Abstract

The Kafiri Strait has been is one of the most important human habitats in terms of topographical and environmental conditions in the southeastern province of Ilam. The present study was conducted to provide preliminary information for introducing and identifying a set of indicators from rock formations as a collection of warehouses and silos in the geographic region of the studied strait. Desirable spaces in this type of architecture are created by removing rocky masses through reducing their main bed, and they form that space with the material of the canvas. An example of these rocky warehouses in Kafari Strait is located on the margin of this strait with average height of 35-40 meters and the width of 500 meters, dominating about 1.5 kilometers in this geographical area. The research method was descriptive-analytic. The results of this study showed that the remnants left of these warehouses and their formation on the rocky bed of limestone, which had been affected by thousands of years due to the existence of seasonal sprawl and other natural factors, make this rock wall a hole with small, medium and large dimensions with various shapes and depths. The aboriginal inhabitants of these areas were able to use these materials to make changes to these holes, using them as structures in accordance with their needs as warehouses for storing supplies. Also, surveys carried out in the perimeter of these warehouses show remnants of mills that have been used to distort the water of the Kulmriver. The collection of reservoirs and water mills represents a clever and complete system of grains storehouses formed by the people of these areas; additionally, the results showed that the inhabitants of these areas could have mined, stored and used grains in these rocky warehouses.

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