Abandoned Patterns

About 2 km away from the center of Ar Raqqah, on the other side of the Euphrates not too far from the small bridge, located on a small plateau about 60 meters above the Euphrates valley I have found what seems to be an abandoned village where most of the houses had inside delicate visual patterns. I have gathered them on the picture here above.

Considering the mud-brick construction method used for the majority of the maisonettes it must be from recent history, I would assume a maximum of 50-150 years old.

Despite having asked and showed the pictures to local dwellers, no one could tell me more about it. If you have a clue please leave me a comment. I wonder why one would choose such a dry location when, 200 meters down from there, there is an easy access to the Euphrates' water.

More pictures I have shot from this mysterious site are here.