FIELD NOTES / PSE / Western Asia
Palestine
Stone terraces & shared irrigation.
START WITH A PLACE
Palestine: Land of Olives and Vines – Cultural Landscape of Southern Jerusalem, Battir
Battir’s farmed valleys combine stone terraces with irrigation channels fed by underground water. A community distribution system connects the physical network with the sharing of water between families.
Read the source UNESCO World Heritage CentreA CLOSER LOOK
A study in mass and surface.
Trace one channel across a change of level. Compare the repeated terrace wall with the small openings that keep the larger system connected.
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)