Definitions for petroglyph
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1. petroglyphnoun

   a carving or line drawing on rock (especially one made by prehistoric people)

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1. petroglyphnoun

   A carving or drawing on rock, especially one made by prehistoric humans; called also a petrograph.

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1. petroglyphnoun

   A rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times

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1. petroglyph

   A petroglyph is an image or design inscribed into a rock surface without the use of pigment or coloring. Inherent in its design, this form of rock art is primarily an engraving or carving. It is considered one of the earliest forms of artistic expression and its production is typically associated with prehistoric or Indigenous cultures.

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1. Petroglyph

   Petroglyphs are pictogram and logogram images created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, and abrading. Outside North America, scholars often use terms such as "carving", "engraving", or other descriptions of the technique to refer to such images. Petroglyphs are found world-wide, and are often associated with prehistoric peoples. The word comes from the Greek words petro-, theme of the word "petra" meaning "stone", and glyphein meaning "to carve", and was originally coined in French as pétroglyphe. The term petroglyph should not be confused with petrograph, which is an image drawn or painted on a rock face. Both types of image belong to the wider and more general category of rock art or parietal art. Petroforms, or patterns and shapes made by many large rocks and boulders over the ground, are also quite different. Inukshuks are also unique, and found only in the Arctic.

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1. • Carving

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce petroglyph?

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How to say petroglyph in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of petroglyph in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of petroglyph in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of petroglyph in a Sentence

1. Matt Schmader:

   All of the petroglyph areas are ecologically sensitive, so when we look at trying to do any kind of graffiti repair, we have to be very cautious.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=petroglyph
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=petroglyph
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Petroglyph
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=petroglyph
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=petroglyph