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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 ...
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.
Great houses – Generally built on flat plains throughout the Southwest, the great house-style Pueblo dwelling sat independent of cliffs. Pit houses – Most of the populations of the Southwest lived in pit houses, carefully dug rectangular or circular depressions in the earth with wattle and daub adobe walls supported by log sized corner posts.
The pit houses were frequently destroyed by fire over the timespan of occupation, likely due to local conflicts. [13] Permanent structures and large numbers of weapons, including 28 polished arrowheads, recovered from the site suggest a degree of social stratification in the region, of which the residents of Amnya were elites. [ 14 ]
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The sites had clusters of 1–20 pit-houses. One of its villages, Shabik'eschee, was the type site for this period. [5] Although most village sites were relatively small during this period, Shabik'eschee (about 550–700 CE) contained 18 pit-houses for an estimated 77 people, more than 50 storage pits, and a large pit-house used for celebration ...
Si7xten in Lillooet, 1996. A quiggly hole, also known as a pit-house or simply as a quiggly or kekuli, is the remains of an earth lodge built by the First Nations people of the Interior of British Columbia and the Columbia Plateau in the United States.
Earth sheltered: houses using dirt ("earth") piled against it exterior walls for thermal mass, which reduces heat flow into or out of the house, maintaining a more steady indoor temperature. Pit-house: a prehistoric house type used on many continents and of many styles, partially sunken into the ground. Rammed earth; Sod house; Earthbag home