Date/Time
Date - April 2013
Location
Natural Bridge State Park
2013 Biennial Meeting
The 2013 biennial ESRARA meeting is tentatively scheduled to be held at Natural Bridge State Park in southeastern Kentucky in April, 2013. This meeting will represent the 20th anniversary of the Eastern States Rock Art Conference (ESRAC) meeting held at this same park in 1993 that led to the founding of ESRARA three years later n 1996.
Surrounded by the Daniel Boone National Forest, Natural Bridge State Park is located in Powell and Wolfe Counties along the Middle Fork of the Red River, adjacent to the Red River Geologic Area. The 2,300 acre park contains a number of geological formations including a 65 ft high by 78 ft long sandstone arch after which the park is named. Facilities in the park include a lodge, cabins, and a full service restaurant. Further information regarding the park can be found at http://parks.ky.gov/findparks/resortparks/nb/.
Scheduled events will include a tour of local rock art sites, the ESRARA business meeting, paper and poster presentations, and a banquet. A centerpiece of the meetings will be the ESRARA auction of rock art related and other items which are intended to raise money for the organization. As always, the auctioneer will be that well-known Missourian “Colonel” Jim Duncan assisted by (hopefully) Colonel Charlie Faulkner and various other “colonels” that Jim is able to dragoon our of the audience and press into service.
Additional information regarding the meetings including the actual dates, a call for paper titles and abstracts, and a schedule of events will be posted on this web site as they become available. We anticipate that people will be able to register for the conference, sign up for events, and pay for fees related to the conference through this web site but the details of that have yet to be worked out.
