Provisional Summary of Sessions

List current as of 1/15/99

International Rock Art Congress ‘99
Ripon College, Ripon, Wisconsin
May 23 - 31, 1999

Reassessing The Cultural Significance Of Central Siberian Rock Art Complexes
Chairpersons:
Esther Jacobson,
Dept. of Art History, University of Oregon
Alice Tratebas,
U.S. Bureau of Land Management

Rock Art, Environment, And Development Plans:
Regional Projects
Chairpersons:
Dario Seglie, CeSMAP, Italy
Ben Swartz, Ball State University

Rock Art Research In South America - Current Status

Chairpersons:
Mario Consens, Uruguay
Anna Maria Rochietti, Argentina
(Papers are for Argentina, Columbia, Brazil, Uruguay, and Bolivia)

Current Development In Upper Midwest/Mid-Continental Rock Art:
New Sites, Interpretations, And Directions
Chairperson: Kevin Callahan, University of Minnesota
List of presenters at this session.

Symbolic. Semantic. Mythical. And Sexual Expressions In Rock Art

Chairperson:
Majeed Kahn, Saudi Arabia

Rock Art Education
Chairpersons:
Dario Seglie, CeSMAP, Italy
EllenMartin, ARARA

Landscape. Place. And Rock Art
Chairpersons:
Paul Faulstich, Pitzer College
Jane Kolber, Cochise College

The Human Figure In Rock Art

Chairpersons:
Jane Kolber, Cochise College
George Nash, England

Rock Art Researches In Central America And The Caribbean
Chairpersons:
Andrea Stone, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
John W. Foster, California Dept. of Parks

South American Rock Art: Settlement And Landscape
Chairpersons:
Francisco Gallardo, Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino (Chile)
Flora Vilches, University of Maryland
Juan Schobinger, Argentina

Sound And Rock Art
Chairperson:
Steven Waller, Delaware

Computer Technology As An Aid To Rock Art Research.
Site Management And Education
Chairpersons:
Evelyn Billo, Rupestrian Cyber- Services
Robert Mark, Rupestrian Cyber-Services

Technical Studies In Rock Art: Dating. Pigment Analysis.
And Geological Applications
Chairpersons:
Marian Hyrnan, Texas A&M University
Marvin Rowe, Texas A&M University<

Recent Studies In Canadian Rock Art
Chairperson: Francois Vigneault, University of Calgary

The Recording Of Rock Art
Chairpersons:
Margarita Diaz-Andreu, University of Durham (U.K.)
Phil Clogg, University of Durham, (U.K.)

Ethnographv And Oral History In Understanding Rock Art
Chairpersons:
Alice Tratebas, U.S. Bureau of Land Management
Carol Diaz-Granados, Washington University, St. Louis

Current Rock Art Research In The Southeastern United States
Chairpersons:
Carol Diaz-Granados, Washington University, St. Louis
Jean Allan, U.S. Forest Service

Current Rock Art Research In The Northeastern United States
Chairperson:
Mark Hedden, Maine Preservation Commission

New Approaches To Understanding Great Plains Rock Art
Chairperson:
Linea Sundstrom, Day Star Research

Future Directions In Rock Art Conservation
Chairperson:
Claire Dean, Dean and Associates

The Archaeoastronomy of Rock Art
Chairperson:
Jack Heil, University of Wisconsin-Fond du Lac
Herman Bender, Mid-America Geographic Foundation

Current Studies In The Rock Art Of Africa
Chairperson:
Thomas Wyrwoll, University of Frankfurt

European Rock Art
Chairperson:
Jean Clottes, I.N.O.R.A.

Unassigned
(Misc. papers not suited to existing sessions - about 10)
Chairpersons:
To Be Assigned