Examples of 'rock shelters' in a sentence

Meaning of "rock shelters"

Rock shelters are natural or man-made cavities or structures formed by rocks that provide shelter or protection against the elements. They have been used by humans and animals throughout history as temporary or permanent dwelling places, sanctuaries, or resting spots. Rock shelters often have cultural or archaeological significance and can be found in various environments
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Many rock shelters are found under waterfalls.
There are also burials in caves or rock shelters.
Some of the rock shelters contained rock art.
Huge slanted boulders make up the three rock shelters.
There are many natural rock shelters in these cliffs.
Rock shelters are often important archaeologically.
Some petroglyphs in open rock shelters may date to modern times.
Six rock shelters have also been found on the bluff.
Bhimbetka rock shelters.
Archaeologist would like to carry out excavations around selected rock shelters.
At least three prehistoric rock shelters have been found in archaeological digs in the region.
They have functional links with the rock shelters and caves.
These rock shelters provided huge canvases for a complex and rich art form.
Numerous artifacts have been found there and some rock shelters are still visible.
All the rock shelters reveal a varied typology and numerous adaptations to the local conditions.

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These were found in caves and rock shelters all over Lebanese territory.
People in Cappadocia lived and live in amazing shape carved in the rock shelters.
Laas Geel is a complex of caves and rock shelters in northwestern Somalia.
The Bhimbetka rock shelters exhibit the earliest traces of human life in India.
Early Homo sapiens often inhabited caves or rock shelters if these were available.
Rock shelters that were home to humans, millennia ago.
The Leatherman survived blizzards and other foul weather by heating his rock shelters with fire.
There are paleolithic paintings in the rock shelters of Fuencaliente and Solana del Pino.
For the latter, metallurgy was performed inside rock shelters.
In caves, rock shelters and even a few surviving openair sites.
Visit the Bhimbetka rock shelters.
A number of sites consist of rock shelters with petroglyphs, pictographs, and lithic flakes and debitage.
The similarities are topographical, with caves and rock shelters at the foot of cliffs.
Besides rock cut caves, Singrauli also has painted rock shelters.
Bhimbetka is known for the 700 rock shelters belonging to the Neolithic age.
In the olden days, the dwellings of the Veddas consisted of caves and rock shelters.
Located in central India, Bhimbetka contains over 600 rock shelters decorated with prehistoric cave paintings.
Their shelters were animal hide tents, brush huts, or rock shelters.
In the wet season, they would camp under rock shelters on the high ground.
Examples of types of sites include shipwrecks, battlefields, campsites, natural features, and rock shelters.
Later, Archaic people established semi-permanent rock shelters in and around the mesa.
The hills themselves feature cliffs, gorges, waterfalls and even rock shelters.
Le Moustier is an archeological site consisting of two rock shelters in Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère, Dordogne, France.
The gorge displays some of the best-preserved examples of Chinese miners ' rock shelters in Otago.
The habitat of this culture was in the caves, rock shelters and open spaces.
He visited the area with a team of archaeologists and discovered several prehistoric rock shelters in 1957.
Mendip, its swallet caves, and rock shelters.
He visited the area with a team of archaeologists and reported several prehistoric rock shelters in 1957.
Sana ( Shana ) Caves is a group of 62 Buddhist rock shelters that have been.
Superimposed paintings were recorded in 51 % of the rock shelters.
The Brandberg itself hosts over 1.000 bushmen paintings, scattered around in rock shelters and caves.

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