Petroglyphs
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Social Science
- Subcategories: Painting, Painters, Drawing, Native Americans, American Indians
- Curriculum: American Indian History
- Geographical Location: California, New Mexico, Arizona
Article abstract: Indian designs carved on rock represent a rich legacy of Native American culture, expressing myth, history, and ethnic identity
Petroglyphs are designs that have been pecked, abraded, or incised into a rock’s surface, frequently by direct percussion with a hammer stone or indirect percussion with a chisel. These are different from pictographs, which are images painted on rock surfaces. There are petroglyphs that have also been painted, but this is rare.
Petroglyphs are found throughout the continental United States, Alaska, and...
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