Pit-type dwellings in Japan are divided into fuseya type and kabedachi (walled) type and are believed to be built starting in the latter half of the Paleolithic era, becoming widely built in the Jomon period and in the subsequent Yayoi period.
日本の竪穴住居は、伏屋式と壁立式とがあり、後期旧石器時代から造られ始めたと考えられており、縄文時代には盛んに造られ、のちの弥生時代に伝わる。