Pre-historic times: as illustrated by ancient remains and the manners and customs of modern savages (1900)
Lubbock, John, Sir, 1834-1913 · London, Edinburgh [etc.] : Williams and Norgate · leaf 210
LLINGS. 125 great stones, formed of timber, while earth is heaped up onthe roof and against the sides, reducing it to the form of amound. The opening is on the south, and a small hole for awindow is sometimes left on the east side. Instead of glass,a plate of ice is used; it is at first a foot… … Summer and Winter Dwellings.—Kamskatka. feet, and on this elevated part the inmates slept at night,and sat at work by day. Captain Cook gives a very similar description of the winterhabitations used by the Tschutski in the extreme north-eastof Asia. They are, he says,* exactly like a vault, the…
Archaeology · Primitive societies
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