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Pit-house

A pit-house (or pit house, pithouse) is a house built in the ground and used for shelter. 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, singing and…

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Pit-house

Nodes56
Edges55
Triples39
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.035714
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related to Early medieval Europe · 12
Pit-house → AD, Archaeological, Europe, Excavations, Grubenhäuser, Hearths, In Germany, Pit-houses, Some, United Kingdom, West Stow, Within
related to In North America · 12
Pit-house → Columbia, For, Fraser, Great Plains, Hot, In, Individual, Pacific Northwest, Pit, Plateau, The, Throughout
related to Cross-cultural patterning · 9
Pit-house → Africa, All, Brazil, Ethnographic Atlas, George Murdock's, Paraguay, Taiwan, The, Yami
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Pit-house → dug-out hollow in the ground and any postholes used to support the roof

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pit houses used ground also structures sample may structure found pit-houses europe dwellings societies occupation conditions around people shelter north

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Pit-houseis adug-out hollow in the ground and any postholes used to support the roof0.90text
for weaving shedsinstance ofIn Western Europe their small size and the fact that they can be found near other buildings and associated finds of loom weights has led to theories that they had a specialised…0.80text
the Columbiainstance ofand moved during colder months into permanent semi-subterranean pit houses situated near major rivers and tributaries0.80text
Fraserinstance ofand moved during colder months into permanent semi-subterranean pit houses situated near major rivers and tributaries0.80text
Banpoinstance ofsome Neolithic archaeological sites around the Yellow River0.80text
Yangshao culture have found pit-house relicsinstance ofsome Neolithic archaeological sites around the Yellow River0.80text
Pit-houserelated to Cross-cultural patterningGeorge Murdock's0.60section
Pit-houserelated to Cross-cultural patterningEthnographic Atlas0.60section
Pit-houserelated to Cross-cultural patterningAll0.60section
Pit-houserelated to Cross-cultural patterningAfrica0.60section
Pit-houserelated to Cross-cultural patterningParaguay0.60section
Pit-houserelated to Cross-cultural patterningBrazil0.60section

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