Assistant researcher in South American rock art research

Project descriptions

LArcHer is an interdisciplinary research project led by ICREA Research Professor Inés Domingo. LArcHer project aims at pioneering a new and more comprehensive way of understanding one of Europe’s most extraordinary bodies of prehistoric art, awarded Unesco World Heritage status in 1998: Levantine rock art (LRA). The ground-breaking nature of the project relies on combining a multidisciplinary (Archaeology, Heritage Science and IT) and multiscale approach (from microanalysis to landscape perspectives) to gain a holistic view of this art. It also aims at closing existing gaps between science and heritage mainstreams, to better understand the values and threats affecting this tradition and bring about a change in the way we understand, care, use and manage this millenary legacy.

One of the key aims of this project, related to this position, is to use LRA as a proxy to explore the origin of anthropocentrism and narrative art in prehistory, and compare

this change with similar changes taking place in other parts of the World.

Particularly for this position we are interested in exploring equivalent

changes in South American rock art. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of rock

art will be an integral part of this position.

Previous experience, knowledge and data on Australian rock art will be

prioritized to optimize resources and capacities and securing successful and

meaningful outcomes in the targeted delivery time frame.

Responsibilities and tasks within the project: the successful applicant will be expected to:

• Develop leadership in research on these particular changes in the evolution of prehistoric art (anthropocentrism and narrative art), as well as in other facets of rock art research, as needed.
• Qualitative, quantitative and comparative analysis of the rock art traditions of various South American countries and other major rock art traditions around the world
• Use digital recording techniques for rock art recording and tracing
• Collaborate in fieldwork campaigns (surveys and excavations) as needed
• Asses the evolution and impact of previous restauration techniques in Levantine rock art sites
• Management tasks for LArcHer project (max. 10% of the time) including drafting applications for grants, permits and/or formal reports, among others).
• Prepare and present results in international and national conferences and publications.
• Other duties as required

Acronym

LArcHer

FBG project number

FBG402130

Project title

Breaking barriers between Science and Heritage approaches to Levantine Rock Art through Archaeology, Heritage Science and IT

IP

Inés Domingo Sanz

Department

History and Archaeology

Gross salary per year

32800 euros

How to apply

Required documents

• Application letter describing previous experience in the field (South American rock art research),
• Curriculum vitae, relevant degree certificates and academic transcripts, etc.
• 2 reference letters

Send your application to:

email

[email protected]

Name

Ines Domingo

email subject

Job Application – PD4. South American Rock Art