Carnet de recherches - Centre français des études éthiopiennesManon Routhiau is a doctoral student in Archaeology (Traces, University of Toulouse 2 Jean Jaurès – UMR 5608, and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Orient et Méditerranée – UMR 8167). She pursues her research in the framework of a thesis entitled “Rock activity and troglodytic culture in Lalibela and its environment: structuring the territory”, co-directed by Marie-Laure Derat (CNRS, Laboratoire Orient & Méditerranée) and François-Xavier Fauvelle (Collège de France). Following the study of the rocky structures (excluding churches) present in the vicinity of Lalibela, the investigations turned to a more general approach of the landscape by focusing on the occupations i...