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SharePetroglyphs are images incised in rock, usually by prehistoric, especially Neolithic, peoples.
They were an important form of pre-writing symbols, used in communication from approximately 10,000 B.C.E.
to modern times.
For more information about the topic Petroglyph, read the full article at Wikipedia.org, or see the following related articles:
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