Natalia TARABELLA
Natalia Tarabella is an architect specializing in urban planning.
She graduated at the University of Florence presenting a Thesis in Architecture proposing a project to safeguard the archeological Punic-Roman site of the city Tipaza in Algeria.
She partecipated in various workshop with a group of professor and students of the University of Architecture in Florence for the plan of urban regeneration and protection of areas at risk.
She worked on the designing for the renovation of a hotel in the district of Bir el Azab of Sana’a in Yemen, with the University of Architecture in Florence.
She has surveyed the territory of several countries with data and photos for the study of the techniques of the terraces landscape, management and water harvesting, water tanks, clay housing and cities with urbanization linked to water.
She is engaged in research and preservation of ancient techniques in particular over dry land, research and preservation of ecosystems at risk and research and preservation of countries in the developing world.
She is the founder and coordinator of Pangea Project, which is an organization for research and preservation of ancient techniques.
Pangea is engaged in research and data collection of local resources in archaeology, historical, environmental and traditional fields.
As part design Pangea is using technologies that leverage the knowledge and traditional architectural techniques.
Areas of expertise:
spatial planning
management and water harvesting
traditional architecture
urban planning
landscape restoration
plans for archaeological sites
soil protection
Geographical areas :
Sahara : Algeria – Tunisia – Morocco – Egypt
Sub-Saharan Africa : Kenya – Eritrea
Middle East : Jordan – Yemen
Mediterranean : Italy – Greece – Turkey – Spain
Balkan : Bosnia – Croatia
North America
Supervisors: President of Pangea Project Group
Address: www.pangea-project.org
She graduated at the University of Florence presenting a Thesis in Architecture proposing a project to safeguard the archeological Punic-Roman site of the city Tipaza in Algeria.
She partecipated in various workshop with a group of professor and students of the University of Architecture in Florence for the plan of urban regeneration and protection of areas at risk.
She worked on the designing for the renovation of a hotel in the district of Bir el Azab of Sana’a in Yemen, with the University of Architecture in Florence.
She has surveyed the territory of several countries with data and photos for the study of the techniques of the terraces landscape, management and water harvesting, water tanks, clay housing and cities with urbanization linked to water.
She is engaged in research and preservation of ancient techniques in particular over dry land, research and preservation of ecosystems at risk and research and preservation of countries in the developing world.
She is the founder and coordinator of Pangea Project, which is an organization for research and preservation of ancient techniques.
Pangea is engaged in research and data collection of local resources in archaeology, historical, environmental and traditional fields.
As part design Pangea is using technologies that leverage the knowledge and traditional architectural techniques.
Areas of expertise:
spatial planning
management and water harvesting
traditional architecture
urban planning
landscape restoration
plans for archaeological sites
soil protection
Geographical areas :
Sahara : Algeria – Tunisia – Morocco – Egypt
Sub-Saharan Africa : Kenya – Eritrea
Middle East : Jordan – Yemen
Mediterranean : Italy – Greece – Turkey – Spain
Balkan : Bosnia – Croatia
North America
Supervisors: President of Pangea Project Group
Address: www.pangea-project.org
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Supervisor : Architect Natalia Tarabella
Introduction :
THE APUAN ALPS
The Apuan Alps, High Versilia and Garfagnana are part of the Apuan Alps Park, and are rich of petroglyphs and archeological finds which are, in part, unknown and not precisly datable.
These areas have been inhabited since Neolithic times but, the meaning and the reason for such signs engraved on stone, is still not clear.
The Apuan Alps were chosen as a dwelling by people who have left many proves, ancestral and Christianization signs, sacred altars, thrones and artifacts carved in the stone.
A STONE ATLAS that reveals our past and our roots.
''FIREPLACE'' IN CURICETA
The Curiceta site is placed inside a thick forest of chestnut trees, in an area where there are dried stone terraces perfectly preserved.
The first building on the path, is the so-called ”fireplace”.
It is a large flat stone stuck in the ground with a series of aligned stones where, probably, a fire was lit.
Behind the big stone, there is a cavity where the smoke came out.
In the lower part of the flat stone, there is a ”handle” carved in the rock.
Its function is still unknown.
HOLY ALTAR IN CURICETA
Along a short stretch of the path up the hill, protected by a high dry stone wall, we find the sacred stone altar.
This enigmatic structure, has revealed many surprises during the tests performed with electronic instruments.
The altar is carved in a single block of stone and is formed by a backrest and a horizontal supporting surface.
From the left side, there are inclined planes which climb down.
Below the inclined planes on a lower there is a vertical groove.
On the altar we find the same handle carved present in the first structure the so-called ''fireplace''.
The rock altars are very common around the world as, for example, in the South of Italy, in the Middle East but, in High Versilia this is the only one.
SOUND ON THE ALTAR
Dominant between -47 and -50db at 25 – 28Hz very powerful. Another lower peak around 15-16Hz, which is the so-called harmonic Shuman frequency,is the highest and typical of the sacred sites.Indeed, it has also been observed in the Neolithic temples of Malta ( Tarxien – Xaghra).
Analysis of audio files at work – In the sacrifice altar there is also a frequency of 25 – 28 Hz,
maybe coming from underground water
SOUND NEAR THE ALTAR
It has a 23-28 Hz vibration but at a much lower sound level.
The source of the sound is right under the altar ; the sound decreases walking away from the altar.
There are also frequencies around 14-16 Hz.
It has been supposed that behind the altar there is a cavity that acts as a sounding board for the 25 – 28Hz frequency, probably due to the underground water.
Conclusions
HYPOTHESIS
According to studies and tests with electronic instrumentation, we have formulated a hypothesis on function of the Curiceta’s site.
The two stone structures are connected.
On the altar, probably, were celebrated sacrifices (animals and humans) and the blood flowed on the left side up to the groove on the floor.
Afterwards, in the fireplace, the bodies or maybe just some organs were burnt.
We can suppose too that, over the time, these structures have changed their original function.
Maybe, at the beginning they were used for a particular purpose, whereas over the centuries they have been used in different ways.
As this was our first visit, we are not able to date the Curiceta's site.
However, more studies, of the area are necessary to get more details and that will be done during our next missions.
Conference Presentations by Natalia TARABELLA
Supervisor : Architect Natalia Tarabella
Introduction :
THE APUAN ALPS
The Apuan Alps, High Versilia and Garfagnana are part of the Apuan Alps Park, and are rich of petroglyphs and archeological finds which are, in part, unknown and not precisly datable.
These areas have been inhabited since Neolithic times but, the meaning and the reason for such signs engraved on stone, is still not clear.
The Apuan Alps were chosen as a dwelling by people who have left many proves, ancestral and Christianization signs, sacred altars, thrones and artifacts carved in the stone.
A STONE ATLAS that reveals our past and our roots.
''FIREPLACE'' IN CURICETA
The Curiceta site is placed inside a thick forest of chestnut trees, in an area where there are dried stone terraces perfectly preserved.
The first building on the path, is the so-called ”fireplace”.
It is a large flat stone stuck in the ground with a series of aligned stones where, probably, a fire was lit.
Behind the big stone, there is a cavity where the smoke came out.
In the lower part of the flat stone, there is a ”handle” carved in the rock.
Its function is still unknown.
HOLY ALTAR IN CURICETA
Along a short stretch of the path up the hill, protected by a high dry stone wall, we find the sacred stone altar.
This enigmatic structure, has revealed many surprises during the tests performed with electronic instruments.
The altar is carved in a single block of stone and is formed by a backrest and a horizontal supporting surface.
From the left side, there are inclined planes which climb down.
Below the inclined planes on a lower there is a vertical groove.
On the altar we find the same handle carved present in the first structure the so-called ''fireplace''.
The rock altars are very common around the world as, for example, in the South of Italy, in the Middle East but, in High Versilia this is the only one.
SOUND ON THE ALTAR
Dominant between -47 and -50db at 25 – 28Hz very powerful. Another lower peak around 15-16Hz, which is the so-called harmonic Shuman frequency,is the highest and typical of the sacred sites.Indeed, it has also been observed in the Neolithic temples of Malta ( Tarxien – Xaghra).
Analysis of audio files at work – In the sacrifice altar there is also a frequency of 25 – 28 Hz,
maybe coming from underground water
SOUND NEAR THE ALTAR
It has a 23-28 Hz vibration but at a much lower sound level.
The source of the sound is right under the altar ; the sound decreases walking away from the altar.
There are also frequencies around 14-16 Hz.
It has been supposed that behind the altar there is a cavity that acts as a sounding board for the 25 – 28Hz frequency, probably due to the underground water.
Conclusions
HYPOTHESIS
According to studies and tests with electronic instrumentation, we have formulated a hypothesis on function of the Curiceta’s site.
The two stone structures are connected.
On the altar, probably, were celebrated sacrifices (animals and humans) and the blood flowed on the left side up to the groove on the floor.
Afterwards, in the fireplace, the bodies or maybe just some organs were burnt.
We can suppose too that, over the time, these structures have changed their original function.
Maybe, at the beginning they were used for a particular purpose, whereas over the centuries they have been used in different ways.
As this was our first visit, we are not able to date the Curiceta's site.
However, more studies, of the area are necessary to get more details and that will be done during our next missions.
TORRENT-STREETS
PIT-CISTERNS
CONNECTED CISTERNS
CHANNELING AND CONCENTRATION OF RAIN ALONG THE SLOPES
CREATION OF GARDENS ON THE SIDES OF RIVERBED
HUMIDITY CONDENSATION TECHNIQUES
CISTERNS-JARS
STONE ARRANGEMENT AND USE OF SURFACES FOR CATCHMENT
SUNKEN DAMS
BIG LIFTING DEVICES (NORIAS)