Nounpetroglyphs
From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. Petroglyphs (also called rock engravings) are images created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, pecking, 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 (but not always) associated with prehistoric peoples. The word comes from the Greek words petros meaning "stone" and glyphein meaning "to carve" (it was originally coined in French as pétroglyphe). The term petroglyph should not be confused with pictograph, 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. 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 (except for reproductions and imitations built in more southerly latitudes). From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License What is the significance of the Jeffers site compared to other petroglyph sites? Q. Need I say more? Asked by Poopy - Sun Nov 8 18:02:23 2009 - - 1 Answers - 1 Comments A. The Jeffers petroglyph site in Minnesota seems to have been used for more the several thousand years. The oldest of the images (all drawn in hard quartzite with rock tools) might be 7000 to 9000 years old. Unlike typical "digs", the Jeffers Petroglyphs Historic Site is still used by many tribes of indigenous people as a holy site. Answered by Richard - Wed Nov 11 20:48:20 2009 what is the word for the ancient "earth" writings you can only see from the sky? Q. I have photos a these types of "earth" writings or drawings from West Texas, and cannot think of the word to describe them, i have been told petroglyphs, but with what I have seen these are smaller types, made on stone. What I have photos of are made in the land at a particular site I camp at in far West Texas. Any help is appreciated. Asked by sandyjay@sbcglobal.net - Thu Apr 2 17:05:00 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. You speak of geoglyphs in general= Answered by i i l i hi - Thu Apr 2 17:12:20 2009 Good places to hike with your dog around Phoenix, Arizona?
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