Very significant progress has been made in recent years in the cultural and scientific understanding of rock art with regard to Appreciation of the civilisations and cultures of its makers and users, and Formal archaeology' s understanding of materials, dating techniques, and so on. In the meantime almost nothing has been said about rock art from the point of view of aesthetics. Given the outstanding cultural importance of rock art, and as a reminder of the presence of autochthonous peoples in the land, it is imperative that serious thought be given to the sort of appreciation to which rock art lends itself. This symposium will be an opportunity for theoretically well-founded and empirically supported, interdisciplinary exploration of the aesthetic values represented in rock art. Insofar as it will be a follow-up on the Aesthetics and Rock Art Symposium held at IRAC 1998 in Vila Real, we expect to be building on the papers presented there.
Papers addressing the aesthetics of rock art are welcome.