Palestine: Land of Olives and Vines – Cultural Landscape of Southern Jerusalem, Battir
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Palestine
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The site is located a few kilometers southwest of Jerusalem, in the central highlands between Nablus and Hebron. The mountainous landscape of Batir consists of a series of agricultural valleys known as widians, with characteristic stone terraces, some of which are used for irrigated vegetable production, while others are dry land, with vines and olive trees. The development of terraced agriculture in such a mountainous area was facilitated by a network of irrigation channels fed by groundwater sources. The water collected through this network was then shared with families from the nearby village of Batir using a traditional distribution system.
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