rock-shelter

or rock shel·ter

[ rok-shel-ter ]

/ ˈrɒkˌʃɛl tər /

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noun

a shallow cave or cavelike area, as one formed by an overhanging cliff or standing rocks, occupied by Stone Age peoples, possibly for extended periods.

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Origin of rock-shelter

First recorded in 1860–65

Words nearby rock-shelter

rockrose, rockrose family, rock salmon, rock salt, rockshaft, rock-shelter, rocks in one's head, have, rock snake, rock spray, Rock Springs, rock squirrel

How to use rock-shelter in a sentence

This discovery was made in a rock-shelter during its excavation in the autumn of 1909 by M. Peyrony.
Prehistoric Man|W. L. H. Duckworth
I also passed a rock-shelter, which served as a permanent home.
Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2)|Carl Lumholtz
That the upper story took its name from the rock-shelter may be further illustrated.
A Study of Pueblo Pottery as Illustrative of Zuñi Culture Growth.|Frank Hamilton Cushing
They are known as the Cro-Magnon race, after a group of them discovered in a rock shelter of that name on the banks of the Vezère.
Anthropology|Robert Marett

Make a rock shelter with walls of skin instead of plaited branches.
The Later Cave-Men|Katharine Elizabeth Dopp