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Definition of petroglyphs in English Turkish dictionary
- petroglyph
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- petroglyph
- (Tıp) petroglif
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Definition of petroglyphs in English English dictionary
- Designs and figures carved, pecked, or engraved on stone
- Carvings, scratchings or peckings in rock which express artistic or religious meaning
- man-made rock carvings Mesa Field Trip
- plural of petroglyph
- drawings or carvings, usually on the surface of rock or caves, created by past civilisations
- Pictures drawn on rocks by indigenous people thousands of years ago that depict environmental conditions and cultural practices from everyday life at that time The reason for the Petroglyph National Monument was to protect thousands of petroglyphs drawn on volcanic rock on the western edge of Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Carvings in rock which express artistic or religious meaning
- petroglyph
- Pictures, symbols, or other artwork pecked, carved or incised on natural rock surfaces
- petroglyph
- greek: petro meaning rock, and glyph meaning drawing or engraving
- petroglyph
- A design or motif pecked or scratched into a rock surface; usually unpainted rock art (Moratto 1984: 593)
- petroglyph
- a type of rock art in which a design is pecked into stone
- petroglyph
- Rock carving or rock "art" made by "pecking" the surface with another rock
- petroglyph
- – A rock carving, especially one of prehistoric origin
- petroglyph
- A rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times
- petroglyph
- {i} drawing or carving on a rock (especially such as those made by ethnic peoples or peoples in prehistoric times)
- petroglyph
- – Pictures created on rock faces by striking the rockface with a harder rock
- petroglyph
- A rock-carving See Rock art
- petroglyph
- A prehistoric carving or drawing on rock
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[ 'pe-tr&-"glif ] (noun.) 1870. French pétroglyphe, from pétr- petr- + -glyphe.Resimler
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