geoglyphn.
/ˈdʒiːəʊɡlɪf/, /ˈdʒiːəɡlɪf/, U.S. /ˈdʒioʊˌɡlɪf/ 1. A three-dimensional aerial photograph. rare.
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1968 Nation's Schools Oct. 14/1 (advt.) Geoglyphs will make your courses come alive.
2. Chiefly Archaeology. A large-scale image or design produced in the natural landscape by techniques such as aligning rocks or gravel or removing soil or sod, the complete form of which is visible only aerially or at a distance.
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1975 R. W. Casteel & G. I. Quimby Maritime Adaptations of Pacific 100 One site is listed as..a rock alignment location (geoglyph).
1981 Jrnl. Field Archaeol. 8 420 The interconnecting radial patterns resemble the huge geoglyphs in the Ingenio Valley.
1996 Sci. Amer. June 17/4 This past year the technique was used on..geoglyphs, found on the desert floor of the southwestern U.S.
2009 Independent 2 Nov. 13/1 The ‘Nasca Lines’, a series of elaborate geoglyphs etched into the desert covering huge areas, depicting animals, deities and geometric shapes.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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