The general subject of the congress will be ARCHAEOLOGY AND ROCK ART. The organizers believe that it is most appropriate to analyze the relation between archaeological investigations and rock art studies; the relation between archaeologists and rock art specialists; the way rock art sites may be integrated into a regional archaeological framework; regional chronologies including rock art traditions; the policies of surveying, recording, and preserving sites; etc.

There will be up to 12 sessions during 4 days. Each session should have 2 or more chairpersons, preferably including a rock art expert.

There will also be a possibility to present exhibits (posters) and sell publications.

Official languages of the congress will be Spanish, Portuguese and English. However, in exceptional cases, a presentation may be in a different language, as well.

Before and after the academic program there will be rock art excursions. The detailed excursion program will be defined later. We expect to be able to offer trips to archaeological and rock art sites in the lake Titicaca region and in other parts of Bolivia, such as Santa Cruz and Tarija.

This congress will be organized by SIARB (www.siarb-bolivia.org), the Archaeological Society of La Paz (SALP – www.arqueobolivia.com), PIEB (www.pieb.com.bo) and the National Museum of Ethnography and Folklore (Museo Nacional de Etnografía y Folklore, MUSEF, www.musef.org.bo) and will take place in the museum. We expect that some other institutions in La Paz will also support us, such as the Department of Anthropology-Archaeology of the UMSA university (Carrera de Antropología-Arqueología de la Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, UMSA).

The society has formed a committee in charge of preparing the congress. It consists of Lic. Freddy Taboada (SIARB President), Claudia Rivera, Ph.D. (SIARB), Lic. Pilar Lima (SIARB), and Matthias Strecker (SIARB secretary and editor).