CategoriesPit dwellings
Pit dwellings
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CategoriesPit dwellings
Every place in the atlas labelled pit dwellings.
🇮🇳 India · Ancient village
Neolithic (3100–1500 BCE) then Megalithic · Kashmir Neolithic (Burzahom)
Burzahom — Pit Dwellings Extension Terrace in Jammu and Kashmir, India is a Neolithic (3100–1500 BCE) then Megalithic ancient-village attributed to Kashmir Neolithic (Burzahom).
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient village
Ancient to Modern troglodyte (4th c BCE–present) · Berber (Matmata) / Punic?
Matmata is the Berber pit-dwelling village 600 m on Djebel Dahar plateau where houses are 6–10 m diameter circular pits 7 m deep dug into limestone with 3–4 excavated rooms around central courtyard…
