Cochabamba
TRACCE no. 8 – by P.G. Bahn
The 8th International Congress of IFRAO, the International Federation of Rock Art Organizations, took place in Cochabamba, Bolivia, from April 1 to 6, organised and hosted by SIARB, the Sociedad de Investigación del Arte Rupestre de Bolivia Read more
Toro Muerto
TRACCE no. 8 – by Matthias Strecker
Toro Muerto Paul Bahn’s report of 30/4/97.
Paul Bahn reports on his visit to Toro Muerto on 18th April 1997, together with Elena Miklashevich, in the company of Eloy Linares Málaga (ELM). He rightly states that the number of engraved figures has been exaggerated by ELM. Read more
Toro Muerto
TRACCE no. 8 – by P.G. Bahn
Together with Elena Miklashevich of Kemerovo, Siberia, I paid a visit to the Toro Muerto petroglyph site, Peru, on 18th April 1997, in the company of a commercial tour-guide and also of Eloy Linares Malaga, who first brought the site to the world’s attention over 40 years ago. Read more
Santinho beach
TRACCE no. 7 – by Rodrigo Aguiar
The petroglyphs of Santinho Beach S.ta Catarina Island (Brasil)
Santinho beach, situated in S.ta Catarina Island, 40 Km far from Florianópolis town, shows three rock art sites, engraved on its rock walls. The coast is a good place for fishing and shell collecting. Read more
Albuquerque petroglyph
TRACCE no. 5 – by Petroglyph Monument Protection Coalition
Petroglyph National Monument in New Mexico imperiled by Road Plans
National Monument comprises more than 7,200 acres along Albuquerque’s scenic West Mesa Escarpment and was established by Congress in 1990. Read more
Campeche Island
TRACCE no. 4 – by Rodrigo Aguiar
Rock Art in Santa Catarina Island and adjacent areas, Brasil
Santa Catarina Island (state of Santa Catarina, Brasil) is very rich in prehistoric archaeological sites. Read more
TRACCE no. 3 – by Jack Steinbring
The Mid-America Geographic Foundation was formed in 1993 as a non-profit, educational/cultural organization under both U.S. and Wisconsin State laws. Money received by the Foundation is tax-deductible.
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TRACCE no.3 – by Paul G. Bahn, Robert G. Bednarik, Jack Steinbring
We would like to draw the attention of Tracce readers to our recent illustrated paper in Rock Art Research in which we reveal for the first time… Read more
TRACCE no. 2 – by Carol Diaz-Granados
In 1993, a two-volume dissertation was completed entitled: The Petroglyphs and Pictographs of Missouri: A distributional, stylistic, contextual, temporal, and functional analysis of the state’s rock graphics.
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Pipestone. Minnesota
TRACCE no. 2 – by Kevin L. Callahan
Ethnohistorical sources regarding the creation of rock art around the world frequently make reference to “little people” as the makers of rock art. As David Whitley (1991) has noted, this may be due to a taboo against talking about a dead shaman and not verbally distinguishing the shaman’s spirit helper or tutelary spirit from the deceased shaman
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Sutatausa, Cundanimarca
TRACCE no. 2 – by Guillermo Munoz C.
The activity of painting or engraving rocks in Colombia may have begun before the formative period. The scarce references seem to refer to activities which occurred much sooner than just a few years before the appearance of Spanish conquistadors.
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