Hawraman/Uramanat

The Cultural Landscape of Hawraman/Uramanat comprises agricultural villages and their lands in two valleys in the Zagros mountains.

The semi-nomadic inhabitants perform steep-slope agriculture with the use of traditional dry-stone terracing and water management practices. Hawraman/Uramanat is located in the mountainous Kurdistan Province of Iran.

Map of Hawraman/Uramanat

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Site History

2021 Inscribed

Site Links

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Cultural Landscape of Hawraman/Uramanat

Locations

The site has 2 locations

Hawraman/Uramanat: Palangan

Hawraman/Uramanat: Hawraman

Geography

Kurdistan: Irani Kurdistan

History

Neolithic age: The vertical migration pattern in Hawraman/Uramanat is among the oldest types of migration, dating to the early Neolithic. (AB ev)

Human Activity

Transhumance: seasonal vertical migration (AB ev)

Pastoralism: The property is therefore said to present important evidence in the context of the history of pastoral migration. (AB ev)

Timeline

Built in the 7th millennium BC: The vertical migration pattern in Hawraman/Uramanat is among the oldest types of migration, dating to the early Neolithic. (AB ev) Late Neolithic (c. 7000–5000 BCE). (wiki)

Trivia

Largest cultural WHS: 106,307 ha

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Afshin Iranpour Alexander Barabanov Ask Gudmundsen Erik Jelinek Roman Bruehwiler Sascha Grabow Thomas Buechler Zoë Sheng

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