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housing), and to understand the needs in order to actively participate in shaping
the future.
Our obligation is to study and preserve cultural heritage in architecture.
In everyday life, it is obvious that there are significant changes in the
distribution of the population in the Dhofar region, or in the Sultanate of Oman
as a whole. There is an obvious change in the way buildings are built
(construction, design, and materials) and in the organization of the house as
well. The migration from the old to the new house, or from the village to the
city, leads to the abandonment of old buildings. Losing their function, buildings
are no longer maintained and disappear quickly. The disappearance of buildings
also entails the loss of a significant part of the architectural and cultural
heritage. Therefore, it is necessary to complete field research in the shortest
possible time, through which the necessary documentation of the traditional
house of the Jeballi people has to be collected.
Therefore, the main research gap lies in the lack of focused investigation
into the traditional house of the Jeballi people. This paper will analyze the
traditional houses of the Jeballi people in the area surrounding the city of
Salalah in Dhofar Governorate. The houses belong to families from the Jeballi
tribe. The documentation collected during 2017 and 2018, consisting of
photographs, drawings, and interviews with the owners and builders of the
houses, will be analyzed. The cave dwellings, houses, and auxiliary buildings
will be analyzed. The goal is to understand the method of the organization of
the house, the constructive solutions, and the materials used.

Figure 1. Dhofar Governorate in Sultanate of Oman
[Дофар говернорат у Султанату Оман]