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Sunken huts

Scope note

Denotes semi-underground buildings forming self-contained structures without a built floor, common to England and northern Europe throughout the first millennium CE and used variously for such functions as houses, storehouses, and workshops; use "pit dwellings" for prehistoric houses whose floors are generally deeply set below ground level.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000137527

Equivalent Terms used

sunken hut

Created

13yrs ago

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