Recent Examples on the WebOnly two kilometers away from the village is Peña Colorada, home to pre-colonial ornate petroglyphs.—Marianne Perez-Fransius, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2024 Hunt for fossils and ancient petroglyphs across 210,000 acres of wilderness on the border of Colorado and Utah.—Elaine Glusac, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2024 To see petroglyph carvings instead of pictographs, a site known as Nampaweap at the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument is the place to go.—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 19 June 2024 Etched into many of the surfaces are petroglyphs by the Fremont people, who drew human figures, wildlife and abstract designs.—Catherine Garcia, theweek, 10 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for petroglyph
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