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Date "PETROGLYPH" was first used: 1870. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
History & Folklore | Dessins gravés en crux dans la pierre par les Indiens du Canada. . . . . --a carving or inscription on a rock. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A Petroglyph is an image recorded on stone, usually by prehistoric peoples; the word comes from the Greek words petros meaning "stone" and glyph meaning "to carve". This term is often used to refer to images painted on stone. However, the terms Pictograph or Cave painting are used to describe images painted on stone rather than Petroglyph which, in the strictest sense, refers to carved or engraved images.
These images had deep cultural and religious significance for the societies that created them; in many cases, this significance remains for their descendants. Petroglyphs have been found on all continents except Antarctica.
Examples of petroglyphs can be found at
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Petroglyph."
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 | A Petroglyph (rock art) in the Agua Fria National Monument and a Prickly Pear Cactus in the background. Credit: John Beckett. |  | Petroglyph below Preist RanchArcheologyLSRDLower Snake River District. Credit: W. Meyer. |
 | Voices in time . . . petroglyph panel at Sears Point Archaeological District. Credit: Lori Cook. |  | Archaeologist interpreting a petroglyph panel at Sears Point Archaeological District. Credit: Lori Cook. |
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| Country | Name |
| USA | Petroglyph Energy, Inc. |
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| Language | Translations for "PETROGLYPH"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | праисторическа резба на камък. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | etroglyphpay hällristning. (various references) thuật khắc đá. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | petra. (various references) |
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Words beginning with "PETROGLYPH": petroglyphs. (additional references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-h-l-o-p-p-r-t-y" | |
-2 letters: hypergol. | |
-3 letters: helotry, prophet, protyle. | |
-4 letters: gloppy, gopher, gypper, hopper, hopple, lopper, peltry, pertly, petrol, peyotl, phytol, poetry, popery, portly, pother, proleg, propel, propyl, protyl, pyrope, replot, theory, thorpe, topper, topple, trophy. | |
-5 letters: ephor, ergot, ethyl, glory, glyph, grope, helot, holey, hoper, hoppy, hotel, hotly, hoyle, hyper, loper, loppy, ogler, other, phyle, plyer, pogey. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-h-l-o-p-p-r-t-y" | |
+1 letter: petroglyphs. | |
+4 letters: plethysmograph. | |
+5 letters: phototelegraphy, plethysmographs, plethysmography, telephotography. | |
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