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petroglyph

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for petroglyph.

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The question is if the Hohokam petroglyph is depicting that phenomenon.

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Quick take

(archaeology) A rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times.

Meaning at a glance

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noun

(archaeology) A rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for petroglyph.

noun

(archaeology) A rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times.

Example sentences

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The question is if the Hohokam petroglyph is depicting that phenomenon.

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Now the problem is that the Hohokam petroglyph displays a scorpion.

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They definitively preferred this site, not any random suitable site, for their petroglyph narrative, whatever it meant.

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It's very inexpensive, and sits at the foothills of the Sandia Mountains and Petroglyph National Park.

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In a culture where hunter = man, would you bother to expend the energy to carve a penis as part of your petroglyph?

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It may also have been recorded by the Anasazi as a petroglyph.

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You'll get a petroglyph here or there, and that's it.

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I surmise that a company like Petroglyph knows that all too well by now and they have a proven track record of shipping things.

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All these machines that tore us away from lived experience, and made us stare into the square screens or hunch over the keyboards, covered with their arcane, petroglyph symbols.

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[1] Possible reason it was laid out in a snake pattern petroglyph rather than just being a large collection of holes relatively near the valley floor.

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>The Hohokam petroglyph depicts symbols of a scorpion and stars that match a model showing the relative positions of the supernova with respect to the constellation Scorpius.

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That said, there's a petroglyph (circa 1150-1600 CE) of a macaw (among other sign-like petroglyphs)[1] on the walls above the pueblo ruins in Frijoles Canyon in Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico that came to mind when reading your explanation.

Quote examples

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Stone circles and other petroglyph sites are located in the area." But if it's under 40 ft of water wouldn't that mean it was constructed (?) during the Ice Age?

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> "If found to be true, the wannabe petroglyph could be as much as 10,000 years old – coincident with the post-Ice Age presence of both humans and mastodons in the upper midwest.

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I can't find it on mobile, but I remember reading an article a while back about some simple "john was here" on some anasazi petroglyph that hadn't been removed because it was from the late 1800s or early 1900s and was considered historic.

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The city was also at one time the headquarters of the former Derby Oil Company, which was purchased by Coastal Corporation in 1988." Albuquerque, NM also should not be a surprise[2]: "Albuquerque is home to the University of New Mexico (UNM), Kirtland Air Force Base, Sandia National Laboratories, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, and Petroglyph National Monument." (emphasis mine).

Proper noun examples

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Grey Goo is clearly in the the C&C branch of RTS more than the StarCraft branch, and of course made by Petroglyph.

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Petroglyph is the old Westwood who left it after the acquisition.

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Not only did they get out of the way, but they actively hired the studio that sprung up from the corpse of the original developers (Westwood): Petroglyph.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use petroglyph in a sentence?

The question is if the Hohokam petroglyph is depicting that phenomenon.

What does petroglyph mean?

(archaeology) A rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times.

What part of speech is petroglyph?

petroglyph is commonly used as noun.