Call for Papers Eastern States Rock Art Research Conference April 4-6, 2014 The 2014 Eastern States Rock Art Research Conference will be held at Natural Bridge State Park in Slade, Kentucky. Those interested in presenting a paper should send a 300 word or less abstract to : Dr. Mark Wagner Center for Archaeological Investigations 3479 Faner Hall—Mail Code 4527 Southern Illinois University 1000 Faner Drive Carbondale, IL … [Read more...] about ESRAC 2014 – Call for Papers
In Memoriam: Dr. Fred Coy
Dr. Fred Coy It is with great regret that we report the passing of the first president of ESRARA, Dr. Fred Coy, on January 10, 2014. Dr. Coy was not a professional archaeologist but rather an orthopedic surgeon with an abiding love of Native American rock art. This passion led him to seek out and document Native American rock art sites within his native state of Kentucky over a period of over 50 years. Fred, along with Tom Fuller, James Swauger, and Larry Meadows, synthesized the results of … [Read more...] about In Memoriam: Dr. Fred Coy
International Federation of Rock Art Research Organizations 2013 Meeting
The International Federation of Rock Art Research Organizations (IFRAO) meetings were held this year in Albuquerque, New Mexico, from May 26-May 31, 2013. ESRARA members who attended included Mark Wagner, Jan Simek, Carol Diaz-Granados, JIm Duncan, and George Sabo. All of the above people as well as Jerry Hilliard and Jannie Loubser gave presentations at a symposium entitled "Recent Rock Art Research in the Eastern United States" that was held on Tuesday morning, May 28. In the afternoon the … [Read more...] about International Federation of Rock Art Research Organizations 2013 Meeting
National Geographic Society Rock Art Grant
Mark Wagner of the Center for Archaeological Investigations (CAI) at Southern Illinois University Carbondale has been awarded an $8,150 National Geographic Society/Waitt Foundation grant for the portable X-ray fluorescent (PXRF) analysis of prehistoric and historic period rock art paintings in southern Illinois. Project participants include Dr. Jan Simek of the University of Tennessee Knoxville (UTK) and Mary McCorvie and Heather Carey of the USDA Forest Service. All four of the main … [Read more...] about National Geographic Society Rock Art Grant
Shawnee National Forest National Register Nominations
The Center for Archaeological Investigations (CAI) is preparing National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) nomination forms for five rock art sites located on the Shawnee National Forest in southern Illinois as part of an agreement between the USDA Forest Service and the CAI. The six sites for which forms are being prepared include the ca-A.D. 1700-1800 Buffalo Rock site (11Js49); three Mississippian period (A.D. 1000-1500) sites in the form of the Korando (11J334), Whetstone (11J17), and Bay … [Read more...] about Shawnee National Forest National Register Nominations
British Archaeologists Tour Southern Illinois Rock Art Sites
On June 21, 2012, as part of their tour of prehistoric earthen mound sites in eastern North America, over 20 members of the Prehistoric Society of Great Britain visited two prehistoric rock art sites—Piney Creek Ravine and Millstone Bluff—in southern Illinois. The tour was organized and led by Pete Topping of English Heritage. ESRARA members Mark Wagner (Southern Illinois University) gave them a tour of the Piney Creek site, the largest rock art site in Illinois in terms of the number of images, … [Read more...] about British Archaeologists Tour Southern Illinois Rock Art Sites