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Definition of Petroglyph
1. Noun. A carving or line drawing on rock (especially one made by prehistoric people).
Definition of Petroglyph
1. Noun. A rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Petroglyph
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Petroglyph
Literary usage of Petroglyph
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ancient Egyptian Science: A Source Book by Marshall Clagett (1999)
"... Postscript A petroglyph Discovered at Nekhen with Possible Astronomical
Significance While I was serving on the Advisory Board of the Egyptian Studies ..."
2. Camp and Camino in Lower California: A Record of the Adventures of the by Arthur Walbridge North (1910)
"... CHAPTER VI THE petroglyph MAKERS AND SOUTHERN INDIANS.* IN the opening pages
of his scholarly work on California, Padre Francisco Javier Clavijero, ..."
3. Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1910)
"... from them, remind us of similar marks on the same large petroglyph at ...
on the right reminds us of the human form of the petroglyph at Nanaimo.2 I am ..."
4. A History of the Art of Writing by William Albert Mason (1920)
"The most noted Indian petroglyph is the well-known Dighton Rock inscription ...
Much has been written about this celebrated petroglyph, and for some time it ..."
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