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Cultural Landscape of Maymand
Maimand is a self-sufficient semi-arid region at the end of a valley in the southern end of the mountains of central Iran. The villagers are semi-nomadic agro-pastoralists. They raise livestock on mountain pastures and live in temporary settlements in the spring and autumn. In the winter they live in cave dwellings hewn out of soft rock (kamar) below the valley, an unusual form of housing in a dry desert environment. This cultural landscape is an example of a system that seems to have been more common in the past and involved the movement of people rather than animals.
Cultural landscape and migration routes of the Shinaliq people
This cultural landscape includes the alpine village of Khinalig in northern Azerbaijan, high-altitude summer pastures and terraces in the Greater Caucasus Mountains, winter pastures in the lowland plains of central Azerbaijan, and the 200-kilometer seasonal transhumance route (Köç Yolu) that connects these areas. Khinalig village is home to the semi-nomadic Khinalig people, who retain their ancient long-distance vertical transhumance, and whose culture and lifestyle change with seasonal migrations between summer and winter pastures. The organically developed network of ancient roads, temporary pastures, campsites, cemeteries, and mosques demonstrates a sustainable ecological and social system adapted to extreme environmental conditions.
Cultural landscape and migration routes of the Shinaliq people
This cultural landscape includes the alpine village of Khinalig in northern Azerbaijan, high-altitude summer pastures and terraces in the Greater Caucasus Mountains, winter pastures in the lowland plains of central Azerbaijan, and the 200-kilometer seasonal transhumance route (Köç Yolu) that connects these areas. Khinalig village is home to the semi-nomadic Khinalig people, who retain their ancient long-distance vertical transhumance, and whose culture and lifestyle change with seasonal migrations between summer and winter pastures. The organically developed network of ancient roads, temporary pastures, campsites, cemeteries, and mosques demonstrates a sustainable ecological and social system adapted to extreme environmental conditions.