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unusual facts about Rock shelter


Rock shelter

The Cumberland stitchwort (Minuartia cumberlandensis) is an endangered species of plant which is found only in rock shelters in Kentucky and Tennessee.



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Abrigo do Lagar Velho

Lagar Velho is a rock-shelter in the Lapedo valley, a limestone canyon 13 km from the centre of Leiria, in the municipality of Leiria, in central Portugal.

Magdalenian

It is named after the type site of La Madeleine, a rock shelter located in the Vézère valley, commune of Tursac, in the Dordogne department of France.

Moonlight Head

An Aboriginal shell midden was excavated in a rock shelter at Moonlight Head and was found to have been occupied between 1030 BP and 180 BP when excavated by archaeologist David Frankel.

The Sourlands

Fort Hans, a rock shelter on 3M property, was named for Hans Van Pelt, a pacifist who refused to fight in the Revolutionary War.