Registro, documentación e interpretación del arte rupestre. Una propuesta básica para estudiantes: el Seminario Taller de la SIARB

Rock art studies play an increasingly important role in archaeological projects, as evidenced by national registers of rock engravings and paintings, the application of new technology in recording processes, analysis of the art by archaeometry, numerous academic events on rock art and specialized publications. However, rock art does not play an equal role in academic programs of universities in South America; bachelor theses on rock art are scarce compared to those on other archaeological and anthropological research topics. The authors of this article present and explain the program of the seminar workshop with introduction to rock art studies, organized by the Bolivian rock art research society SIARB, directed at students of archaeology, anthropology, history, arts, and tourism. It stresses recording of sites with simple methods that may be used by novices in rock art research, as well as conservation, classification and interpretation of the sites and the rock art.