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Piedras Marcadas Canyon -- Animal-Like Petroglyphs

Above are a few animal-like petroglyphs found pecked into the rocks. More are here. I wondered what the difference was between Petroglyphs & Pictographs, which resembles the difference between sculpture & painting: petroglyphs are images carved, pecked or scratched into stone, while pictographs are rocks painted with natural pigments over stone, like a canvas.

 

Some geometric petroglyphs here.

 

 

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