Re: Alternative Building Ideas
[quote author=Sparrowings link=topic=86.msg7902#msg7902 date=1288322763]
I'm a big fan of earth lodges and viking pit houses. Yet, dirt floors are hard to keep clean though...
![](http://www.fotevikensmuseum.se/Photo/art17/P0011574.jpg)
The viking pit house stays naturally cool as it is basically a pit with the upper half of a house built over it. The vikings used some of these in the summer, though it might be pretty cold in the winter...
![](http://motorcyclinglewisandclark.edinboro.edu/images/s_MandanEarthLodgeKnifeRiverND.jpg)
Also quite nice, the Mandan earth lodges were a little bigger than the pit houses, but needed to be re-built every six or so years.
I wonder how difficult it would be to build one now. If the Mandan could do it with no heavy machinery, maybe I can build one in my backyard...?![Wink](http://www.paganforum.com/core/images/smilies/wink.png)
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That would make a badass wine cellar.
[quote author=Sparrowings link=topic=86.msg7902#msg7902 date=1288322763]
I'm a big fan of earth lodges and viking pit houses. Yet, dirt floors are hard to keep clean though...
![](http://www.fotevikensmuseum.se/Photo/art17/P0011574.jpg)
The viking pit house stays naturally cool as it is basically a pit with the upper half of a house built over it. The vikings used some of these in the summer, though it might be pretty cold in the winter...
![](http://motorcyclinglewisandclark.edinboro.edu/images/s_MandanEarthLodgeKnifeRiverND.jpg)
Also quite nice, the Mandan earth lodges were a little bigger than the pit houses, but needed to be re-built every six or so years.
I wonder how difficult it would be to build one now. If the Mandan could do it with no heavy machinery, maybe I can build one in my backyard...?
![Wink](http://www.paganforum.com/core/images/smilies/wink.png)
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That would make a badass wine cellar.
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