Prehistoric storage pits
Underground cists used to protect the seeds / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about prehistoric storage pits. For modern forms, see Storage.
Storage pits are underground cists that were used historically to protect the seeds for the following year's crops, and to stop surplus food from being eaten by insects and rodents. These underground pits were sometimes lined and covered, for example with slabs of stone and bark and tightly sealed with adobe.[1]