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Algerian Hill-forts of today

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

M. W. Hilton-Simpson
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It is not easy to compare the existing hill-top villages of Algeria with the prehistoric settlements of Britain before the Roman invasion.

The writer cannot claim any profound knowledge of British archaeology, but seven winters spent among the Shawiya Berbers of the Aures mountains in south-east Algeria have enabled him to observe modern life in that country, and to form opinions on the origins of its customs. The extent to which that life may serve to illustrate the mode of existence of our forbears in pre-Roman times must be left to the consideration of those more familiar with the prehistory of Britain.

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Research Article
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Antiquity , Volume 1 , Issue 4 , December 1927 , pp. 389 - 401
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1927

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1 For geographical details see Hilton-Simpson, ‘Influence of its geography on the people of the Aures massif, Algeria’, Geographical Journal, 59, 19.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

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10 Described and illustrated in Scottish Geographical Magazine, 38, July 1922.Google Scholar