House No. 44: Jōmon Pit House
ink, colored pencil, and watercolor on paper, digital layout8.5 in. x 11 in.
044/365; 02/13/11
The pit dwellings of the Jomon era of Japanese prehistory which ranged roughly from 14,000–300 BCE. The houses were built of wood supports and thatch over a shallow pit.
This is another example of the utilization of geothermal heating, similar to that of the earth berm. I think that it is fascinating to discover that humans worldwide often discovered and developed the same techniques and that often the basic use of natural resources are so effective that we revisit them now.
I especially like the background of mountains!
ReplyDeleteI read it wrong the first time and thought it was a jamon house. (Ham in Spanish) I thought, living in ham can't be all that bad.
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