Concept information
Preferred term
rock shelter
Definition
- A natural cave with a roof of overlying rock, which extends beyond the sides of the cave; a cave that is formed by a ledge of overhanging rock. Such a shallow cave or cliff overhang was used by humans as shelter from the elements, especially among hunters
Broader concept
Source
- Kipfer, B. A. Encyclopedic Dictionary of Archaeology. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York. p. 483.
In other languages
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German
URI
https://vocabs.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/defcthesaurus/rock_shelter/3.2
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