cave dwellings
Homes in stone
Cave dwellings are human habitations carved into rock faces or natural caverns, used as permanent or seasonal homes.
Ancient examples survive in places like Cappadocia and the American Southwest, where cliff dwellings sheltered entire communities.
Some remain occupied today: The cave dwellings of Matera were inhabited until the 1950s.
- cliff dwellingsHomes built into rockfaces
- cliff faceSheer vertical rockside
- troglodytesUnderground or cave inhabitants
- rock sheltersNatural stone overhangs providing cover
- ancient civilizationsSocieties of the distant past
natural shelter · stone tools · natural insulation · prehistoric settlements · archaeological sites · petroglyphs · hearths · fire pit · Cappadocia · Lascaux · thermal regulation · adaptive reuse · tufa · stalagmites · hidden chambers · Petra · Mesa Verde · pueblo
- primitive dwellingshuts, igloos, tepees, tipis, wigwams
- Asian PrehistoryPaleolithic, Bronze Age, Chalcolithic, hunter-gatherers, stone tools
- Yan'an
- cavescavern, caves, caverns, grotto, grottos
- prehistorystone tools, Neolithic, Stone Age, caveman, cavemen
- AnatoliaAnatolia, Asia Minor, Ankara, Cappadocia, Istanbul
cave dwellingsdetached homes
Residences not joined to others
brick buildings · prefabricated homes · mobile homes · tents · yurts
cave dwellingsskyscrapers
Extremely tall urban buildings
high-rises · tower blocks · treehouses · towers · stilt houses