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From animals and bird tracks to handprints and footprints, the petroglyphs are one of the most significant archaeological sites in the South.
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Katie Strasberg Rousso, Southern Living, 9 Oct. 2023
The petroglyphs including depictions of animals and other natural objects are located on the shores of Rio Negro, at an archeological site known as the Ponto das Lajes–Place of Slabs– near where the Rio Negro and the Solimões river flow into the Amazon River.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 25 Oct. 2023
Those areas include petroglyphs dating back some 200 years, North America’s largest sand dunes and migration corridors in the Red Desert for bighorn sheep, mule deer and elk.
—Lisa Friedman, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2023
Along the way, travelers pass elaborate dwellings carved into the cliffs, underground kivas, and petroglyphs that were etched into the rock thousands of years ago.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2023
Some of those projects were headed toward fruition when Feinstein in 2009 announced plans to introduce bills to establish national monuments on roughly 1 million acres of public lands that are home to bighorn sheep, desert tortoises, extinct volcanoes, sand dunes and ancient petroglyphs.
—Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2023
Big Spring Cave is a prehistoric Amerindian ceremonial site that dates back to 600 A.D. and showcases many anthropomorphic petroglyphs alongside freshwater springs.
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2023
But what draws people to Mouse’s Tank today are the ancient petroglyphs that have been etched into the canyon’s sandstone walls.
—Hazlitt, 2 Aug. 2023
These archaeological sites, which include cliff dwellings, sandstone homes, and petroglyphs, dot the state, offering a reminder of the people who came before.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 21 Apr. 2023
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Katie Strasberg Rousso, Southern Living, 9 Oct. 2023
The petroglyphs including depictions of animals and other natural objects are located on the shores of Rio Negro, at an archeological site known as the Ponto das Lajes–Place of Slabs– near where the Rio Negro and the Solimões river flow into the Amazon River.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 25 Oct. 2023
Those areas include petroglyphs dating back some 200 years, North America’s largest sand dunes and migration corridors in the Red Desert for bighorn sheep, mule deer and elk.
—Lisa Friedman, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2023
Along the way, travelers pass elaborate dwellings carved into the cliffs, underground kivas, and petroglyphs that were etched into the rock thousands of years ago.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2023
Some of those projects were headed toward fruition when Feinstein in 2009 announced plans to introduce bills to establish national monuments on roughly 1 million acres of public lands that are home to bighorn sheep, desert tortoises, extinct volcanoes, sand dunes and ancient petroglyphs.
—Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2023
Big Spring Cave is a prehistoric Amerindian ceremonial site that dates back to 600 A.D. and showcases many anthropomorphic petroglyphs alongside freshwater springs.
—Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2023
But what draws people to Mouse’s Tank today are the ancient petroglyphs that have been etched into the canyon’s sandstone walls.
—Hazlitt, 2 Aug. 2023
These archaeological sites, which include cliff dwellings, sandstone homes, and petroglyphs, dot the state, offering a reminder of the people who came before.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 21 Apr. 2023
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Word History
Etymology
petro- + glyph, probably after hieroglyph
First Known Use
1854, in the meaning defined above
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“Petroglyph.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/petroglyph. Accessed 4 Dec. 2023.
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