A petroglyph is an image created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading, as a form of rock art. Outside North America, scholars often use terms such as "carving", "engraving", or other descriptions of the technique to refer to such images.

Petroglyph National Monument stretches 17 miles (27 km) along Albuquerque, New Mexico's West Mesa, a volcanic basalt escarpment that dominates the city's western horizon. Authorized June 27, 1990, the 7,236 acres (2,928 ha) monument is cooperatively managed by the National Park Service and the City of Albuquerque .

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Petroglyphs are images created by removing part of a rock surfaces by incising, pecking, carving, and abrading. Petroglyphs are found world-wide, and are often (but not always) associated with prehistoric peoples.

2019年3月28日 · Petroglyphs are images carved on the surface of a rock. The techniques used to create these images include pecking, incising, abrading, sculpting, polishing, drilling, and scratching. These processes remove part of the rock and therefore are different than images simply painted on drawn on rock which are called petrographs.

2018年2月1日 · Petroglyphs are powerful cultural symbols that reflect the complex societies and religions of the surrounding tribes. Petroglyphs are central to the monument's sacred landscape where traditional ceremonies still take place.

The park, located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, preserves more than 20 thousand petroglyphs that were carved into the basalt rock by the ancestral Puebloans and their descendants, the Diné, and the Apache, as well as the early Spanish settlers.

This is a list of petroglyphs in the United States. Source: [1] Alabama. PAINTED BLUFF. ^ "Rock Art Sites". Eastern States Rock Art Research Association. 2011-06-10. Retrieved 2022-09-04.

2024年11月19日 · Petroglyphs are created by pecking, carving, or scraping away the rock surface to reveal the lighter stone beneath. These etched images can be found in nearly every corner of the world, offering a universal connection to ancient peoples.

2012年3月31日 · Petroglyphs are images and designs made by engraving, carving or scratching away the dark layer of rock varnish on a rock's surface to reveal the lighter rock underneath. Images can be of varying depths and thicknesses. Images can be pecked, carved, incised, scratched, or abraded.