Drawings formed by chipping into the desert varnish of rocks to reveal the lighter rock beneath.
A drawing or graffito that is incised onto the surface of a rock. This kind of rock art is most often found in the desert, where chemical processes over time have deposited a thin, dark layer of "desert varnish" upon the rock surface. Scratching through this layer, into the pristine rock below, produces a legible, contrasting line.
a rock inscription, particularly native-American artwork. For example, there is a significant collection of petroglyphs available for viewing at the Petroglyph National Monument on the west side of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
( Gr. 'petro'=rock + 'glyph'=inscription) A carving or inscription on a rock.
Rock carvings. The first peoples o...
a carving on a rock, while a pictograph is a painting on a rock
a marking carved into a rock usually using a stone tool
an abstract or symbolic image recorded on stone, usually by prehistoric peoples, by means of carving, pecking or otherwise incised on natural rock surfaces
an image that has been pecked or scratched into the rock
a symbol carved into rock, while a pictograph is a painted or stained drawing added to the rocks, like the technique used here to show the goat
a symbol that has been carved into a rock surface by pecking or scraping with another rock
images that art pecked, carved, or incised into a rock surface.
An image pecked or chiseled into a rock surface with a hard stone and bone tools; the earliest form of pictograph.
Rock art made by native people hundreds or thousands of years ago. Petroglyphs are carved into the surface of rocks, usually by removing the surface coating of desert varnish to reveal the color of the underlying rock.
An image pecked, incised (scratched), or abraded into a stone surface.
A picture incised on rock.
Art that is carved into rock.
A prehistoric carving or drawing on rock.
An elemental sign or pictograph carved or drawn on a rock.
A form of rock art manufactured by incising, scratching or pecking designs into rock surfaces.
An image which has been pecked or scratched into a stone surface.
Style of rock art in which the design is applied by pecking, chiseling or otherwise scraping the surface.
An image carved into rock.
Image carved or pecked into the rock.
a design chiseled or chipped out of a rock surface
Picture pecked or carved into stone.
Petroglyphs are a form of ancient rock art that was carved, pecked, or chiseled into the rock. Usually the markings are made in the veneer of dark rock varnish on the face of lighter-colored rock for good contrast.
Petroglyphs are s created by removing part of a rock surfaces by incising, pecking, carving, and abrading. Outside North America, scholars often use terms such as "carving", "engraving", or other descriptions of technique to refer to such images. Petroglyphs are found world-wide, and are often (but not always) associated with prehistoric peoples.
