This year the Workshop will be dedicated to researchers José Maria Cruxent, Carlos Ponce Sangines and Fernando Morban Laucer.
As in previous years, the purpose of this meeting is to provide a framework for theoretical discussion among cave art professionals and scholars from all over the world, and the Americas in particular, who will be able to exchange experiences and get an update on the state of the art in ongoing research into this field.
SPONSORS:
"Antonio Núñez Jiménez" Foundation for Nature and Humanity
Montané Museum of Anthropology of the University of Havana
Cuban Society for Speleology
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
Chairperson: Liliana Núñez Velis
Secretary: Ángel Graña González
Members: Roberto Rodríguez Suárez
Juan Guarch Rodríguez
Reinaldo Guerrero Guerrero
Carlos Andrés García
Roxana Villalba Rojas
This time the Workshop will center debate on the following topics:
1. Documentation and recording of cave drawings.
2. Theoretical-methodological problems in reviewing cave art
recordings.
3. Cave drawings in the Caribbean region.
4. Man-made damage and conservation of cave art.
5. Automation and mathematical methods used to study cave drawings.
6. Management of cave art recording sites.
VIDEO SECTION:
Coordinator: Lic. Reinaldo Guerrero Guerrero. Various videotapes will be shown about recording works, cave art in national parks, parietal art sites and related topics. The screenings and communication table sessions will be held at different times. All tapes must comply with the standard NTSC 3.58 Mhz.
FORMAT OF ABSTRACTS AND PAPERS:
Titles and Authors: The title and topic, to be written in boldface, must be centered at the head of the paper, with the name of author (s), sponsoring institution or program and e-mail address aligned to
the right immediately below the said headline.
Abstracts: For purposes of publication by oral, graphic or video presentations, in less than 200 words in Word 6 format or higher, using justified 12-point simple Times New Roman font style on A4
pages with 2.5-cm-wide margins on all four sides and 1.5 line spacing, to be e-mailed to the Organizing Committee before June 30, 2008 (see Workshop e-mail address).
Length of Papers: Papers will have a maximum of 12 pages (including charts, photographs and references). Format: In Word 6 format or higher, using justified 12-point simple Times New Roman font style, with boldfaced titles, on A4 pages with 2.5-cm-wide margins on all four sides and 1.5 line spacing. Use of footnotes is not allowed. All notes will be referenced at the end of the paper. Illustrations, charts and photographs: A maximum of two pages with illustrations, charts and photographs will be allowed. All samples will be in JPG format.
Taking into account the intention of publishing all papers in the memoirs of the Workshop, they must be submitted before September 1, 2008. No deadline will be extended. Only three papers and posters
will be allowed per author, be they individual or collective.
PRESENTATION OF PAPERS:
Speakers will keep within the scheduled fifteen minutes to present
the paper, followed by 10 minutes for discussion. The use of
overhead and Data Show projectors, as well as any other related
equipment, will be requested in advance.
REGISTRATION:
The Workshop is aimed at professionals, students and specialists related to and interested in the study, management, protection and preservation of cave art. Registration fees are: CUC $70 for professionals and CUC $40 for students (on presentation of the relevant documentation) until September 30, 2008. After that date, fees will be CUC $100 y CUC $70, respectively. Accompanying persons will pay CUC $50 until September 30 and CUC $80 after that date. Fees include: certificate of attendance, documents and CD with the papers presented, welcome cocktail, and collateral activities.
OFFICIAL ADDRESS:
Ángel Graña González, Fundación "Antonio Núñez Jiménez" de la
Naturaleza y el Hombre, Calle 5ta B, No. 6611 e/ 66 y 70, Playa,
Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba, CP 10300 E-mail: angel@fanj.cult.cu;angel_grana@yahoo.com
GENERAL INFORMATION:
A package tour to attend the III International Workshop on Rock Art
is available at Agencia de viajes PARADISO, the official travel
agency, consisting of an 8-day-7-night CP plan in downtown Havana
hotels.
SPECIAL OFFER (all prices in CUC per night per person)
HOTEL Double room Single room
Comodoro $40.00 $51.00
Neptuno $39.00 $50.00
Tritón $39.00 $50.00
Montehabana $35.00 $46.00
Prices include:
CP Plan (Accommodation and Breakfast)
In-Out Transfer
Registration to the Workshop
Personalized Assistance
All hotels are very near the "Antonio Núñez Jiménez" Foundation for Nature and Humanity, where the Workshop will be held. The above prices are expressed in CUC; the price for a double room in Hotel Montehabana, the nearest to the venue, is CUC $35.00 per person per night.
If you are interested in the above accommodation, please contact:
María C. Valdés Fernández
Especialista Comercial Eventos
Agencia Paradiso
E-mail: maricary@paradis.artex.cu
tatielsa@yahoo.es
eventos@paradis.artex.cu
Telephone number: (53)(07) 836-2124
Participants not traveling by the above Package Tour must pay an
Additional Registration Fee of $50.00 CUC.
The Travel Agencies by country in charge of organizing attendance to the Workshop on the full package will be soon announced. For further information, please contact the official agency of the III
International Workshop on Cave Art:
Agencia Paradiso ARtex, S.A., Calle 23 Esquina a P, Vedado, Ciudad
de La Habana, Cuba, CP 10400. Telephone number: (53-07) 836-2124
Included in the program is a visit to the Ambrosio Cave for an additional price per person of CUC $61.00, which covers:
Round trip
Lunch
Locker room to change clothes and toiletries
Free time at will at Varadero Beach, where the Cave is located
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