A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 263
princii)al rooms set im-mediately upon tlie ground, wliicli has Ijeen pre-viously dug out and filled in again with speciallyprepared and hard-rammed earth or sand, andthis covered with a pavement of some kind.The inclination of the ground is often followwl.so that it is not imusual to find the open… … applied to such buildings as this. At the sametime, the distinction between tliese and the earlyhouse of the most civilized peoples of the Medi-terranean world is not very great. Wherever necting perhaps with another street. This is inthe trade wind region, within the trojjics; aniloutside of this…
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