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In scholarly texts, a petroglyph is a rock engraving, whereas a petrograph (or pictograph) is a rock painting. [1] [2] In common usage, the words are sometimes used interchangeably. [3] [4] Both types of image belong to the wider and more general category of rock art or parietal art.
Fremont Petroglyph, in Dinosaur National Monument, attributed to Classic Vernal Style, Fremont archaeological culture, eastern Utah, United States Reclining Buddha at Gal Vihara, Sri Lanka, where the remains of two columns to support the structure that originally enclosed it is visible Nanabozho pictograph, Mazinaw Rock, Bon Echo Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada
Some scientists in the field of neuropsychiatry and neuropsychology, such as Mario Christian Meyer, are studying the symbolic meaning of indigenous pictographs and petroglyphs, [7] aiming to create new ways of communication between native people and modern scientists to safeguard and valorize their cultural diversity. [8]
Rock art is a global phenomenon, being found in many different regions of the world. [4] There are various different forms of rock art. This includes pictographs, which were painted or drawn onto the panel (rock surface), petroglyphs, which were carved or engraved onto the panel, and earth figures such as earthforms, intaglios and geoglyphs.
Buckhorn Draw Pictograph Panel; Courthouse Wash Pictographs; Fremont Indian State Park; Horseshoe Canyon (Emery and Wayne counties, Utah) Millsite Rock Art; Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument; Ninemile Canyon (Utah) Quail rock art panel; Rochester Rock Art Panel; White Canyon (San Juan County, Utah)
One of the largest densities of petroglyphs in North America, by the Coso people, is in Big and Little Petroglyph Canyons in the Coso Rock Art District of the northern Mojave Desert in California. The most elaborate pictographs in the U.S are considered to be the rock art of the Chumash people , found in cave paintings in present-day Santa ...
Gilreath, Amy J. California Prehistory: Rock Art in the Golden State. In Colonization, Culture, and Complexity, edited by Terry L. Jones and Kathryn A. Klar, pp. 273–90. Lanham, MD: Rowman Altamira, 2007. ISBN 978-0-7591-1960-4. Harner, Michael J. 1953 21. Gravel Pictographs of the Lower Colorado River Region.
Cueva de las Manos, Perito Moreno, Argentina.The art in the cave is dated between 7,300 BC and 700 AD; [a] stenciled, mostly left hands are shown. [3] [4]In archaeology, cave paintings are a type of parietal art (which category also includes petroglyphs, or engravings), found on the wall or ceilings of caves.