Rock Art Research in North and Central Asia 1995–1999 = Исследование наскального искусства в Северной и Центральной Америки в 1995-1999 гг.

This collection, the second in a planned series of five-yearly volumes, is devoted to providing a wide-ranging survey of new developments in rock art studies from all over the world. The variety of topics reported on in this volume reflect an expansion and diversification of perspectives and research questions during the period covered, 1995 to 1999; these topics include the problems of dating rock art, pigment analysis, interpretative issues, the recording and preservation of sites, eco-tourism, management, and indigenous issues. Several major events are reported in the volume, the most remarkable being the saving of Portugal's Coa Valley rock art from inundation by a dam, the creation of an archaeological park around it, and its entering the Unesco World Heritage List, all in rapid succession. Contents: New Developments in Pleistocene Art (P G Bahn); Rock Art Research in Northern Europe (K Sognnes); Post-Palaeolithic Rock-Art in the Iberian Peninsula (H C Giraldo & M S de Abreu); The State of Rock-Art Research in the Alps, Italy and the Balkans (A Fossati); New Data in Saharan Rock Art (A Muzzolini); Grandeur in Confined Spaces: Current Rock Art Research in Egypt (D Huyge); South African Rock Art and the End of the Millennium (A Solomon & F E Prins); Rock Art of Saudi Arabia: Yesterday and Today (M Khan); Rock Art Research in North and Central Asia (E Miklashevich); Rock Art Research in the Far East during the Last Five Years (S Sheng); Indian Rock Art, with Particular Reference to Orissa (S Pradhan); Rock Art News from South-East Asia (G Nash); Rock Art in Australia and New Guinea: Research Management and Conservation (N Franklin); Rock Art Research in Polynesia (S N Millerstrom); North American Rock Art Research (W D Hyder); Mexican Rock Art Studies at the Turn of the Millennium (W B Murray, M de la Luz Gutierrez, C A Quijada, C V Anzures & M Winter); Rock Art of Central America and Maya Mexico (A Stone & M Kunne); Themes, Discoveries and Problems in Colombian R