petroglyph

images carved on a rock surface as a form of rock art
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petroglyph

Summary

petroglyph ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (594 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • petroglyph is a type of drawing[2].
  • petroglyph is a type of archaeological artefact[3].
  • petroglyph is a type of rock art[4].
  • petroglyph's Commons category is recorded as Petroglyphs[5].
  • petroglyph's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Petroglyphs[6].
  • petroglyph's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as archaeological_site=petroglyph[7].
  • petroglyph's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[8].
  • petroglyph's described by source is recorded as Arkeologisen kulttuuriperinnön opas[9].
  • petroglyph's described by source is recorded as Q105336459[10].
  • petroglyph's manifestation of is recorded as pictogram[11].
  • petroglyph's different from is recorded as geoglyph[12].
  • petroglyph's properties for this type is recorded as P18[13].
  • petroglyph's properties for this type is recorded as P17[14].
  • petroglyph's properties for this type is recorded as P131[15].
  • petroglyph's properties for this type is recorded as P706[16].
  • petroglyph's properties for this type is recorded as P625[17].
  • petroglyph's properties for this type is recorded as P2044[18].
  • petroglyph's properties for this type is recorded as P373[19].
  • petroglyph's properties for this type is recorded as P1435[20].
  • petroglyph's properties for this type is recorded as P808[21].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include drawing[2], archaeological artefact[3], and rock art[4].

Why It Matters

petroglyph ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (594 views/month).[1] petroglyph has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] petroglyph is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . akp.nba.fi. Retrieved . akp.nba.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . app.raa.se. app.raa.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from geoglyph
    Manifestation of pictogram
    Subclass of drawing, archaeological artefact, rock art
    Aliases
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 27963, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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