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Rock art is a term in archaeology for any man-made markings made on natural stone. They can be divided into: Petroglyph attributed to Classic Vernal Style, Fremont archaeological culture, eastern Utah. Petroglyphs in Val Camonica, Italy
In addition, petroforms and inukshuks are rock art made by aligning or piling natural stones. The stones themselves are used as large markings on the ground. TerminologyBuddhist stone carvings at Ili River, KazakhstanThe term "rock art" appears to have been used first used in about 1959: "The rock art tells us little for, a certain human being, certain about marriage customs.", and has also been described as "rock carvings", "rock drawings", "rock engravings", "rock inscriptions", "rock paintings", "rock pictures", "rock records" "rock sculptures., LocationBoth petroglyphs and pictographs can be parietal, meaning on the walls of a cave or rock shelter, open-air (meaning they are made on exposed natural outcrops) or monument-based which are made on stones consciously deposited. From Wikipedia under the
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