FIELD NOTES / ISR / Western Asia
Israel
Settlement mounds & water passages.
START WITH A PLACE
Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba
Megiddo, Hazor and Beer Sheba preserve layers of settlement and substantial underground water systems. These archaeological sites connect the visible city with infrastructure cut below its surface.
Read the source UNESCO World Heritage CentreA CLOSER LOOK
A study in mass and surface.
Draw a section from the settlement mound into a water passage. How does a hidden route change the way the city above is understood?
An editorial observation prompt, grounded in the reference above.
WORKING COLOUR
A palette to begin with.
Five editorial tones for this surface family. Use them as a starting point for a study; they are not measured samples from the site.
Limestone paper#eee7d8oklch(0.929 0.021 85.945)
Warm sediment#c6ad86oklch(0.760 0.060 78.678)
Earth ochre#a36545oklch(0.568 0.092 47.550)
Weathered slate#657d79oklch(0.569 0.029 184.084)
Carbon ink#282b2boklch(0.286 0.004 196.917)