rock shelter
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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 rock was discovered in the San Lázaro rock shelter in Segovia, Spain.
From BBC ● May 27, 2025
Rio admitted on Sept. 21 to damaging a rock shelter on Aug. 6 in Western Australia’s Pilbara region while blasting at a nearby iron ore mine.
From Reuters ● Oct. 3, 2023
Kharis, a young member of the Punan Batu, played a guitar made of terap wood at a rock shelter in Sadau, Borneo.Credit...
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2023
At a Brazilian rock shelter named Pedra Furada, archaeologists found cave paintings undoubtedly made by humans.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
