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Any ground-constructed example of rock art by using rocks, stones, earth, etc.: Examples of ,geoglyphs can be intaglios or rock alignments, straight lines, geometric shapes, and other representative designs found on the desert plain.
Geoglyphs can be formed by piling up materials on the ground surface or by removing surface materials and most suggest a largely ceremonial function.
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(drawings on the ground by arranging stones, gravel, or earth)
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“geoglyphs”
A large-scale drawing carved or fashioned into the ground or landscape: A geoglyph can be an image or a picture created on the surface of the earth by lining up stones or rocks, or even by scratching the ground, and usually only perceptible from a distance.
A geoglyph can be exemplified by the Nasca Lines of Peru
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