In the wonderful framework of Valcamonica, UNESCO heritage since 1979, the Centro Camuno di Studi Preistorici organizes its annual recording rock-art fieldwork. Also this year, the fieldowork continues in the site of Foppe di Nadro (Riserva naturale incisioni rupestri di Ceto, Cimbergo e Paspardo), to complete its documentation and to publish the area.

Available places: 10
Requirements: The fieldwork is addressed to everyone; priority will be given to students and graduates in archaeology, anthropology, history and art history
Deadline: curriculm and participation form have to be sent by 28 June 2024 to: recording.rockart@ccsp.it
Cost: 60 € plus subscription to Centro Camuno di Studi Preistorici (40 €)
Lodging in Valcamonica: There is a guest house available at the CCSP with shared kitchen (10€ per night)

The fieldwork will be structured on 2 weeks; during which the participants will learn how to document rock-art, how to verify and complete a nylon sheet, how to catalogue the rock-art figures. More specifically, the activities will be:
• Placing the nylon tracing sheets and recording.
• Use of the total station, georeferencing of the rocks, elaboration of the data in GIS.
• Archaeological photography of the engraved rocks.
• Digitization of the tracings, processing and recomposition with computer in laboratory.
• Cataloguing, analysing and comparing the data with archaeological sources.
• Post-processing of the gathered data.
• Seminars.

The fieldwork activities will start at 9 am on 15 July, we advise to arrive the day before. The last day of work will be Saturday 27 July, with the departures on Sunday.

A certificate of participation with the activities will be sent to the participants at the end of the fieldwork. If your university requires to fill in specific forms, we are at disposal.

Edizioni del Centro è orgogliosa di presentare la pubblicazione “Palaeolithic Rock Art of the Italian Peninsula” by Dario Sigari

English review: Marisa Giorgi
Publisher: Centro Camuno di Studi Preistorici – Edizioni del Centro, Archivi 21, 1st ed., Capo di Ponte (Bs) – Italy

Paperback edition ISBN 978-88-86621-62-5
Printed in full color; 272 pages; closed size 21×29.7;
Cover price 30,00 €

E-book edition ISBN 978-88-86621-64-9
.pdf price 15,00 €

To buy your copy, send an email to info@ccsp.it

This volume is a first step towards a systematic review of the Palaeolithic rock art in the Italian Peninsula, considering eleven sites as main review cases: the Balzi Rossi (Florestano, Blanc-Cardini and Caviglione caves), Bàsura cave, Arene Candide cave, Luine open air rock art sites (Rocks No. 6 and 34), Fumane cave, Romito shelter, Paglicci cave and the Romanelli cave.
Palaeolithic rock art studies have traditionally been restricted to western and continental Europe seen as a specific cultural space during the Late Pleistocene, notably through the production of parietal and mobile art. Conversely, the surrounding areas, which also include the Italian Peninsula, had been considered to be part of an autonomous context. This separate artistic province had a difference in the perceived graphic repertoire (motifs and stylistic conventions) that, according to the Italian scholar Paolo Graziosi, was called the “Mediterranean artistic province”. This view had been accepted for a long time, strengthening the idea of two opposed artistic provinces, the Franco-Cantabrian vs. the Mediterranean one.
However, during the last 30 years, new discoveries of Pleistocene art and the reassessment of previous research in this field broke this paradigm.
Therefore, the need to thoroughly revise this part of Italian heritage had become pressing in order to contextualise what is found along the Italian Peninsula, considering the new data and the possibility of using new methodologies of documentation.

In the wonderful framework of the Landmarks Valley, recognized as UNESCO heritage since 1979, the Centro Camuno of Studi Preistorici in collaboration with the University of Trento organize the annual recording rock-art fieldwork aims at the documentation of the rock art in the middle Valcamonica. Following the previous recording rock.art fieldworks, also this year the works will continue in the area of Foppe di Nadro – Riserva naturale incisioni rupestri di Ceto, Cimbergo e Paspardo (Valcamonica – Italy) on the concession of the Soprintendenza Archeologia , Belle arti e Paesaggio.

download leaflet   ||   registration form   ||   dedicated web page

The fieldwork will be structured on 3 weeks, it is required the participation to at least 2 weeks.
In the first week, mandatory for who has not experience in the rock-art recording, the participant will learn the necessary competences to document rock-art:
• Identification of the rocks within the archaeological authorization and preparation of the rocky surfaces.
• Placing of the tracing sheets in nylon and recording.
• Use of the total station and georeferencing of the rocks.
• Archaeological photography of the engraved rocks.
• 3D recordings of rocks and engravings (SfM).
• Digitization of the tracings, processing and recomposition with computer in laboratory.
• Catalogue, analysis and comparisons with archaeological sources.
• Post-processing of the data gathered.
• Seminars.

The second and third week will be dedicated to the work on the field and in laboratory.

Available places: 20.
Participation: The first week is mandatory for who has no experience in the rock-art recording. The minimum participation is of two weeks.
Requirements: The fieldwork is addresses to everyone, priority will be given to students and graduates in archaeology or anthropology (or related fields).
Deadline: curriculm and participation form has to be send by June 2019 to:
recording.rockart@ccsp.it
Cost: 100 € plus the inscription to Centro Camuno di Studi Preistorici (40 €).
Lodging in Va lcamonica: The lodging is at the “Guest house” of the Natural Reserve in Nadro with an agreed upon price of 10 € per night. The guest-house has a kitchen

AT THE END OF THE FIELDWORK WILL BE GIVEN A PARTICIPATION CERTIFICATE TO OBTAIN CREDITS FOR THE UNIVERSITY

download leaflet   ||   registration form   ||   dedicated web page

Recording Rock-Art Fieldwork in Valcamonica 2018

16 July – 4 august 2018

In the wonderful framework of the Landmarks Valley, recognized as UNESCO heritage since 1979, the Centro Camuno of Studi Preistorici in collaboration with the University of Trento organize the annual recording rock-art fieldwork aims at the documentation of the rock art in the middle Valcamonica. Following the previous recording rock.art fieldworks, also this year the works will continue in the area of Foppe di Nadro – Riserva naturale incisioni rupestri di Ceto, Cimbergo e Paspardo (Valcamonica – Italy) on the concession of the Soprintendenza Archeologia , Belle arti e Paesaggio.

The fieldwork will be structured on 3 weeks, it is required the participation to at least 2 weeks.
In the first week, mandatory for who has not experience in the rock-art recording, the participant will learn the necessary competences to document rock-art:
• Identification of the rocks within the archaeological authorization and preparation of the rocky surfaces.
• Placing of the tracing sheets in nylon and recording.
• Use of the total station and georeferencing of the rocks.
• Archaeological photography of the engraved rocks.
• 3D recordings of rocks and engravings (SfM).
• Digitization of the tracings, processing and recomposition with computer in laboratory.
• Catalogue, analysis and comparisons with archaeological sources.
• Post-processing of the data gathered.
• Seminars.

The second and third week will be dedicated to the work on the field, in laboratory.

Available places: 20.
Participation: The first week is mandatory for who has no experience in the rock-art recording. The minimum participation is of two weeks.
Requirements: The fieldwork is addresses to everyone, priority will be given to students and graduates in archaeology or anthropology (or related fields).
Deadline: curriculm and participation form has to be send by June 2018 to: recording.rockart@ccsp.it
Cost: 100 € plus the inscription to Centro Camuno di Studi Preistorici (40 €).
Lodging in Va lcamonica: The lodging is at the “Guest house” of the Natural Reserve in Nadro with an agreed upon price of 10 € per night. The guest-house has a kitchen

AT THE END OF THE FIELDWORK WILL BE GIVEN A PARTICIPATION CERTIFICATE TO OBTAIN CREDITS FOR THE UNIVERSITY

To dowload the pdf fieldwork2018_eng_low

The application form, logistic informations and more details are available on the web site www.ccsp.it
to contact the secretariat: recording.rockart@ccsp.it

CALL for PAPERS – has been extended until 31 Dec. 2017
Due to a number of requests (both from the chaipersons and from several scholars submitting abstracts) we are happy to announce that the deadline for the call for papers for the 20th INTERNATIONAL ROCK ART CONGRESS IFRAO 2018 has been extended until the 31 Dec. 2017. Abstracts should be sent to our email: ifrao2018@ccsp.it, session e-mail contact or submit your proposal online

CALL for POSTERS – deadline 31 may 2018
The files, in .pdf format and with a resolution suitable for the printing, should be sent by the 31st of May 2018 at the email address: valeria.damioli@ccsp.it. The IFRAO staff will provide for the printing. The posters will be printed only at the reception of the registration form and the related fee payment.

Exhibitions – Request for exhibitions space
During the IFRAO congress, it will be available a space dedicated for the exhibitions in the venue of the ex Consolata in Boario, where most of the communication will be placed and next to the main congress hall. Who is interested to present an exhibition, plase fill in the form with the technical details. We would like to remind that the costs of transport, installation and setup are at the expense of the proposer.

Bookshop – Request for vendors space during the congress
During the IFRAO congress, the organization will make available a large space for the sale of books and other gadgets, at the ex Consolata in Boario, where most of the communication will be placed and next to the main congress hall. The hall will allow to each seller to have a space table of around 2 sq meters, the fee to expose is 100 €. The proposals will be accepted until the spaces availabe will be sold out. (Bookshop form)

Registration fees
The payment of the early registration fees has been postponed until the 15 febbraio 2018 (Registration form IFRAO2018)

All the registration forms are available on the web site www.ccsp.it

The organizing committee of 20th INTERNATIONAL ROCK ART CONGRESS IFRAO 2018 is glad to announce the Call for Poster for IFRAO2018

Deadline: 31 may 2018
Size: cm 70×100
Title: max 130 types (20 words)
Text: max 5500 types (850 words)
Short captions
Images: from 1 to 6

The files, in .pdf format and with a resolution suitable for the printing, should be sent by the 31st of May 2018 at the email address: valeria.damioli@ccsp.it. The IFRAO staff will provide for the printing. We propose two base models MOD A – MOD B, the file are available in .pdf format. The posters will be printed only at the reception of the registration form and the related fee payment. The poster will be not published in the book of abstracts, but they will be visible online on a dedicate page of the IFRAO website.