pictography
[ pik-tog-ruh-fee ]
noun
the use of pictographs; picture writing.
Origin of pictography
1Words Nearby pictography
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How to use pictography in a sentence
pictography here records, that certain clans had killed bears and taken human scalps before that time.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820 | Henry Rowe SchoolcraftA comparison of the three justifies the assertion that the Kiowa have a recognized system of calendar pictography.
Hence the name pictography which some scholars apply to this primitive form of writing.
A History of Art in Chalda & Assyria, v. 1 | Georges PerrotAccording to John Tanner, the symbol for the lightning in Ojibway pictography was a rattlesnake.
American Hero-Myths | Daniel G. BrintonIt is a very old symbol, and is frequently found with the same meaning in cliff-houses and in ancient pictography.
The Winter Solstice Altars at Hano Pueblo | J. Walter Fewkes
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