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A1
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TABOO-GOODS AND RULES FOR ACCESS TO RESOURCES
A2
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/A2.jpg)
PROTECTION OF SPONTANEOUS VEGETATION
A3
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/A3.jpg)
HARVESTING AND PRIMARY CULTIVATION OF SEEDS, INSECTS AND GRUBS
A4
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/A4.jpg)
PLANT CULTIVATION AND ANIMAL DOMESTICATION
A5
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/A5.jpg)
EXPLOTATION OF OPEN AREAS IN THE FORESTS FOR FARMING
A6
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/A6.jpg)
DRY STONE WALLS
A7
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/A7.jpg)
INTEGRATED USE OF MARGINAL AREAS
A8
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/A8.jpg)
MAZE-LIKE TRAPS
A9
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/A9.jpg)
SPECIFIC TECHNIQUES AND TOOLS FOR HUNTING AND FISHING
A10
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/A10.jpg)
HARVESTING OF PLANT ESSENCES AND MEDICAL PLANTS
B1
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/B1.jpg)
TERRACING SYSTEMS
B1a
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/B1a.jpg)
LARGE TERRACING SYSTEMS
B1b
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/B1b.jpg)
TERRACED AND FORTIFIED OLIVE GROVES
B2
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/B2.jpg)
FORMATION OF PROTECTIVE DUNES
B3
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/B3.jpg)
PROTECTIVE LUNETTES
B4
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/B4.jpg)
TRANSPORTABLE GARDENS
B5
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/B5.jpg)
NOMADIC CULTIVATION
B6
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/B6.jpg)
VEGETABLE GARDENS
B6a
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/B6a.jpg)
WALLED AND PROTECTED GARDENS
B6b
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/B6b.jpg)
GARDENS IN CRATERS
B6c
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/B6c.jpg)
TERRACED GARDENS
B7
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/B7.jpg)
DOMESTICATION AND DISSEMINATION OF MAIN PLANTS
B7a
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/B7a.jpg)
DOMESTICATION AND DISSEMINATION OF PALM TREE
B8
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/B8.jpg)
HORTICULTURE COMBINED WITH HIGH-TRUNK PLANTS
B9
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/B9.jpg)
TECHNIQUES OF SOIL FERTILISATION
B9a
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/B9a.jpg)
DEVICES FOR THE CREATION OF HUMUS
B9b
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/B9b.jpg)
NATURAL FORAGE AND FIRE TO IMPROVE REGENERATION
B9c
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/B9c.jpg)
SLASH AND BURN
B9d
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/B9d.jpg)
PRIMARY PRACTICE OF NATURAL FERTILIZATION
B9e
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/B9e.jpg)
SOIL CREATION AND REPLENISHMENT
B9f
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/B9f.jpg)
PRODUCTION OF COMPOST FROM WASTE, ASH, EXCREMENTS AND PLANTS
B9g
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/B9g.jpg)
INTEGRATED CYCLE OF ORGANIC WASTE
B9h
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/B9h.jpg)
CROP ROTATION AND FALLOWING
B10
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/B10.jpg)
TECHNIQUE OF SOIL IRRIGATION
B10a
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/B10a.jpg)
SOIL WATERING BY SPRINKLING WATER
B10b
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/B10b.jpg)
IRRIGATION BY THE FLOWING OF STREAMS AND WATER CONSERVATION IN THE SOIL
B10c
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/B10c.jpg)
IRRIGATION BY FLOOD RECESSION
B10d
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/B10d.jpg)
SYSTEM OF WATER CONTROL
B10e
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/B10e.jpg)
IRRIGATION FROM THE SUBSOIL
B10f
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/B10f.jpg)
WATER INTAKES AND CHANNELS
B10g
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/B10g.jpg)
FLOATING GARDENS
B10h
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/B10h.jpg)
COMB-SHAPED SHARING SYSTEMS
B10i
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/B10i.jpg)
ANDALUSIAN AGRICULTURE
B11
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/B11.jpg)
SOIL WORKING AND TECHNIQUES
B12
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/B12.jpg)
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS WORKING TECHNIQUES
B12a
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/B12a.jpg)
DEVICES FOR SOWING SEEDS
C1
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/C1.jpg)
DIVERSION SYSTEMS ON A LARGE SCALE AND USE OF FLOODS
C1a
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/C1a.jpg)
SYSTEMS OF COMMUNICATING BASINS FOR SHARING THE FLOODS
C1b
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/C1b.jpg)
TORRENT STREETS
C1c
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/C1c.jpg)
WIDE “COMB” SHARING SYSTEMS
C2
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/C2.jpg)
WATER HARVESTING IN POOLS AND CISTERNS
C2a
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/C2a.jpg)
THOLOS-CISTERNS, BELL-CISTERNS AND PIT-CISTERNS
C2b
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/C2b.jpg)
ROOFED CISTERNS
C2c
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/C2c.jpg)
LARGE OPEN-AIR CISTERNS
C2d
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/C2d.jpg)
CONNECTED CISTERNS
C3
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/C3.jpg)
CHANNELING AND CONCENTRATION OF RAIN ALONG THE SLOPES
C4
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/C4.jpg)
CREATION OF GARDENS ON THE SIDES OF RIVERBED
C5
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/C5.jpg)
COMBINED USE FOR CATCHMENT, DISTILLATION AND CONDENSATION
C6
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/C6.jpg)
INTEGRATED USE OF WATER CATCHMENT, HARVESTING AND DISTRIBUTION
C7
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/C7.jpg)
DRIPPING OF WATER AND PERCOLATION IN CAVE DWELLINGS
C8
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/C8.jpg)
STONE AND OTHER MATERIALS DAMS
C9
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/C9.jpg)
DIKE OF WATER DIVERSION FROM PERPETUAL SNOWS
C10
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/C10.jpg)
HYDROGENESIS AND HIDDEN PRECAPTATION
C11
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/C11.jpg)
HUMIDITY CONDENSATION TECHNIQUES
C11a
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/C11a.jpg)
WATER STORAGE IN CISTERN-JARS
C11b
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/C11b.jpg)
STONE BARROWS
C11c
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/C11c.jpg)
STONE ARRANGEMENT AND USE OF SURFACES FOR CATCHMENT
C11d
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/C11d.jpg)
MASONRY FOR HUMIDITY CATCHMENT
C12
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/C12.jpg)
EXCAVATION AND DRAINAGE SYSTEMS
C12a
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/C12a.jpg)
EXCAVATION AND DRAINAGE SYSTEM USED IN MINES
C12b
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/C12b.jpg)
DIGGING CAVES TO CATCH WATER
C13
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/C13.jpg)
HYDRAULIC DEVICES
C13a
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/C13a.jpg)
SUNKEN DAMS
C13b
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/C13b.jpg)
UNDERGROUND CATCHMENT TUNNELS
C13c
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/C13c.jpg)
ROCKER ARMS WELLS
C13d
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/C13d.jpg)
WELLS PULLED BY ANIMALS
C13e
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/C13e.jpg)
BIG LIFTING DEVICES (NORIAS)
C13f
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/C13f.jpg)
WATER-MILL
C14
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/C14.jpg)
WATER MANAGEMENT ON TERRACED FIELDS
D1
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/D1.jpg)
DIKES AND WODDEN OSTACLES
D2
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/D2.jpg)
GARDEN THRESHING FLOORS
D3
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/D3.jpg)
PLOUGHING AND WATER SPRINKLING
D4
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/D4.jpg)
LAND FIXED BY FARMING
D5
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/D5.jpg)
PLANT SPECIES TO COMBAT EROSION
D6
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/D6.jpg)
MANURE SCATTERING FOR PROTECTION AND AGAINST EVAPORATION
D7
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/D7.jpg)
OBSTACLES TO REDUCE THE WIND AND DEVIATE THE SAND
D8
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/D8.jpg)
IMPROVEMENT OF THE COMPOSITION OF HEAVY SOIL
D9
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/D9.jpg)
DECREASE OF STREAMS
D10
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/D10.jpg)
SYSTEM OF SOIL PROTECTION, WATER HARVESTING AND PROTECTION AGAINST THE WIND
D11
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/D11.jpg)
IMPROVEMENT OF ALKALIZED SALINIZED SOILS
E1
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E1.jpg)
PREHISTORIC STRUCTURES AND SETTLEMENTS
E1a
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E1a.jpg)
PREHISTORIC MONUMENTS
E1b
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E1b.jpg)
USE OF CAVES
E2
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E2.jpg)
UNDERGROUND HABITATS
E2a
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E2a.jpg)
GREAT UNDERGROUND COMPLEXES
E2b
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E2b.jpg)
COURTYARD HYPOGEA
E2c
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E2c.jpg)
HYPOGEA AND HANGING GARDENS
E2d
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E2d.jpg)
MONOLITHIC HYPOGEA
E2e
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E2e.jpg)
PIT HYPOGEA AND ROCKY WALL HYPOGEA
E3
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E3.jpg)
VILLAGES AND CAMPS
E3a
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E3a.jpg)
VILLAGES WITH DITCHES
E4
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E4.jpg)
NOMADIC ARCHITECTURE
E5
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E5.jpg)
PALAFITTES AND ARCHITECTURES IN THE WATER
E6
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E6.jpg)
TYPOLOGIES OF OASIS SETTLEMENTS
E6a
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E6a.jpg)
ERG OASES
E6b
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E6b.jpg)
WADI OASES
E6c
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E6c.jpg)
SEBKHA OASES
E7
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E7.jpg)
IMPORTANT TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE
E7a
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E7a.jpg)
CONSTRUCTIONS FOR CULTS AND STRUCTURES FOR FUNERAL RITES
E7b
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E7b.jpg)
MONUMENTS, COMMUNITY CONSTRUCTIONS AND SYMBOLIC ARCHITECTURE
E7c
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E7c.jpg)
EXTRAORDINARY FEATURES OF DWELLING ARCHITECTURE
E8
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E8.jpg)
TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE FOR SETTLEMENTS
E8a
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E8a.jpg)
CIRCULAR HUTS
E8b
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E8b.jpg)
SHELTERS FOR ANIMALS AND GRAIN STORAGE
E8c
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E8c.jpg)
TRADITIONAL TECHNOLOGIES AND USE OF LOCAL MATERIAL
E8d
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E8d.jpg)
USAGE DESTINATION AND PECULIAR DISTRIBUTIVE FEATURES
E8e
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E8e.jpg)
RAW CLAY STRUCTURES
E8f
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E8f.jpg)
FRIED CLAY STRUCTURES
E8g
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E8g.jpg)
STONE STRUCTURES
E8h
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E8h.jpg)
VEGETABLES MATERIAL STRUCTURES
E8i
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E8i.jpg)
SYMBOLIC DECORATION
E8l
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E8l.jpg)
COURTYARD HOUSE
E8m
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E8m.jpg)
TOWER HOUSE
E8n
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E8n.jpg)
HOUSES WITH SEPARATED DWELLING UNITS WITHIN AN ENCLOSURE
E9
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E9.jpg)
TRADITIONAL URBAN LAYOUT
E9a
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E9a.jpg)
GARDEN TOWN
E9b
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E9b.jpg)
FORTIFIED SETTLEMENTS
E9c
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E9c.jpg)
MAZE-LIKE LAYOUT AND BLIND ALLEYS
E9d
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E9d.jpg)
GEOMETRICAL MATRIX AND DIRECTED INSTALLATION
E9e
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E9e.jpg)
CORRESPONDANCE OF URBAN STRUCTURES TO SOCIOCULTURAL BACKGROUND
E9f
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E9f.jpg)
INTEGRATION OF TOWN AND COUNTRYSIDE
E9g
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E9g.jpg)
TERRACED TOWN
E10
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E10.jpg)
SUSTAINABLE INTEGRATION, URBAN SETTLEMENT-LANDSCAPE
E10a
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E10a.jpg)
PRODUCTION OF THE SETTLEMENT PATTERN ON TERRITORY
E10b
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E10b.jpg)
TERRITORIAL AND MULTI-URBAN SYSTEM
E10c
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E10c.jpg)
STRUCTURAL SYMBIOSIS IN SPECIFIC GEOMORPHOLOGIC CONTEXTS
E11
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E11.jpg)
MULTIPURPOSE TOOLS
E12
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E12.jpg)
SPECIFIC TOOLS FOR WORKING LOCAL MATERIALS
E13
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E13.jpg)
LOCAL HANDICRAFT AND CORRELATED TECHNIQUES
E13a
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E13a.jpg)
HANDMADE LEATHERS AND TEXTILES
E13b
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E13b.jpg)
HANDMADE EARTHENWARE ARTICLES
E13c
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E13c.jpg)
HANDMADE METALS
E13d
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E13d.jpg)
HANDMADE WOODS, BONES AND VEGETABLES MATERIALS
E13e
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/E13e.jpg)
HANDMADE STONES
F1
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/F1.jpg)
CONSERVATION AND TRANSPORT OF FIRE
F2
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/F2.jpg)
CHANNELS AND DEVICES FOR CLIMATE CONTROL
F3
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/F3.jpg)
USE OF RESIDUES TO FEED ANIMALS
F4
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/F4.jpg)
TECHNIQUES OF FOOD CONSERVATION AND STORAGE
F5
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/F5.jpg)
ARCHITECTURE FOR PROTECTING FROM EXTREME CLIMATES
F5a
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/F5a.jpg)
IGLOO
F5b
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/F5b.jpg)
SUNKEN CONSTRUCTION
F5c
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/F5c.jpg)
COVERED PASSAGES AND LIMITATION OF EXPOSURE
F6
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/F6.jpg)
ARCHITECTURE FOR MANAGING ENERGY AND RESOURCES
F6a
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/F6a.jpg)
WATER CATCHMENT FROM COVERING
F6b
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/F6b.jpg)
CONTROL OF EXPOSURE TO THE SUN
F6c
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/F6c.jpg)
SYSTEMS OF HOUSEHOLD WASTE MANAGEMENT
F6d
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/F6d.jpg)
NOMADISM INSIDE THE HOUSE
F6e
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/F6e.jpg)
LOCAL TECHNIQUE ISOLATION
F6f
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/F6f.jpg)
ARCHITECTURE FOR PASSIVE COOLING
F7
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/F7.jpg)
URBAN LAYOUT FOR RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
F7a
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/F7a.jpg)
URBAN LAYOUT FOR MICROCLIMATE CONTROL
F7b
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/F7b.jpg)
URBANLAYOUT FOR WATER MANAGEMENT
G1
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/G1.jpg)
SUDIVISION IN CLANS AND TRIBES
G2
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/G2.jpg)
NATURAL PLACES MADE SACRED
G3
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/G3.jpg)
CULTS AND RITUALIZATION OF NATURAL PROCESSES
G4
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/G4.jpg)
PRACTICES OF ORIENTATION AND LOCAL GEOGRAPHIC REFERENCES
G5
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/G5.jpg)
LOCAL DIVERSIFICATION
G6
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/G6.jpg)
ANIMAL SYMBIOTIC AND TOTEMIC RELATIONSHIP
G7
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/G7.jpg)
WOMEN’S KNOWLEDGE OF PLANTS
G8
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/G8.jpg)
KNOWLEDGE PASSED ON DOWN THE GENERATIONS
G9
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/G9.jpg)
FORMS OF SOCIAL SOLIDARITY
G10
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/G10.jpg)
SYMBOLIC EXPRESSIONS FOR KNOWLEDGE TRANSMISSION
G11
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/G11.jpg)
PROCESSES OF SEDENTARINESS
G12
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/G12.jpg)
NOMADISM AND SEMI-NOMADISM
G12a
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/G12a.jpg)
GREAT MIGRATORY NOMADISM
G12b
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/G12b.jpg)
GREAT CARAVAN NOMADISM
G12c
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/G12c.jpg)
TRANSHUMANT NOMADISM
G13
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/G13.jpg)
WATER CORPORATION AND HYDRAULIC LAW
G14
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/G14.jpg)
AUTOPOIETIC COMMUNITIES
G15
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/G15.jpg)
GREAT WATER SOCIETIES
G16
![](https://tkwb.org/imgcategory/G16.jpg)
ARTISTIC MANIFESTATIONS