A rock shelter (also rockhouse, crepuscular cave, bluff shelter, or abri) is a shallow cave-like opening at the base of a bluff or cliff. In contrast...
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The Bhimbetka rock shelters are an archaeological site in central India that spans the Paleolithic and Mesolithic periods, as well as the historic period...
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with no walls Rock shelter Tent Toguna, a shelter used by the Dogon people in Africa Townhouse Applications Air raid shelter Animal shelter Bothy, public...
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[kʁomaɲɔ̃]) is an Aurignacian (Upper Paleolithic) site, located in a rock shelter at Les Eyzies, a hamlet in the commune of Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil...
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Diepkloof Rock Shelter is a rock shelter in Western Cape, South Africa in which has been found some of the earliest evidence of the human use of symbols...
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The Oldbury rock shelters are a complex of Middle Palaeolithic sites situated on the slopes of Oldbury hillfort near Ightham in the English county of...
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the Bevans Rock Shelter, west of Bevans in Sandyston Township, the Glenwood Cave in Vernon Township, located near Route 565, the rock shelter above Buttermilk...
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Cro-Magnon (section Cro-Magnon rock shelter)
discovered by French palaeontologist Louis Lartet in 1868 at the Cro-Magnon rock shelter, Les Eyzies, Dordogne, France, after the area was accidentally discovered...
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The Itaakpa rock shelter is an archaeological site located in southwestern Nigeria. It is situated about half of a kilometer west of the village of Iffe-Ijumu...
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Wilton culture (section Wilton rock shelter)
Originally defined from archaeological assemblages recovered from Wilton rock shelter in 1921, archaeologists use Wilton to refer to stone age foraging and...
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prehistoric rock art is found in caves or partly enclosed rock shelters; this type also may be called cave art or parietal art. A global phenomenon, rock art...
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Sigiriya (redirect from Sigiriya Rock Fortress)
boulder-strewn hills surrounding the Sigiriya rock. Several rock shelters or caves were created during this period. These shelters were made under large boulders, with...
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The Rock shelter of Solhapa (Portuguese: Abrigo rupestre da Solhapa) is a Paleolithic archaeological site in Duas Igrejas, Miranda do Douro, Portugal....
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Meadowcroft Rockshelter (redirect from Meadowcroft Rock Shelter)
located near Avella in Jefferson Township, Pennsylvania. The site is a rock shelter in a bluff overlooking Cross Creek (a tributary of the Ohio River), and...
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"Gimme Shelter" is a song by the English rock band the Rolling Stones. Written by Jagger–Richards, it is the opening track of the band's 1969 album Let...
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Warragarra rock shelter is a rock shelter that measures about 35 x 15 meters located in the Tasmanian highlands near Mt. Ossa. The rockshelter is heavily...
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The Ambadevi rock shelters are part of an extensive cave site, where the oldest yet known traces of human life in the central province of the Indian subcontinent...
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The Punk Rock Shelter (9PM211) was an archaeological site found in Putnam County, Georgia. The site flooded in 1979, putting it 65 feet (20 m) under Lake...
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The Hidden Valley Rock Shelter (44-BA-31) is a significant archaeological site located near the community of Warm Springs in Bath County, Virginia, United...
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Shelter Rock is a landmarked rock shelter of granite in Manhasset, New York, United States, 10 feet (3 m) from Shelter Rock Road, near the border with...
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Magdalenian Girl (redirect from Cap Blank rock shelter)
known as the Cap Blanc rock shelter. The find was made when a workman drove a pickaxe into the cliff face in the rock shelter, shattering the skull. It...
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The Modoc Rock Shelter is a rock shelter or overhang located beneath the sandstone bluffs that form the eastern border of the Mississippi River floodplain...
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Tsodilo (section Depression Rock Shelter Site)
Tsodilo) are a UNESCO World Heritage Site (WHS), consisting of rock art, rock shelters, depressions, and caves in Botswana, Southern Africa. It gained...
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Lang Rongrien (Thai: หลังโรงเรียน, lit. 'behind the school') is a rock shelter and Hoabinhian habitation site in the upland region of Krabi province in...
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created roughly between 10,000 and 5,500 years ago, and painted in rock shelters under cliffs or shallow caves, in contrast to the recesses of deep caves...
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. The Isoma Rock Shelter Site (磯間岩陰遺跡, Isoma iwakage iseki) is an archaeological site with a Kofun period mass grave located in what is now the Minato...
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housed in a separate part of Klara shelters, while the third would be sent to a rock shelter elsewhere. The shelter has several entrances and escape routes...
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The Smith Rock Shelter is a natural limestone overhang in McKinney Falls State Park near Austin, Texas. The shelter is believed to have been used by Native...
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Petroglyph (redirect from Rock drawings)
rock shelter were noticed adjacent to a Murugan temple which is in ruins on top of the Kothaiyurumbu hill. During recent years a large number of rock...
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The Mlambalasi Rock Shelter is a historic site located in Iringa District of Iringa Region in southern Tanzania, 50 km away from Iringa City. Excavations...
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