Durham E-Theses Mauretania Caesartiensis: an archaeological and geographical survey Lawless, R. I. How to cite: Lawless, R. I. (1969) Mauretania Caesartiensis: an archaeological and geographical survey, Durham theses, Durham University. Available at Durham E-Theses Online: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/9282/ Use policy The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that: • a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in Durham E-Theses • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders. Please consult the full Durham E-Theses policy for further details. Academic Support Oce, Durham University, University Oce, Old Elvet, Durham DH1 3HP e-mail: [email protected] Tel: +44 0191 334 6107 http://etheses.dur.ac.uk C.SIFerrueh Ca'stiglione C.Chenoua Bou Arc Berard Tontainy da Genie Chebli C.Tines n y C.Magroiia C.Krarii S«ak.elAT\ja RoiUD •...5i7. ElHamri !^,-/ Mo, les Sa^mes,c^. DLggi,r)ne HoiiGuezoul ssOine irmc iVialar 6H abounia U9 Quranld eau >^ Rechaigal '-^^'.'Doghmanty/ j BouCedraialSl rjour i Palat DarBWtiir Zerzour .tot llmnia. J> ji.Ji-'J^* •BJbouHarketto •rhJtt —'--7 WIOO cssaoud 3j.el Ha ffres noirs indiquent le numerotage des Routes 1182 )nales, des Routes D6partementales et des C.de» C«^vanes/J 1272 m«liara ?s de grands parcours. 112 ^4 litres bleus indiquent les distances entre villes, drapeaux ou entre ville et drapeau ^^Aerodrome Ul Terrain d'aviation "t Laghouai R U S G U N B I C A R I I C O S I U M CART ENNA ARSENARIA CAS TELLUM T I NG I T AN U M THANARAMUSA C A S r R A G A D A U M H I a E R N A A LA E C A S r R A SEBASTENAE BOG HA A I N G R I M I D I A IN TOUT A O U R BA K I CO LUM N A T A CONORS T EMORDJANET MED J EDE L BREUCORUM A I OUN S B I BA '/ // KORI REIN • D JEL FA AIN EL HAMMAM ZEN IN A HIBERNA ALAE SEBASTENAE — - : --rr^r--^ ^— BOG HA R G Rl M I D I \USI NA Z A AIN TOUT A BOURBAKI COLUMN A TA 9 •9" : ••. o o o \ •••• o o •• w • • • ^ O o MEDJEDE L CONORS • i PTEMORDJANET o BREUCORUM O O KORI RE IN Al OUN SB/BA ® o • • • • o • ® o 3 O O o >(//V EL HAMMAM 3« DJELFA (i)o ® O O O • o o O ZEN I N A VILLAGE GRAIN SILO FORTIFIED RESIDENCE N A CORN MILL OF CHIEFTAIN NATIVE SETTLEMENTS IN THE RAS ASFOUR 0 CARBONISED CEREAL ISOLATED HOUSE GRAINS SMALL DAM ACROSS ENCLOSURE WITHOUT o INTERNAL BUILDINGS 3 OUED 3 3 3 3 GARDEN WALLS 3"' 30 o KMS. ot 33 t •"" 3 O 3 3 • O 12 3 4 5 KM S. © 't • t o o« ^ • • • o • •••A •0 o o o 9 0 o © t o o • •••»3 3 ••••••• • • • I' II O II I • • o o *St 11»' + ^ + lit • t *• **tII Il0 o o o e e o • > o • o on in O • ® o o o" o " ^ « • o ^ o o • A. O THE NUMBERS 16-86 REFER TO INDIVIDUAL ROMAN SITES — N — STUDIED IN DETAIL IN VOLUME 2 O 30 KMS. 28 29I 30 31 19 32 18 20 21 27 34 16 24 33 25 26 22 23 17 84 78 85 80 79 828, 83 39 74 77 35 36 73 37 41 71 38 69 68 70 49 67 76 72 65 40 66 44 45 75 42 46 48 47 43 50 63 52 51 86 62 64 53 60 61 59 54 5655 57 58 LOCATION MAP THE NORTH AFRICAN PROVINCES CARTHAGO N CIRTA As SI TlFIS TI NG I VOLUBILIS LEPTIS MAGNA - LEBDA LEPTIS MAGNA CAESAREA — CHERCHEL APPROXIM A TE PCS/ TION OF THE LIMES ESTABLISHED BY S E P T I M I U S \ \ SE V£ RUS CARTHAGO — CARTHAGE TINGI — TANGIER \ \ AREA OF SPECIAL STUDY CIRTA — CONSTANTINE VOLUBILIS — KSAR PHARAOUM O ICQ 200 300 400 500 KILOMETRES LOCATION MAP MODERN POLITICAL BOUNDARlES MOROCCO > ALGERIA LIBYA O 200 400 600 BOO AREA OF SPECIAL STUDY SCALE I ^Mii— wm^m^t KMS. ASFOUR THE DISTRIBUTION OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF NATIVE SETTLEMENT IN THE RAS ASFOUR O U J D A ISOLATED HOUSE C5 00 (3 O 1589 + RAS ASFOUR HIGHER MOUN TAIN SLOPES PIEDMONT ZONE RIVERS 2345 I KMS I KMS —^ ROMAN ROAD COURSE UNCERTAIN UN FORTIFIED VILLA PROV INCIAL CAPITAL N T/PASA ROMAN NAME A ROMAN FARM VETERAN COLONY Q U I Z A MODERN NAME BOGHAR UNCLASSIFIED + ROMAN RUINS LARGE URBAN CENTRE o PORTUS MAGNUS ROMAN ROAD CIVIL SETTLEMENT COURSE CERTAIN OUTSIDE FORT G PO R TUS A A MINA CAS TRA D I V I N I RUERORUM ^ BALLENE PRAESIDIUM KMS. OTHER SMALL O URBAN CENTRES CASTRA NOVA T AS ACCU R A ROMAN VILLAGE o OUED EL HAMMAM REG lAE AD DRACONES FORTIFIED VILLA PORTUS SIGENSIS SIGA ALA MILIARIA D A M O L' ? T E N I R A KAPUT rASACCURA LUCU ALTAVA POM ARIA NUMERUS SYRORUM Petit-Port PROVINCIAL CAPITAL BASE OF ARMY OF OCCUPATION jBosquet-Plagi C. Ivi • • DURING THE IST CENTURY • • • ETERAN COLONY NG 2ND CENTURY FORT ESTABLISHED DURI CITIES OCCUPIED OTHER Mo$ta ST CEN TURY DURING , ef6rrat^__,,C.Capbon Alaza ON SEVE RAN LIMES PERMANENT CAMP PVde rAig4iill Ahofifor r.1 Hatel 3P ^^i^m JUana U Macta .Plane C.Falcon PORTUS ALA MILIARIA Vomaka JC.Lm'dle a ilfes Habibas, C.Sigale DeLrottBSCTiIlp SITE POSSIBLE MILITARY Pl&in S M A L I FORT W-i-t I A £ lAUb^lfl^lIh 'Source Blanchfi bOM A N ROAD Plage d'O^ma Ddmbasle C.Oulassa Lnachqoun A^aSIr^ PO R T u s s 1G/ N s I s or<j; l.de Mokreun lies Chaffarines C.Noe C.del'Eau C.Milonia Slissm ZcTtti el FBou lUched Stride ana ,*deMoiileyA.EK d'El Beida de Modzbah Y>o/at Tin W'\ ((.^'A'deTinBrahiiii ///,V.',»M.//„«,</ 1 1,1 ./v^ > "a/a A'dWelMadan Kreneg efAhS^i^ez V. Berguent V. Berguent (Marod v.leKreider (Geryville a BO'tkm.i Fetit-Pirt Bosquet-pig OF ROMANISATION V I LLAGE -THE RAS ASFOUR NATIVE SETTLEMENTS IN PERMANENT ^^^P^^^'^^'' FORTIFIED RES[I bENCE GCVERAN L\M^'^ Karouli elflsdri OF NATIVE iklEFTAiN "^^dlS'KKelUl laSilairafi • I SOLATED HOU KMS de l Aiqlujllfc Al>o<ila 33 » ENCLOSURE HOUT I&isttL* » O 3 3 INTERNAL BUILDINGS 9 Plane A.C.FaIcbn HasSa UNCLASSIFIED RUINS >Vuls Nouvi C.Sigale »3 3*33*3 (BsJuikiaii mbasle Flags dOfHallo C.Oulassa KMS I.Plachqoun Beni-S Cd'Acr C.Noe lies ChafTarines C.del'Eau C.Milonia Gialjricci* ••>i .••••..Xabja TBouRache Araria .^deMouleyA.E.K. iElBeida efafikr •^.-ABMaiB- dt Moisbah Dj.Ouaiene,; p\ ll^'A^dtTmBrahim BMeUu/ui K laKreider IGeryvUle a ZOtkm l K Berguent I03rocl t.Berquent \ • Z" CONTEMTS OJj' PORTFOLIO. Histograms. 16. Damous 3U. ALA MILIARIA COLUMNATA 17. NUMERUS SYRORUM kl. Kherl3a des Aouissat 19. PRAESIDIUM SUPATIVE/ 1+8. AlBULAE 50. Souama de Mecherasfa 22. POMARIA • 52. Tiaret 23. ALTAVA 55. Aioun BlDilDa 30. Oued el Hammam . 77. Boghar 31. Guethna 78. RAPIDUM 32. AQUAE SIRENSBS Maps. 1. Location Map - The North African Provinces. 2. Location Map - Modern Political Boundaries. 3. The Maijor Structural Regions of North Africa. Annual Rainfall of North Africa. 5. The Main Physical Regions. 6. i) The Dir of the Ras Asfour. ii) The Distrihution of different types of native settlement in the Ras Asfour. TvTDes of Native Settlements and their Distri- 7. a/h •^^ hution. 8. a/h Economic Evidence from Native Sites. a/h Native Sites v/hich show Evidence of Roman in• 9. fluences . 10. a/h Roman Sites studied in detail in Volume Two. 11. a/h Roman Military Sites. 12. a/h Types of Roman Civilian Settlements and their Distrihution. 13.a/"b Transparent Overlays: - details of topography and present-day pattern of settlement and of communications. N .B. The distrihution maps oi Roman and native sites in our area oi special study (maps 7 — 12) are made up oi two parts - a vjest and an east sheet - v;hich are numbered, ror example 7a (.west sheet) and 713 (east sheet). The two sheets oj. each distrihution map should he placed together so that the two arrows on the eastern edge or sheet 'a* meet the two arrows on the Vifestern edge or sheet 'h', as helow: sheet t' -hK I sheet 'a Details or topography and present-day pattern of settlement and communications for our area of special study (from the maps Afrique l/5uO,OOU Type Tourisme Oran and Alger, published hy the Institut Geographique National, Paris) have heen reproduced at a scale of l/6uu,000 as a transparent overlay. The overlay is also divided into two parts, a west and an east sheet (l3a/'b), which have been trimmed to fit exactly over the cori'esponding parts of the distrihution maps. " i ' -1" A. D. 16 DAMOUS L!-J-:-.Ul- 1^ IJOO :2.0_0_J ! i : ! ; • -i ; I :.^r3 OO.J „ J. .p. _ - -j- i" ""i " • •" i :-(/) __[_._!.: • 1 . ; : '4-- CC < UJ 4.00:: 6'0Q —4 — 1, 7:0_0 ir::;.i:ri:::::;lp • : :-| NUMBER OF NSClR II^^TlI JOINS MERUS SYRORUM 200 J i { i 300 E V I D;E N G E ! n T H AT CIV 1 L S EirpI LE M E N^ft T H A Di AGH I EVED C:!ljTYiJd/iS.TrA.T! 4:0.0 J:i:j;; 500 ! t I 700 NUMBER L_!_L.|_ III -!..-! ! i 1.