rock shelter

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The upper rock-shelter has been dug out or enlarged with a pick.

From Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

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

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

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

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

That the upper story took its name from the rock-shelter may be further illustrated.

From A Study of Pueblo Pottery as Illustrative of Zuñi Culture Growth. Fourth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1882-83, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1886, pages 467-522 by Cushing, Frank Hamilton