Note concernant les Aoulad-Daoud du Mont Aurès (Aourâs)

A compact ethnographic and topographic account presents firsthand field observations of a Chaouïa Berber community in the Aurès region, detailing valleys, ridges, passes, settlement types, and routes. The narrative combines precise descriptions of landscape and population distribution with notes on village architecture, land use, and nearby megalithic necropolises. Personal experiences of hospitality and illness among local families inform the social portrait, while reflective passages address the author’s methods and the challenges of administering and understanding the region during a period of political change.