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Lower Pecos River Region — Amistad National Recreation Area, Texas
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More than 300 pictograph sites have been documented in the caves, overhangs, and rocks in the Lower Pecos River Region.
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Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2024
The temporal framing for the exhibition, 1780s to 1920s, comes from the pictograph in which each year is marked by a picture or a glyph that marks an important event that happened in that year.
—Carin Schoppmeyer, arkansasonline.com, 22 Sep. 2024
Winter counts follow the tradition of creating a pictograph, a record in which a single image or glyph each represent important historical events within a certain community
This is a Northern Plains creation and catalogs more than 130 years, spanning 1785 to 1922.
—April Wallace, arkansasonline.com, 12 Sep. 2024
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.
—Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024
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Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2024
The temporal framing for the exhibition, 1780s to 1920s, comes from the pictograph in which each year is marked by a picture or a glyph that marks an important event that happened in that year.
—Carin Schoppmeyer, arkansasonline.com, 22 Sep. 2024
Winter counts follow the tradition of creating a pictograph, a record in which a single image or glyph each represent important historical events within a certain community
This is a Northern Plains creation and catalogs more than 130 years, spanning 1785 to 1922.
—April Wallace, arkansasonline.com, 12 Sep. 2024
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.
—Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pictograph
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Bitcoin is rallying on Trump’s victory Trump took a pro-bitcoin stance throughout his campaign, championing the digital currency as a symbol of financial independence and an alternative to traditional banking.Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 13 Nov. 2024
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Yet Harris' ascent to the White House has resonated deeply with local women who see her as a symbol of possibility.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Mega Millions 02-24-25-52-58, Mega Ball: 09, Megaplier: 2 Check Mega Millions payouts and previous drawings here.Ray Padilla, The Courier-Journal, 6 Nov. 2024
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Triple Twist 04-06-26-27-28-30 Check Triple Twist payouts and previous drawings here.Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Think outside the box and apply discipline and physical attributes to turn your pursuits into something tangible.Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Sometimes soccer is as simple as signing a player with the exact attributes to deal with your biggest weakness.Steve Price, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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The Indus Valley people carved about 400 symbols into stone seals—some animal pictograms, others abstract shapes.Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2024
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Shigetaka Kurita’s icons were monochromatic pixel pictograms, which Nicolas Loufrani describes as incredibly smart and beautiful representations of concepts on a limited 12 x 12 dot canvas.Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 30 July 2024
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One famous user was Uschi Obermaier, a model who lived on various communes in West Germany and became an emblem of left-wing radicalism in the late sixties.Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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As tourists stumble by with tall cans of Bud Light Lime and cigarettes in hand, Sell’s tattooed, sinewy limbs stretch a matching Lacoste tee and shorts, with the requisite crocodile emblems and matching bright-red shoes.Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
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On May 15, the park issued a news release alongside images from the footage and asked the public to help identify the man and woman in the video.Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 8 Nov. 2024
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An expanding black circle marks the spread of polar night in the Arctic in this animation of images acquired by the NOAA-20 satellite between Sept. 4 and Nov. 7.Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
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The Grammy winner, 34, showed her support for Kelce, 35, by rocking a vintage-style jacket decked out in Chiefs imagery and colors, including a large arrowhead logo on the back and red and gold sleeves.Hedy Phillips, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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But a yard sign with the swastika logo seen in the social media posts is not among merchandise available for purchase from the Trump campaign, and officials said the claim is false.BrieAnna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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For a country three times the size of Texas, rich with culture, art and nature, the figure is a perfect encapsulation of the problem with overtourism: people descending on one or two main points while dozens of splendid places remain largely under the radar.Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
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Exhibits showcase an unflinching look at the dangerous art of extracting minerals from the earth.James Dziezynski, Outside Online, 10 Nov. 2024
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“Pictograph.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pictograph. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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