Local Communities and Archaeological Sites in Tunisia: A Case Study at Dougga (Ancient Thugga) about Cultural Memory and Cultural Markers in the Longue Durée

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The aim of this paper is to examine the relationship between local communities and archaeological sites in Tunisia, and the extent to which modern cultural memory in a community embeds elements or cultural markers from the Roman, Punic and Numidian past. This case study examines the cult of Oum Khoula at the site of Dougga (ancient Thugga) in Tunisia.

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