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SIARB - Rock Art of Bolivia
BOLIVIAN ROCK ART RESEARCH SOCIETY
Sociedad de Investigacion del Arte Rupestre de Bolivia
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Rock art research in Bolivia is still in its initial stages, if we consider the lack of an exact chronology and the lack of intensive investigations in many regions. There is very limited state funding for investigations of the country's rich archaeological heritage, so it is left to a private scientific institution, Sociedad de Investigacion del Arte Rupestre de Bolivia (SIARB) to register, record and publish rock art sites. SIARB was founded in 1987. The society numbers some 150 members in Bolivia as well as world-wide.
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It publishes a yearly journal, Boletin, and a series called Contributions to South American Rock Art Studies.
Surveys of rock art regions by SIARB have already registered approximately 1,000 rock art sites all over Bolivia, though mainly in the highlands (altiplano) and valleys. So far, few sites have been found in the tropical Amazon lowlands. Apart from rock paintings and engravings, SIARB investigators have studied cupules in several departments: Tarija, Cochabamba, and La Paz.
Concentrations of rock art sites occur in the following regions: the Dept. of Tarija and neigbouring regions, such as the San Juan de Oro river and Cinti in the south of the Dept. of Chuquisaca; the west of Chuquisaca and east of PotosÌ; central; the drainage area of Mizque river, Cochabamba, and neighbouring regions in west Santa Cruz; San Jose de Chiquitos highlands in central Santa Cruz; Santiago de Chiquitos highlands, Santa Cruz; east Oruro and west Cochabamba; north Oruro; lake Titicaca basin.
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