INVENTORY OF TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION

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Matmata (Tunisia). Dwelling consisting of a pit courtyard dug out of clayey soil. The rooms overlooking the courtyard have underground connections with others of the same kind.
Reconstruction of a Neolithic mine from which the bell-shaped cisterns and the pit courtyards originated.
Courtyard hypogeum of Matmata (Tunisia): a) plan, b) cross section.
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