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- noun Plural form of
petroglyph .
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Examples
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The wonderful thing about pictographs and petroglyphs is that, for the most part, we cannot translate directly what the artist may have meant.
readers respond | wyeth & peterson « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009
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Native tribes throughout the Southwest have left historic rock art called petroglyphs that give us a glimpse into tribal life, customs, and spirituality.
American Southwest Geoglyphs--a Message to Ancient UFO Visitors? 2009
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Tourists can hike into the countryside, past yurts, the traditional tentlike structures made of wooden frames and covered with wool that Central Asian nomads use as homes, and glimpse their ancient rock drawings — known as petroglyphs — in the steppes.
In The Land Of Borat 2008
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The Artists: The petroglyphs are the handiwork of the Jornada Mogollon, a people who lived between about A.D. 900 and 1400.
From the Trenches - Off the Grid- Three Rivers, New Mexico 2008
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Drawings carved into rock-walls, called petroglyphs, in almost 400 sites in 17 regions -- including Europe, North and South Africa, India, Malaysia, Indonesia and Australia recorded the my students to travel.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Dr. Reese Halter 2011
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Look at the walls here, and you'll see drawings (aka petroglyphs) in the blank spots on Dirk's map.
IGN Complete 2009
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You’d like to have folks believe that Native Americans and community groups who are opposed to the road through the petroglyphs are against WestSiders, when it’s actually your developer friends.
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Opportunistic shooting at wildlife and historic resources, such as petroglyphs, will increase.
YubaNet.com 2010
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Susan Kotler is inspired by natural objects, especially water, rocks, and trees and by reminders of past human presence, such as petroglyphs that evoke a feeling of mystery and historical connection.
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Susan Kotler is inspired by natural objects, especially water, rocks, and trees and by reminders of past human presence, such as petroglyphs that evoke a feeling of mystery and historical connection.
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