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Red Chalk Palimpsest: The Logic of Somba Landscape
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Abstract This article presents the results of a study on the traditional settlement patterns of the Somba people, living in the department of Atacora, north-western Benin. Adopting a methodology based on both a generative approach and André Corboz’s (1983) territory-palimpsest analogy, the study specifically... mehr
This article presents the results of a study on the traditional settlement patterns of the Somba people, living in the department of Atacora, north-western Benin. Adopting a methodology based on both a generative approach and André Corboz’s (1983) territory-palimpsest analogy, the study specifically questions the ‘dispersed’ character of the Somba habitat. Built upon two hypotheses, according to which Tatas Somba settle approximately to pre-existing Tatas and near to watercourses, this study seeks to understand the reasons and conditions of this dispersal throughout history. By cross-checking on-site inventory and geographic information system data allowing to analyse the distances between Tatas, archaeological sites and nearby watercourses, and thus revealing the permanent, the persistent, and the disappeared landscape elements, this article aims to prove that the settlement of the Tatas Somba is not determined by geometrical compositions, landmarks, or infrastructures, but rather by a combination of social, agricultural, environmental, and subsistence factors.... weniger
Klassifikation
Raumplanung und Regionalforschung
Siedlungssoziologie, Stadtsoziologie
Freie Schlagwörter
Atacora; Somba landscape; Tatas Somba; palimpsest; watercourses
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2020
Seitenangabe
S. 191-204
Zeitschriftentitel
Urban Planning, 5 (2020) 2
Heftthema
Territories in Time: Mapping Palimpsest Horizons
ISSN
2183-7635
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)