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</noinclude> <!-- 8. Define pictograph. What are Indian petroglyphs and where can you find them? --> A '''pictograph''' is an image drawn or painted on a rock face. A '''petroglyph''' is an image carved into a rock face. The word comes from the Greek words petro-, meaning "stone" (think of Peter which means rock {{Bible link|Matthew 16:18}}) and glyphein meaning "to carve", and was originally coined in French as pétroglyphe. Petroglyphs are found world-wide, and are often (but not always) associated with prehistoric peoples. <gallery> Image:Newspaper rock.jpg|Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument, southern Utah, USA image:Petroglyphs on a Bishop Tuff tableland-750px.jpg|Petroglyphs on a Bishop Tuff tableland, eastern California, USA image:Pictograph_2_tds.jpg|Southern Utah, USA image:Pictograph_tds.jpg|Southern Utah, USA Image:Ute Petroglyphs in Arches National Park.jpg|Arches National Park Image:Petroglyph in Arizona 2007-01-20.jpg|Arizona, USA Image:Petroglyphs in the Columbia River Gorge.jpg|Columbia River Gorge, Washington, USA Image:PetroglyphBelfastLassnCA.jpg|Pete's creek Belfast area of Lassen county California, USA </gallery> Sites in North America where petroglyphs can be found include: * Arches National Park, Utah * Capitol Reef National Park, Utah * Death Valley National Park, California * Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado and Utah * Columbia Hills State Park, Washington * The Cove Palisades State Park, Oregon * Jeffers Petroglyphs, Minnesota * Kanopolis State Park, Kansas * Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia * Lava Beds National Monument, Tule Lake, California * Leo Petroglyph, Leo, Ohio[http://www.ohiohistory.org/places/leopetro/] * Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument, Utah * Mina, Nuevo León, Mexico * Olympic National Park, Washington * Petit Jean State Park, Arkansas * Petrified Forest National Park * Petroglyph National Monument * Petroglyphs Provincial Park, north of Peterborough, Ontario * Petroglyph Provincial Park, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada [http://www.britishcolumbia.com/ParksAndTrails/Parks/details/?ID=450] * Sedona, Arizona * Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada * South Mountain Park, Arizona * St John, USVI * Three Rivers Petroglyphs, New Mexico [http://www.desertusa.com/mag98/mar/poi/du_3rivers.html] * West Virginia glyphs * Writing Rock State Historical Site, North Dakota * Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, East of Milk River, Alberta * White Tank Mountain Regional Park, Waddell, Arizona * Pete's creek Belfast Lassen county California BLM (Shamans cave with solar calender) * Anza-Borrego State Park California Way off Highway 52 (mortar holes too) * Shuswap Lake Provincial Parks, BC
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<!-- 8. Define pictograph. What are Indian petroglyphs and where can you find them? -->
A '''pictograph''' is an image drawn or painted on a rock face. A '''petroglyph''' is an image carved into a rock face. The word comes from the Greek words petro-, meaning "stone" (think of Peter which means rock {{Bible link|Matthew 16:18}}) and glyphein meaning "to carve", and was originally coined in French as pétroglyphe. Petroglyphs are found world-wide, and are often (but not always) associated with prehistoric peoples.
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Image:Newspaper rock.jpg|Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument, southern Utah, USA
image:Petroglyphs on a Bishop Tuff tableland-750px.jpg|Petroglyphs on a Bishop Tuff tableland, eastern California, USA
image:Pictograph_2_tds.jpg|Southern Utah, USA
image:Pictograph_tds.jpg|Southern Utah, USA
Image:Ute Petroglyphs in Arches National Park.jpg|Arches National Park
Image:Petroglyph in Arizona 2007-01-20.jpg|Arizona, USA
Image:Petroglyphs in the Columbia River Gorge.jpg|Columbia River Gorge, Washington, USA
Image:PetroglyphBelfastLassnCA.jpg|Pete's creek Belfast area of Lassen county California, USA
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Sites in North America where petroglyphs can be found include:
* Arches National Park, Utah
* Capitol Reef National Park, Utah
* Death Valley National Park, California
* Dinosaur National Monument, Colorado and Utah
* Columbia Hills State Park, Washington
* The Cove Palisades State Park, Oregon
* Jeffers Petroglyphs, Minnesota
* Kanopolis State Park, Kansas
* Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia
* Lava Beds National Monument, Tule Lake, California
* Leo Petroglyph, Leo, Ohio[http://www.ohiohistory.org/places/leopetro/]
* Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument, Utah
* Mina, Nuevo León, Mexico
* Olympic National Park, Washington
* Petit Jean State Park, Arkansas
* Petrified Forest National Park
* Petroglyph National Monument
* Petroglyphs Provincial Park, north of Peterborough, Ontario
* Petroglyph Provincial Park, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada [http://www.britishcolumbia.com/ParksAndTrails/Parks/details/?ID=450]
* Sedona, Arizona
* Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada
* South Mountain Park, Arizona
* St John, USVI
* Three Rivers Petroglyphs, New Mexico [http://www.desertusa.com/mag98/mar/poi/du_3rivers.html]
* West Virginia glyphs
* Writing Rock State Historical Site, North Dakota
* Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park, East of Milk River, Alberta
* White Tank Mountain Regional Park, Waddell, Arizona
* Pete's creek Belfast Lassen county California BLM (Shamans cave with solar calender)
* Anza-Borrego State Park California Way off Highway 52 (mortar holes too)
* Shuswap Lake Provincial Parks, BC