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Seminar – Lectures – Fieldwork – Excursions

21 - 28 July 2012

Green rock art documentation

Rock art in danger sounds dramatic, nevertheless it is not an overstatement. During the last hundred years different kinds of destructions have never been so rapid and extensive.
It is urgent to record as much as possible, because in the next 50-100 years a large part of the cultural heritage all over the world will have disappeared.
Through the effect of various natural phenomena, such as freeze/thaw which fragment the surfaces, exposure to sun and wind and the effect of lichens and moss. Changes of the environment created by man (environmental pollution) also have a detrimental impact.

The international RockArtSeminar offers the opportunity to attend lectures, as well as the chance to work on some of the most beautiful panels in Northern Europe together with 25 – 30 participants from different countries - within the project:
Documentation and Registration of RockArt in Tanum UNESCO World Heritage Area.

For more information please contact us.

May 2012 Preparing rock art sites for documentation

The localisation of the panels is an important part of the documentation process, but unfortunately often too time consuming to integrate it in the workweek itself. The recognision week offers by far the best possibility to understand and appreciate the carvings location in the landscape.

The recognision week is planned in week 18 - 2012, starting Saturday April 28 and ending May 5. In this week we will search, clean and prepair all the panels that will be documented during the Workweek 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

May 2011 - The rock art magazine ADORANTEN – Focus: Rock Art on the World Heritage List

The new RockArt magazine ADORANTEN is now available. This years issue contains among others articles about the rock art of Twyfelfontein, uKhahlamba Drakensberg and Mapungubwe and the Rock art of Mount Bego.

Some of the articles can be seen here

Once upon a time ..... a boulder was found ......

Review in Antiquity:
Documentation and Registration No. 3 is an excellent publication, different in approach, but making major contributions to the whole 'state of the art'  in the northern lands of Europe

Gerhard Milstreu & Henning Prøhl (ed.). Documentation and registration of rock art in Tanum / Dokumentation och registrering av hällristningar i Tanum. No. 3: Kalleby, Finntorp, Ryk. 181 pages, numerous colour & b&w illustrations, CD-ROM. 2009. Tanum: Hällristningsmuseum Underslös / Scandinavian Society for Prehistoric Art; 978-91-85245-40-2 paperback. Available: adorant@bigfoot.com