pictograph
noun
pic·to·graph
ˈpik-tə-ˌgraf 
1
: an ancient or prehistoric drawing or painting on a rock wall
2
: one of the symbols belonging to a pictorial graphic system
3
: a diagram representing statistical data by pictorial forms
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They are woven into the California tribe’s stories and appear in ancient pictographs painted by ancestors on the walls of a rock shelter in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
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Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024
Beavers were once staples of the watershed on the Tule River Indian Reservation, and they were featured in pictographs dating back about 500 to 1,000 years, tribe members and state officials said.
—Olivia Lloyd, Sacramento Bee, 26 June 2024
The panel was originally given the name Mallery’s Grotto after ethnologist and pictograph specialist Garrick Mallery.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 19 June 2024
To see petroglyph carvings instead of pictographs, a site known as Nampaweap at the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument is the place to go.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 19 June 2024
The roughly 1,000-year-old pictographs depict how various animals, including beavers, created the world.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
A touch of a screen will turn today’s white paper into tomorrow’s pictograph or audio abstract.
—Bob Pearson, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
Aside from pictographs, Hueco Tanks is great for rock climbing, hiking, bird-watching, and camping.
—Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 6 Dec. 2023
Early humans first discovered this cave system some 5,000 years ago and left behind pictographs made by firelight.
—Brandy Schillace, WSJ, 29 Sep. 2023
Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024
Beavers were once staples of the watershed on the Tule River Indian Reservation, and they were featured in pictographs dating back about 500 to 1,000 years, tribe members and state officials said.
—Olivia Lloyd, Sacramento Bee, 26 June 2024
The panel was originally given the name Mallery’s Grotto after ethnologist and pictograph specialist Garrick Mallery.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 19 June 2024
To see petroglyph carvings instead of pictographs, a site known as Nampaweap at the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument is the place to go.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 19 June 2024
The roughly 1,000-year-old pictographs depict how various animals, including beavers, created the world.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
A touch of a screen will turn today’s white paper into tomorrow’s pictograph or audio abstract.
—Bob Pearson, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
Aside from pictographs, Hueco Tanks is great for rock climbing, hiking, bird-watching, and camping.
—Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 6 Dec. 2023
Early humans first discovered this cave system some 5,000 years ago and left behind pictographs made by firelight.
—Brandy Schillace, WSJ, 29 Sep. 2023
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pictograph
noun
pic·to·graph
ˈpik-tə-ˌgraf
1
: an ancient or prehistoric drawing or painting on a rock wall
2
: one of the symbols of a system of picture writing
3
: a diagram representing statistical information by pictures which can be varied in color, size, or number to indicate change
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