petroglyph

     

Petroglyphs are images create by removing part of a rock surfaces by incising, pecking, carving, and abrading. Outside North America, scholars often use terms such as "carving", "engraving", or other descriptions of the technique to refer to such images. Petroglyphs are found world-wide, and are often (but not always) associated with prehistoric peoples. The word comes from the Greek words petros meaning "stone" and glyphein meaning "to carve" (it was originally coined in French as pétroglyphe).

Trivia about petroglyph

  • From the greek meaning "rock carving" it's the type of artifact seen here
  • A New Mexico national monument is named for this, from the Greek for "rock carving"