Hi Everybody
           I am looking for some comparative information, studies etc for a
fellow student who is doing his Ph.D on dug out houses. In South Australia
we have a copper mining town that was set up by a mining company in the
mid-19thC. The town included worker's accommodation, but several hundred
miners rejected this accommodation and constructed dug-out houses in the
side of a steep creek. These were often quite large, one known being of
eight rooms. The miners were primarily Cornish, but other nationalities
were present and the excavated material from the dug-outs has given us no
information about the ethinicity of the occupants. Does anyone know of any
similar dug-out houses anywhere? We are particularly interested in academic
or archaeological studies, but any information welcome.
                              cheers
                                Susan
Susan Piddock
Archaeology Office
School of Humanities
Flinders University of South Australia
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South Australia

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