Le Ğebel Zāwiye (Massif calcaire de la Syrie du Nord) : l'architecture domestique reflet d'une évolution démographique
Résumé
More than 200 rural settlements reflect the attractiveness of the Ğebel Zāwiye, the southernmost and largest of the limestone hills of northern Syria, between the 2nd and the 6th century AD. The growing population of this region during this period mainly resulted in the development of villages surrounded by agricultural parcels. We have an image still virtually intact of these rural settlements in some areas, and a description of their development is possible in terms of individual and related growth processes. The evolution of domestic architecture is one of the focuses of these studies.