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Cave Dwelling
This article examines the tradition of cave dwelling and cut‐rock architecture in the Mediterranean from prehistoric to modern times, with a particular focus on the Middle Ages (c. 500–1500), the era with the greatest flowering of troglodyte settlements. Populations of the medieval Mediterranean moved into cave villages because of the many advantages offered by cave living, including natural climate control, access to water resources, and ease of building. Moreover, troglodyte populations in the Middle Ages developed sophisticated techniques for excavating and shaping their cave environments, and for constructing well‐designed hydraulic and defensive systems. The construction of cave settlements was thus an intelligent response to the climatic, environmental, and geomorphological conditions of the Mediterranean and a sound economic and architectural choice on the part of Mediterranean populations.
Cave Dwelling
This article examines the tradition of cave dwelling and cut‐rock architecture in the Mediterranean from prehistoric to modern times, with a particular focus on the Middle Ages (c. 500–1500), the era with the greatest flowering of troglodyte settlements. Populations of the medieval Mediterranean moved into cave villages because of the many advantages offered by cave living, including natural climate control, access to water resources, and ease of building. Moreover, troglodyte populations in the Middle Ages developed sophisticated techniques for excavating and shaping their cave environments, and for constructing well‐designed hydraulic and defensive systems. The construction of cave settlements was thus an intelligent response to the climatic, environmental, and geomorphological conditions of the Mediterranean and a sound economic and architectural choice on the part of Mediterranean populations.
Cave Dwelling
Horden, Peregrine (editor) / Kinoshita, Sharon (editor) / Ramseyer, Valerie (author)
A Companion to Mediterranean History ; 219-233
2014-02-14
15 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
Sicily , troglodyte , Tunisia , rupestrian , Middle Ages , cut‐rock architecture , southern Italy , Hypogea , Cappadocia
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