Petroglyph From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search For other uses, see Petroglyph (disambiguation). "Rock carving" redirects here. For other uses, see rock art. Petroglyphs on Newspaper Rock near Canyonlands National Park, south of Moab, southeastern Utah, USA Rock carving known as "Meerkatze" (named by archaeologist Leo Frobenius), rampant lionesses in Wadi Methkandoush, Mesak Settafet region of Libya. European petroglyphs: Laxe dos carballos in Campo Lameiro, Galicia (4th–2nd millennium BCE), depicting cup and ring marks and deer hunting scenes Petroglyphs (also called rock engravings) 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 (except for reproductions and imitations built in more southerly latitudes).
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