They dug caves into the soft tuff stone and extended the dwelling with walls made of talus rock mortared with mud.
Mao Zedong, the increasingly monomaniacal leader, called on the masses to "deeply dig caves, extensively store rice."
They had made their homes in cellars or had dug caves in the rubble.
Digging bigger caves also helps you to place the many workshops, rooms and equipment that you will gather.
He dug extensive caves for cellaring, promoted hillside planting, fostered the idea of non-irrigated vineyards and suggested redwood for casks when oak supplies ran low.
Shortly after purchasing the property, the Araujos built a barn-like winery out of redwood and dug caves into a hillside of the property.
When the first 120 Schutztruppe soldiers and 40 settlers were offloaded at Swakopmund, they had to dig caves into the sand for shelter.
They are got in certain rocks among the mountains, and in the search for them the people dig great caves underground, just as is done by miners for silver.
They built big stone-lined cellars to store the grain and dug caves and painted the walls with things like leopards and people: they painted the women one colour and the men another.
That was probably why the Etruscans came here originally: they paddled across to the island and dug caves in which they could live safely.