Space, Kinship and Gender (ص 69)

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Space, Kinship and Gender (ص 69)

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Fig. 3.6:—@ll Indicates detached lands which belong to
Deir Ghassaneh but are located within
neighbouring villages.
WM Indicates detached lands which belong to
Beit Rima but are located within Deir
Ghassaneh's lands.
within the lands of Deir Ghassaneh was the neighbouring village of
Beit Rima.
In The Land System in Palestine Granot writes:
A number of causes have led to this scattering of
landownership. The chief of them was changes in the
family, such as marriages between the inhabitants of
one village and those of another, or the bequeathing
of property rights to heirs who do not live in the
place where it is situated. Another cause was the
ordinary transfer of immovable property by sale and
purchase" (Granot, 1952: 166).
Except for this phenomenon of detached areas which were relatively
small, the lands of Deir Ghassaneh were clearly defined and hence
created a distinct area with clear boundaries.
The scarcity of fertile arable lands, played an important role in the
compact pattern of habitations within settlements. Under the
prevailing land tenure, no private or public buildings, except for
holy shrines and field storage structures (kosour or 'amarah), were
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