. Fax: +1(409) 8454719.
E-mail: Rowe@chemvx.tamu.edu
Geology and rock art
Co-ordinators: Carlos Coelho Pires and Artur Abreu Sá, Secção de Geologia, UTAD, Apartado 202 - 5001 Vila Real Codex, Portugal. Tel. +59 32020, Fax: +59 326146.
E-mail: asa@utad.pt
Landscape and rock art
Co-ordinators: Sven Ouzman, Rock Art Department, National Museum, P.O. Box 266, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa.
E-mail: rockart@nasmus.co.za
George Nash, Department of Archaeology, University of Wales Lampeter, Bristol BS6 5NA, United Kingdom Tel. +44 (0)1222-383922.
Managing rock art
Co-ordinators: Bert d'Arragon, II Poggio, Via del Poggio 5, 50018 San Vincenzo a Torri, Italy. Tel. +39 3473460064, Fax: +39 55769147.
John Clegg, Department of Anthropology A14, University of Sydney, N.W.S. 2006, Australia. Tel. 61-2- 6923792, Fax: 61-2-8184528.
E-mail: john.clegg@antiauity.usyd.edu.au
Megalithic art
Co-ordinator: Vitor Oliveira Jorge, FLUP, Rua Anibal Cunha, 39 30, sala 7. 4050 Porto, Portugal.
E-mail: vojsoj@mail.telepac.pt
Recording and preventive conservation
Co-ordinators: Ben Swartz, ACSPP, Department of Anthropology, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306, U.S.A.
E-mail: 01bkswartz@bsuvc.bsu.edu
Jane Kolber, ARARA, Box 1844, Bisbee, Arizona 85603, U.S.A.
E-mail: jkolber@theriver.com
Rock art of Asia and Australia
Co-ordinators: Robert G. Bednarik, AURA, P.O. Box 216, Caulfield South, Vic. 3162, Australia. Tel./Fax: 61-3-95230549.
E-mail: aurawww@sli.unimelb.edu.au or robertbednarik@hotmail.com;
URL:
http://mc2.vicnet.net.au/users/aura/index
Yashodhar Mathpal, Museum of Folk Culture, Geetadham - P.O. Box 14, Bhimtal Dish - Nainital (U.P.) 263136, India.
Rock art from Brazil
Co-ordinators: Pedro Ignázio Schimtz, Institito Anchietano de Pesquisa/Unisinos, C.P. 275, São Leopoldo, RS, Brazil.
E-mail: anchieta@@nelios.unisinos.teche.br
Maria Gabriela Ávila, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Av. Boa Viagem, 5740, apt. 1602, Recife, Brazil.
E-mail: gamar@elogica.com.br
Anne-Marie Pessis, Fundação Seridó, Av. Boa Viagem, Ana Nery, 816 Recife 51030-000, Brazil.
E-mail: serido@elogica.com.br
Rock art of North America
Co-ordinator: Jack Steinbring, Mid-American Geographic Foundation, Dept. of Anthropology, Ripon College, P.O. Box 248, Ripon, Wisconsin 54971, U.S.A.
E-mail: SteinbrinaJ@mac.ripon.edu;
URL: http://www.pclink.com/cbailey/IRAC99
Rock art of the Sahara
Co-ordinator: Jean-Loïc Le Quellec, AARS, Brennessard, F-85540 St.-Benoist-sur-Mer, France. Fax: +33 2 51 974367.
E-mail: jlq@hol.fr
Rock art of southern Africa
Co-ordinator: Manuel Gutierrez, Laboratoire de Recherches sur LAfrique Orientale, 1, Place Aristide Briand - 92195 Meudon Cedex, France. Tel. +01 45075267, Fax: +01 45075140.
E-mail: polet@cnrs-bellvue.fr
Rock art in the world of the school
Co-ordinators: Dario Seglie, Centro Studi e Museo dArte Preistorica (CcSMAP), Museo Civico di Archeologia e Antropologia, Viale Giolitti, 1 - 10064 Pinerolo, Italy. Tel. +39 121 794382, Fax. +39 121 75547. E-mail: CeSMAP@cesmap.it;
URL: http://www.cesmap.it/index_e.html
Mary Gorden, P.O. Box 44066, Lemoncove, CA 93244, U.S.A.
E-mail: magorden@msn.com
Rupestrian archaeology
Co-ordinator: Angelo Fossati, Soc. Cooperativa Archeologica Le Orme dellUomo, Piazzale Donatori di Sangue, 1 - 25040 Cerveno (Brescia), Italy. Tel. +39 364 433983, Fax: +39 364 434351.
E-mail: rupestre@l0mb.com
Rev. João Parente, Museu de Vila Real, Rua do Rossio, 58, 5000 Vila Real, Portugal. Tel. +351-59-325730/4.
Science and rock art
Co-ordinator: Robert G. Bednarik, AURA, P.O. Box 216, Caulfield South, Vic. 3162, Australia. Tel./Fax: 61-3-95230549.
E-mail: aurawww@sli.unimelb.edu.au or robertbednarik@hotmail.com;
URL: http://sunspot.sli.unimelb.edu.au/aura/Welcome.html
Symbolism, semiotics and cognitive theory
Co-ordinator: Majeed Khan, Assistant Deputy Ministry of Antiquities and Museums, P.O. Box 3734, Riyadh 11481, Saudi Arabia Kingdom. Tel. +96 61 4040860 / 4740149. Fax: +96 61 4041391.
OTHER EVENTS Exhibitions:
Rock art in cartoons.
Rock art in stamps: philatelic exhibition co-ordinated by Artur Breu Sá.
Workshops:
Rock art and the Web - Andrea Arcà and José Bulas Cruz
Rock art preservation - Svein Indrelid
Rock art fund raising - William Vartorella
Photography and imaging techniques - Cliff Ogleby
Excursions:
There are four excursions, both before and after the Congress:
Trás-os-Montes grand tour
Alentejo grand tour
Douro valley tour
Arronches and Tagus tour
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For general enquiries and registration forms, please contact:
Mila Simões de Abreu
General Secretary, IRAC 1998
Archaeology Unit
Geology Department
UTAD - Apartado 202
5001 Vila Real Codex
Portugal
Telephone: +351 (0) 5932 0179
Fax: +351 (0) 5932 6146
E-mail: msabreu@utad.pt
URL: http://www.utad.pt/actividades/IRAC