pit-house
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thumb|upright=1.25|Reconstruction of a pit-house in Chotěbuz, Czechia
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thumb|upright=1.25|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. 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.
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