In Chah Ziba located in Baft County in southern Kerman, a nomadic and tent-dwelling lifestyle has long been prevalent. This mode of life is of particular significance to Ethno-archaeological research, as it provides valuable analogies and correspondences for analyzing and interpreting the behaviors of past societies within the study area and its surrounding regions.

The Safi Khanlu tribe, who until the implementation of the Nomad Settlement Program in the mid-2000s practiced a nomadic and pastoral lifestyle in the Chah-Ziba area, located south of Mount Khabr, were eventually compelled to relocate and settle in the village of Bidkorduiyeh, situated west of Baft County. Since then, they have engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. Evidences of their former pastoral life -including residential structures, livestock pens, water sources, and wells- were identified and documented through field surveys conducted in the Chah-Ziba region.

The dwellings were made of black tents woven from goat hair, typically rectangular or square in shape, with gabled roofs. They were supported by two horizontal and two vertical beams. These black tents (siah-chadors) were erected over semi-subterranean architectural spaces locally known as Yurts. The yurts were semi-subterranean structures whose walls were constructed of stone, with floors dug to a depth of approximately one to one and a half meters below ground level. The interior of some yurts was divided by wooden posts placed in the central section; the rear area served as a sheepfold, while the front portion was used as the living space for the inhabitants. Separate architectural units were also constructed for livestock. The enclosures for larger animals consisted of rectangular, semi-subterranean stone-built structures. Some of these buildings, due to the presence of roof entrances, closely resemble temporary architectural forms characteristic of the Early Neolithic.

Interviews were also conducted with the elders of the Safi Khanlu tribe. Contrary to common interpretations in archaeology, the distance between human settlements and local water sources in this region was relatively great.