Course on documentation and preservation of rock art

Documentation and Preservation of Rock Art
Masters level 7,5p
September 2008

The Department of Conservation in cooperation with the Department of
Archaeology and Ancient History at the University of Gothenburg is
offering a fulltime course at the Masters level in Documentation and
Preservation of Rock Art.

To be eligible for the course applicants must possess a BA/BSc
degree with a major in one of the course's subject areas. The course
focuses on rock art with an international perspective with special
focus on the bronze-age rock carvings at the Tanum World Heritage
Site.

The course consists of lectures and fieldwork and is offered between
1 September - 3 October 2008 (weeks 36-40). Teaching takes place in
Gothenburg and at the Tanum World Heritage Site. Moreover, visits
will be made to other rock art sites in Norway and Sweden.

The main themes of the course include: rock art as a phenomenon,
archaeological history, documentation, rock art and the public, and
principles of conservation.

For further information contact:

    Eva Ernfridsson <eva.ernfridsson<-a t->icug< . >gu< . >se>
    Per Cornell <per.cornell<-a t->archaeology< . >gu< . >se


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