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Reconstruction of a pit-house in Chotěbuz, Czechia. A pit-house (or pit house, pithouse) is a house built in the ground and used for shelter. [1] Besides providing shelter from the most extreme of weather conditions, this type of earth shelter may also be used to store food (just like a pantry, a larder, or a root cellar) and for cultural activities like the telling of stories, dancing ...
The site features include 119 house depressions, [1] called a house pits or quiggly holes (kekuli or kickwillie). Keatley Creek is "known for the unusually large size of its semi-subterranean houses" [6] some more than 20 meters in diameter, although many are no larger than 5 meters. [7]
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The site encompasses a shell midden, in which are embedded the remains of semi-subterranean pit-house structures. It is one of the best-preserved examples of this type in northeastern North America. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]
Dugout home near Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940 Coober Pedy dugout, Australia. A dugout or dug-out, also known as a pit-house or earth lodge, is a shelter for humans or domesticated animals and livestock based on a hole or depression dug into the ground.
They lay partially underground like an earth lodge or pit-house, and most of the house was excavated from the dirt so as to withstand the high forces of wind in the Aleutian chain of islands. Barabaras are no longer used, [ 5 ] as present-day Aleuts live in modern houses and apartment buildings.
TikTok user @cowturtle has gained a following on the app for posting his journey as he creates an eel pit in an unused rainwater cistern beneath his garage.
After the residents of the subterranean houses had abandoned them the site was re-settled, most likely by the same people. They built semi-subterranean houses in the pits left over after the collapse of the subterranean houses from the previous phase. These houses were round or oval in shape and had walls made of unburned mud bricks. On top of ...