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Le QSAR, type d'implantation humaine au Sahara: architecture du Sud Algerien (French, Paperback)
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Le QSAR, type d'implantation humaine au Sahara: architecture du Sud Algerien (French, Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Monographs in African Archaeology
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The qsar corresponds to a type of human settlement widely
distributed in the Sahara desert, including many examples located
today in southern Morocco, southern Algeria, southern Tunisia,
Libya, Mauritania and Mali. This architectural model is
characterised by its use over a wide-ranging time span - probably
since the early first millennium BC according to ancient structures
recorded by the archaeologist Mattingly in the Libyan Fazzan. This
volume, through the systematic analysis and comparison of some qsur
of southeastern Algeria (Rig, Mzab, Miya and al-Mani'a), reveals
common architectural features that can be used to identify a common
type of qsar in this region. The analysis of the construction
material shows the primary use of limestone with a local mortar
(timchent) and date palm trunks (phoenix dactylifera) for the
structural elements (ceilings, doors, arcs, domes). Adobe bricks
(tub) are used in the housing and the defence systems punctuated by
towers and pierced doors. Despite a discontinuity within the
historical narrative, the establishment of populations in this area
of the Sahara appears to be much earlier than the medieval period
and the qsar is certainly not a creation ex nihilo of the modern
era. Because of their numerous modifications and extensions over
several centuries, the qsur problematise the dating of such
settlements. However, the comparison of its main components
encourages the development of a typology to identify some common
characteristics that would help position the qsar among the urban
planning of the dar al-islam.
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