rock shelter

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The rock-shelter and the cave are the homes which men seek from the advancing cold.

From The Story of Evolution by McCabe, Joseph

Then he hunts himself out a hollow tree or rock-shelter, curls himself up quietly to sleep, and snores away the whole livelong winter.

From Falling in Love With Other Essays on More Exact Branches of Science by Allen, Grant

Only one race, however, that named after the rock-shelter of Crô-Magnon in the Dordogne, is represented by a fair number of specimens, namely, about a dozen.

From Progress and History by Marvin, Francis Sydney

The disappearance of the herds caused Fleetfoot and Willow-grouse to leave the rock-shelter.

From The Later Cave-Men by Brown, Howard V.

A human parietal with a piece missing that had evidently been taken out, was found beneath the rock-shelter of Entre-Roches near Angouleme.

From Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples by D'Anvers, N.