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Tagstroglodyte
2 places carry this tag, across every kind and continent it appears in.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient village
Medieval Berber to Modern (12th c–present) · Berber (Cheninia) / Arab
Chenini is the hilltop Berber ksar 550 m on Djebel Dahar ridge 18 km W of Tataouine with troglodyte ghorfas (vaulted granary cells) stacked 4 stories on hill spur, white mosque and olive press.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Ancient village
Ancient to Modern troglodyte (4th c BCE–present) · Berber (Matmata) / Punic?
Matmata is the Berber pit-dwelling village 600 m on Djebel Dahar plateau where houses are 6–10 m diameter circular pits 7 m deep dug into limestone with 3–4 excavated rooms around central courtyard…
