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28 June 2009 - Documentation of Rock Art in Tanum
Tanums Hällristningsmuseum publish a series called Documentation and Registration of Rock Art in Tanum. These publications describe the work in geographically demarcated fields of carvings as the work on each of these is completed. A new publication is number three in the series and is subtitled Kalleby, Finntorp and Ryk.
For the first time a publication like this is based 100% on the rubbing documentation, which gives a very high degree of objectivity of both rock art and the surface of the rock. The complete documentation of the panels offers a new possibility for both researchers and the public to see complete pictures and not just small parts taken out of the composition and the (semantic) context.
198 pages, fully illustrated, colour print incl. DVD with the documentation.
More details
here
6 May 2009 - The rock art magazine ADORANTEN – Focus: Rock Art on the World Heritage List
In 1979 UNESCO, upon suggestion of Emmanuel Anati and the formal proposal of Regione Lombardia, set Valcamonica rock art into the World Heritage List.
From that day rock art, like all other archaeological and historical heritage was accepted as equally part of the global heritage of mankind.
Rock art constitutes a unique and particularly heritage through its antiquity, since it represents an uninterrupted chain of 40.000 years or more.
The aim of the present and coming issues of Adoranten is to present World Heritage sites all over the world.
See some of the publication's articles
here
24 March 2009 - Preparing rock art sites for documentation
In week 18 (April 26 - May 2) the annual recognition week is planned. During this week the main objective is to re-locate the carvings and prepare them for the documentation at the
workshop in week 30.
The anticipation at the site and the thrill of (re)discovering the rockcarving that may have been covered with earth for 20 or 30 years is just as exciting. As with the workweek, the recognition week gives you the opportunity to see, feel and experience the beauty of the carvings up close.
For more information please contact
Ellen Meijer
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14 March 2009 - The Swedish Archive for Rock Art Research
The Swedish Archive for Rock Art Research is a national project for constructing and establishing of a database and an archive
for documentation and research of rock carvings at Göteborg university financed by RiksBankens Jubileumsfond and Riksantikvarieämbetet/The central board of Antiquity.
The project at present resides at Tanums HällristningsMuseum.
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