rock shelter

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The storms that tore through Dawlish in 2014 prompted a five-phase project to build a new sea wall in the town, and a large rock shelter just down the line.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

The remains were excavated from a rock shelter near present-day Bogotá and date back roughly 5,500 years.

From Science Daily • Jan. 26, 2026

The Puutu Kunti Kurrama and Pinikura Aboriginal Corporation, whose rock shelter was destroyed, said at the weekend they were devastated by reports of the state government's impending decision.

From Reuters • Aug. 8, 2023

The ornaments were discovered about 30 years ago at a rock shelter called Santa Elina in central Brazil.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 11, 2023

The North American site that currently enjoys the strongest credentials as a possible pre-Clovis site is Meadowcroft rock shelter, in Pennsylvania, yielding reported human-associated radiocarbon dates of about 16,000 years ago.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond