ABSTRACT
The Arabic word for the rammed-earth technique is luh (Arabic for wood plank). In Tamazight, the Berber dialect spoken in the Mgoun Valley, the word tabut (also from Arabic) is used for the procedure; a section of tabut wall is called amtay ( pl. imtayen). Tamazight terms as reported by the work team observed are given. Mr. Youssef Alami, a local Geological Sciences graduate, was helpful with translation. Transcriptions have been simplified for clarity.
