No, it's not a cave painting. It's not hieroglyphs. Petroglyphs are in a category all on their own. Dating back as far as 15,000 years ago petroglyphs were a form of rock art done by chipping away at the weathered surface of rocks to reveal the layer below. It is believed that most petroglyphs were made anywhere from the early 1300s to the late 1680s. Petroglyphs were somewhat similar to that of cave paintings in the sense that they were used to tell stories about the clans and tribes in the area. They were considered powerful cultural monuments and were integral to the indigenous people's society. The formation of the petroglyphs was never random, each one had a specific placement and arrangement that had a bigger meaning to the petroglyph as a whole. Often times petroglyphs were used to represent clans, astral events, and even to represent the societal hierarchies and to keep a record of chieftains. Petroglyphs are widely believed to be the inspiration for High bas relief artwork as the process of removing rock on a 2D surface was is the major component of both types of art.
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