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2. Petrosomatoglyph - Wikipedia

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   A footprint (replica shown) [1] carved into the rock on Dunadd, in Argyll, is linked to the crowning of the Scots kings of Dál Riata. A petrosomatoglyph is a supposed image of parts of a human or animal body in rock. They occur all over the world, often functioning as an important form of symbolism, used in religious and secular ceremonies ...

3. Zoomorphic architecture - Wikipedia

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   TWA Flight Center, New York. Zoomorphic architecture is the practice of using animal forms as the inspirational basis and blueprint for architectural design. "While animal forms have always played a role adding some of the deepest layers of meaning in architecture, it is now becoming evident that a new strand of biomorphism is emerging where the meaning derives not from any specific ...

4. Footprint - Wikipedia

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   A "trackway" is a set of footprints in soft earth left by a life-form; animal tracks are the footprints, hoofprints, or pawprints of an animal. Painted footprints from a child on a piece of paper. Footprints can be followed when tracking during a hunt or can provide evidence of activities. Some footprints remain unexplained, with several famous ...

5. Confronted animals - Wikipedia

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   The reverse of the handle shows a Master of Animals motif: two confronted lions, flanking a central figure (note confronted dogs and other animals below) Confronted animals , or confronted-animal as an adjective , where two animals face each other in a symmetrical pose, is an ancient bilateral motif in art and artifacts studied in archaeology ...

6. Cave painting - Wikipedia

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   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.

7. Fossil track - Wikipedia

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   There are tracks from two types of dinosaur. The first type of tracks are from a sauropod and were made by an animal of 30 to 50 feet in length, perhaps a brachiosaurid such as Pleurocoelus, [20] and the second tracks by a theropoda, an animal of 20 to 30 feet in length, perhaps an Acrocanthosaurus. A variety of scenarios was proposed to ...