New insights into the urban history of Meninx (Jerba)

Ritter, Stefan; Tahar, Sami Ben

doi:10.4000/antafr.2177

Cited by 6 publications

(2 citation statements)

References 15 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Residential buildings, sanctuaries, and commercial buildings were equipped with cisterns, suggesting a sophisticated water management system within the urban landscape. Archaeological excavations have revealed the presence of cisterns in the macellum located near the coasts, a cistern and a large water reservoir in a bath complex, a cistern in a temple, and subterranean cisterns in residential buildings (Ritter and Ben Tahar 2020). Although the ancient city of Meninx was eventually abandoned, islanders have continued to utilize impluvium cisterns to harvest and store rainwater Sarra B. Youssef In the past, each building, whether public or private (including houses, homesteads, and mosques), had one or multiple cisterns.…”

Section: Water Management Heritagementioning

confidence: 99%

Cultural Heritage Conservation as a Driving Force toward Sustainable Water Management in Djerba Island

Ben Youssef

2024

Blue Papers

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The island of Djerba is a tourist destination in the southeastern semi-arid region of Tunisia. Especially during peak tourism seasons, it experiences severe pressure on its water supply. Given the island’s historical water scarcity, locals have developed solutions to address the shortage, with one of the most notable being the rainwater harvesting and storage system. This system has evolved intricately over time, with meticulous attention to construction details, material selection, maintenance, and management strategies. This article posits that embracing and disseminating traditional rainwater harvesting knowledge can play a pivotal role in achieving sustainable water management. It also raises the question of whether fostering cultural heritage through a sustainable tourism orientation, aimed at highlighting heritage, aligns with this objective.

show abstract

Section: Water Management Heritagementioning

confidence: 99%

Cultural Heritage Conservation as a Driving Force toward Sustainable Water Management in Djerba Island

Ben Youssef

2024

Blue Papers

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Our picture would no doubt become more detailed and complete, if we had further information on the importation and processing of the other materials that were necessary for these structures, such as timber, metal, glass, paint, and stucco (cf. for example Russell 2016). The observations by Paul Scheding (2022) point out that some of the early imperial antefixes found at Meninx were imported from Italy, while some pieces were produced on-site using the Italian examples as models.…”

Section: Foreign Architects Artisans and Marble At Meninxmentioning

confidence: 99%

Looking over the builders’ work: foreign architects, artisans, and marble at Meninx (Djerba)

Lipps

2022

Libyan Stud

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Throughout the second century AD, the civic centres of the wealthy coastal cities of Africa Proconsularis underwent deep-rooted changes. Up to this point local stone had been largely employed for their buildings, but from the Hadrianic period onwards there was an increasing use of marbles, which were imported with considerable efforts and at great expense. These marbles came primarily from Italy, Greece, and Asia Minor, and brought with them new architectural concepts, as well as architects and artisans who have been generally identified as ‘Italian’ and ‘Eastern’ in past scholarship. This article will examine a temple, a structure presumed to be a portico, and a basilica from the harbour city of Meninx, located in southern Djerba (Tunisia). The exceptionally good preservation of these buildings’ architectural components and the documentation produced during their on-site recording in 2017–18 allow for a detailed understanding of their original building processes. This will show how mobile the building industry of the Roman Empire was during the second century AD, which in turn challenges any attempts of an overly schematic territorial placement of architectural concepts, building traditions, and the provenance of the artisans themselves.

show abstract

Roman North African Urbanism

Dufton¹,

Fentress²

2022

A Companion to North Africa in Antiquity

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

New insights into the urban history of Meninx (Jerba)

Cited by 6 publications

References 15 publications

Cultural Heritage Conservation as a Driving Force toward Sustainable Water Management in Djerba Island

Cultural Heritage Conservation as a Driving Force toward Sustainable Water Management in Djerba Island

Looking over the builders’ work: foreign architects, artisans, and marble at Meninx (Djerba)

Roman North African Urbanism

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About