Methodology

Ksour is a synthesis archive. It does not contain original fieldwork. It indexes, paraphrases, and structurally connects the published institutional and academic record on earthen architectural heritage across the Saharan-Maghreb region.

Sources

Every entity links to the sources from which it draws. Where sources disagree, the disagreement is noted. Where the record is silent, the silence is acknowledged rather than filled with speculation.

Translation

The corpus exists in English, French, Spanish, Italian, Arabic, and German. Synthesis is published in English. Source-language terms are preserved in the glossary and in entity metadata.

Citation

The archive is published in the public interest. Suggested citation:

Ksour Archive. (Year). [Entity name]. https://ksour.org/[type]/[slug]

Scope

Phase 1 covers Morocco at depth, with sketch coverage of Mauritania, Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, Mali, and Niger. The Moroccan emphasis reflects the density of the published record, not the relative significance of the architecture.