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Umjip
''Umjip'' () were pit-houses that were used for housing in prehistoric Korea. These huts were widely used in Korea from the Neolithic Age until the Three Kingdoms of Korea, Three Kingdoms period. The floor of the hut would be dug below the ground level. In colder regions, the pit would be around deep, and in warmer around half that depth. The floor area would be around . Hunter-gatherers tended to have round ''umjip'', and farmers square; it is believed that there was a rough progression from round to square houses over time. The floor would be made of compacted earth and have animal skins or grass laid onto it. At least one entrance to the house would also be dug, with stairs up to ground level. Two Y-shaped pillars would be placed along the center axis of the structure to support the roof. A Thatching, thatched roof would then be placed on top; this roof would be woven tight enough to be effectively waterproof. The hut's low height above the ground meant that it dealt with wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 celebrations. General dictionaries also describe a pit-house as a dugout, and it has similarities to a half-dugout. In archaeology, a pit-house is frequently called a sunken-featured building and occasionally (grub-) hut or grubhouse, after the German name ''Grubenhaus''. They are found in numerous cultures around the world, including the people of the Southwestern United States, the ancestral Pueblo, the ancient Fremont and Mogollon cultures, the Cherokee, the Inuit, the people of the Plateau, and archaic residents of Wyoming (Smith 2003) in North America; Archaic residents of the Lake Titicaca Basin (Craig 2005) in South America; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
