[PW] Re: ? Numidian architecture

[Dan Clinton]

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Berber_architecture

Perhaps you'd have better luck searching for Berber vernacular architecture. Berber architecture has been ignored by most western writers, but this is beginning to change. In the picutures displayed at the above site, notice the peculiar/distinctive shape of the roof vaults. Perhaps this is what HDT was speaking of.

Dan Clinton / Census Library / Suitland, MD

>On 11/21/06, Cramer, Jeff <Jeff.Cramer at walden.org> wrote:
>
>> I came across a reference to Numidian architecture in which the author, in
>> this case Thoreau, compares using an upturned boat for shelter in a
>> rainstorm to the possible origin of Numidian architecture. I can't seem to
>> find a definition as to what are the features or characteristics of Numidian
>> architecture.
>
>My guess would be that some Numidian huts had thatch roofs, thatched
>over a sapling frame that looks a bit like an overturned boat. Many
>traditional cultures use such a roof, which doesn't require large
>timbers, just smaller, flexible branches tied together.
>
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