The aim of this contribution is to highlight the ancestral forms of adaptation adopted in the Algerian Sahara, in order to minimize the negative high temperatures effects noted during the hot season. For this purpose, field surveys were carried out, which allowed direct contact with local populations (in Saoura, Gourara, Touat and Tidikelt in southwest Algeria, Ghardaia in the central Sahara, Souf, Oued Righ and Tassili n’Ajjer to the southeast and Hoggar at the extreme south). This work has allowed the inventory of local ancestral know-how, which has allowed human populations coping with the austerity of high air temperatures and mitigating their effects. These practices are classified into architectural aspect and modes of construction (compaction, building materials, thickness of the walls, the openings, the terraces, the patio, the lanes, the outer covering and the colors of the walls) and other habits of the population during the hot season (working hours, seasonal nomadism and daily commute, humidification of the air, dietary habits and clothing).
Faci et al. (Thu,) studied this question.