Snapshots - Architecture: Residential 12

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Town at top of Bandiagara escarpment, Mali, June 1998
Photo ©1998 by L. Lee McIntyre


In Dogon towns houses are built in rocky areas where farming is not possible, and the structure of the rock is incorporated into the houses and public spaces. Here a space has been cleared and defined by a low rock wall, and the houses have been built of stones with clay mortar can be seen in the background.







revised April 1, 1999