Explore Petroglyph through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Petroglyph meaning
A rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times.
Using Petroglyph
- The main meaning on this page is: A rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times.
Context around Petroglyph
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 6 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Petroglyph
- In this selection, "petroglyph" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, valley, indian, prehistoric, national, images and rock stand out and add context to how "petroglyph" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a petroglyph is an and a prehistoric petroglyph on a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "petroglyph" sits close to words such as aadi, aakash and aayush, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with petroglyph
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Also fine every tribe for every petroglyph, rock painting, and shaped tree. (12 words)
It is proposed that this petroglyph was created to mark these events. (12 words)
What used to be called the Deer Valley Rock Art Center is now the Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve. (18 words)
History main First inhabitants Petroglyph in Sydney's Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park The first people to inhabit the area now known as Sydney were indigenous Australians having migrated from northern Australia and before that from southeast Asia. (39 words)
Etymology This area was occupied by various cultures of indigenous peoples long before European contact, remnants of which can be found in petroglyph sites at Werehpai and other places in Suriname. (31 words)
Kathy Pollard displays a large piece of birch bark with inscribed and painted Maine Indian petroglyph reproductions; and “Corn Mother” sculpture made with glass beads and moose antler. (28 words)
Example sentences (12)
Her projects include helping to save Albuquerque’s Petroglyph National Monument and Santa Fe’s Institute of American Indian Arts.
A five-pointed star, or pentagram, is among the petroglyph images at Cape Alitak, and is thought to be up to a thousand years old.
Also fine every tribe for every petroglyph, rock painting, and shaped tree.
What used to be called the Deer Valley Rock Art Center is now the Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve.
Kathy Pollard displays a large piece of birch bark with inscribed and painted Maine Indian petroglyph reproductions; and “Corn Mother” sculpture made with glass beads and moose antler.
A Petroglyph is an intaglio abstract or symbolic image engraved on natural stone by various methods, usually by prehistoric peoples.
A prehistoric petroglyph on a riverbank in Goa shows the same pattern and has been dated to circa 2500 BC.
Etymology This area was occupied by various cultures of indigenous peoples long before European contact, remnants of which can be found in petroglyph sites at Werehpai and other places in Suriname.
History main First inhabitants Petroglyph in Sydney's Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park The first people to inhabit the area now known as Sydney were indigenous Australians having migrated from northern Australia and before that from southeast Asia.
It is proposed that this petroglyph was created to mark these events.
One petroglyph, drawn on a stone slab in a double burial from c. 1000 BC, depicts a biga with two four-spoked wheels.
Skålgropar, a particular kind of petroglyph found in Scandinavia, were known in older times as älvkvarnar (elven mills), pointing to their believed usage.