milling and representation of lower classes social relations in rural communities: investigating mills and milling phenomena at the hassan abad village, sheshtamad, sabzevar, khorasan razavi, iran

mill is one of the aspects and symbols of iranian civilization, and it is a representation of native knowledge of iranians for consistent with arid climate. this study investigated milling culture at a village in south of sabzevar, khorasan razavi, iran; by an anthropological and cultural anthropology theatrical approach, this study analyzed the relationship between nature and culture through the study of this phenomenon. the results indicated that the mills' technology and structure was an adaptive response to natural and climatic characteristics of the region under the study and the mills lead to specific culture in that region, therefore economic, social and cultural issues of the mills were investigated in this study. according to the   data and evidence of present research, it was possible to state that milling in the area that was studied was an essential and efficient career, in the other hand this career in the final analysis was not seen as an ideal career and was not in a good position. according to the results, this position in the culture of the region was due to the tenses in   rural communities at desert margins.