- Petroglyph - Wikipedia
A petroglyph is an image created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading, as a form of rock art The term generally refers to rock engravings of ancient origin, often associated with prehistoric peoples
- Petroglyph National Monument (U. S. National Park Service)
Petroglyph National Monument protects one of the largest petroglyph sites in North America, featuring designs and symbols carved onto volcanic rocks by Native Americans and Spanish settlers 400 to 700 years ago
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What is a Petroglyph? A petroglyph is an image that is carved into a rock This "carving" can produce a visible indentation in the rock, or it can simply be the scratching away of a weathered surface to reveal unweathered material of a different color below
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Petroglyph National Monument protects one of the largest petroglyph sites in North America featuring designs and symbols carved onto volcanic rocks by Native Americans and Spanish settlers 400 to 700 years ago
- Petroglyphs: Definition, Types, Examples: ArtsLookUp. com
What is a Petroglyph? In paleolithic art, the word "petroglyph" (from the French word "pétroglyphe", itself derived from the Greek words "petra" meaning stone, and "glyphein" meaning to carve) refers to any image chiselled into a natural rock surface
- Petroglyph National Monument | New Mexico, Map, Facts . . .
Petroglyph National Monument, archaeological site featuring some 25,000 prehistoric and historic petroglyphs (rock carvings), central New Mexico, U S It is situated on the west side of Albuquerque, near the Rio Grande
- Petroglyph | What is a petroglyph?
Petroglyphs are found world-wide, and are often associated with a prehistoric time in our history They are one of the three different techniques used in rock art and are considered the prehistoric precursor to art as we know it today
- Petroglyph National Monument - Wikipedia
Petroglyph National Monument protects a variety of cultural and natural resources including five volcanic cones, hundreds of archeological sites and an estimated 24,000 petroglyph images carved by Ancestral Pueblo peoples and early Spanish settlers
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