rock art

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A broad category of images using living rock as a support or material, most often carved or pecked into or painted on, though sometimes extended to pictorial arrangements of rock. This term is most often used to describe works by ancient peoples. Describe related visual works with more specific terms: petroglyphs, pictographs, geoglyphs, or petroforms.
rock art
Accepted term: 09-Mar-2026