Old Methods of Family and House Retrofitting In Motahar Abad Village (Zarand-Kerman)

The present research has studied those methods that villagers who live in the south eastern desert of Iran have examined to be safe from different human dangers and decrease natural disasters and applied them in traditional house construction and management. The sample society of this research is Motaharabad village located in the north of Kerman province, This research paper is a historical anthropologic one which has utilized field study, observation and interview. The results show that the inhabitant's mutual trust to each other that is caused by their religious beliefs and close social relationships, has an undeniable role in creating security sense in the village. Also, observing some safety points in house construction with respect to the facilities and capacity of ancient times has been applied to decrease natural dangers. For example walls thickness, constructing watercourse and dome-shaped ceilings has an important role in decreasing the danger of earthquake and collapsing caused by longtime rainfalls. Furthermore, it has been applied parapet to avoid falling out of roof, wooden dorook1 to avoid falling in to the well during drilling and then wood, plank or slab and also thorn for blocking it. With respect to the lack of castle and tower in this village and it's location on a plain area, they could not fight with bandits by arms or weapons. So, by becoming aware of bandit's attack to the neighbor villages people had to hide their valuables. They decreased the risk of plunder by keeping them in the warehouse, under the soil and the bottom of the well (for copper vessels). Cultural Researchers Quarterly. No 30, Eleventh year, Spring & Summer 2012/p14 In spite of the defects it was used Koot, which was an old wooden lock, as a protective instrument. But afterwards it was used a kind of lock named Shabband to provide further safety for households. It was used a kind of two-door cupboard to protect their valuables.