INORA 64 available online
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International Newsletter on Rock Art INORA No. 64 - 2012 is now available in the iShop.
In association with ICOMOS, IFRAO, ARAPE & French Ministry of Culture
Discoveries & Results
U-Series Dating, Evolution of Art and Neandertal
Jean CLOTTES
A recent paper on a series of dates obtained by the U-Series method from Cantabrian caves in Spain (Pike et al. 2012) was followed by sensationalist reactions in the media and gave rise to a number of questions.....
The Palaeolithic Art of La Baume Latrone, France, Gard: New Dating Elements
Marc AZEMA, Bernard GELY, Raphaelle BOURRILLON, Philippe GALANT
La Baume Latrone is one of the five decorated Palaeolithic caves of the Gard Department (Baume Latrone, grotte Bayol, grotte d’Oulen, grotte Chabot, grotte des Points; Fig. 1). Hollowed into Urgonian-type Cretaceous limestone of the gorges du Gardon, three kilometers downstream of the village of Russan (Sainte-Anastasie), this cave is part of a larger karstic system including the caves of La Citerne, Saint-Joseph and Grotte des Frères.....
Palaeolithic Cave Art in Praileaitz I Cave, Gipuzkoa, Spain
Marcos GARCIA-DIEZ, Blanca OCHOA, Jose Antonio MUJIKA, Xabier PENALVER & Sonia SAN JOSE
Praileaitz I cave is located in Deba, Guipuzkoa (Basque Country), in the north of the Iberian Peninsula (Fig. 1). The cave opens onto a steep slope on the side of the Deba river. The site has been excavated since 2000. The fieldwork revealed short and not particularly dense human occupations that correspond to different periods: Gravettian, Solutrean, Magdalenian and Epipaleolithic. The most significant evidence is an important collection of Magdalenian pendants (Peñalver & Mujika 2005)......
The Magdalenian Parietal Art of Lumentxa Cave, Basque Country
Diego GARATE and Joseba RIOS-GARAIZAR
The cave of Lumentxa is situated in Urgonian limestone near Kakueta, on the southern flank of Mount Lumentxa (Lekeitio, Bizkaia), a 120m promontory by the sea in the eastern sector of the Cantabrian Cornice.....
Other Topics
Archaeology, Identity and Tourism
La Overjeria Pteroglyph Tourist Trail: San Pedro de Colalao, Tucuman, Argentina
Mariano CORBALAN, Silvina RODRIGUEZ CURLETTO, Ezequiel DEL BEL
International tourism is most rapidly progressing and diversifying (Nielsen et al. 2003). In the progression of the “industry without chimney stacks”, cultural heritage acquires a market value that can produce considerable economic benefits for communities possessing such a heritage. At present, confronted with a lack of suitable State (both national and provincial) planning to defend their heritage, communities and indigenous groups are showing an increased interest in protecting and preserving their culture (Endere & Curtoni 2003). They demand an increased share of economic revenues in order to change the situation of exclusion and marginality that they feel they are in today......
Rock Art Studies Bibliographic Database Revised
Overview of the IFRAO Meeting in La Paz, Bolivia
IFRAO 2013 in the USA
Books
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