The Early History of the Western Palmyra Desert region. The Change in the Settlement patterns and the Adaptation of subsistence Strategies to encroaching Aridity: a first Assessment of the Desert-Kite and Tumulus cultural Hor

Bonacossi, Daniele Morandi; Iamoni, Marco

doi:10.4000/syria.1496

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“…, ; on the migration routes of the Persian gazelle, see also Legge & Rowley‐Conwy , ; Bar‐Oz, Zeder & Hole ; Zeder et al . ; Morandi Bonacossi & Iamoni ; as well as Kingswood & Blank ; Martin ). This assumption is substantiated by the idea that the Persian gazelle apparently did not inhabit the Negev and the Sinai peninsula (Holzer et al .…”

Section: Discussion: J Al‐khashabiyeh and J Al‐ghadiwiyat Kites In mentioning

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“…; Zeder et al . ; Iamoni ; Morandi Bonacossi ; Morandi Bonacossi & Iamoni ; Kennedy ), the Harrat esh‐Sham in southern Syria and north‐eastern Jordan (Échallier & Braemer ; Helms & Betts ; Betts ; Kennedy, Banks & Houghton ; Kempe & Malabeh , , ), the Negev and Sinai peninsula (Meshel , ; Perevolotsky & Baharav ; Holzer et al . ; Bar‐Oz et al .…”

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“…This debate aroused vivid controversy, especially during the late 1980s and early 1990s (Helms & Betts ; Échallier & Braemer ; Rosen & Perevolotsky ), before a general consensus was established that considered the hypothesis related to the hunting of wild animals, and in particular gazelle, as the most likely (Betts ; Van Berg et al . ; Morandi Bonacossi ; Morandi Bonacossi & Iamoni ; Holzer et al . ; Bar‐Oz et al .…”

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Out of the harra: desert kites in south‐eastern Jordan. New results from the South Eastern Badia Archaeological Project

Abu-Azizeh

Tarawneh

2015

Arab Archaeol Epigr

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Although kite structures are known from several areas of the southern Levant and the Near East (e.g. Sinai, Negev, Syria, Saudi Arabia), their distribution in Jordan was thought to be restricted to the north-eastern basalt harra landscape. From the point of view of arid peripheries settlement dynamics, the gap left in southern and southeastern Jordan was puzzling in view of the clear continuity in human occupation evidenced by recently intensifying research in this region.This paper presents the first occurrences of kites identified in this hamada landscape in the framework of the joint French-Jordanian South Eastern Badia Archaeological Project (SEBAP). Despite obvious similarities with the examples known from the harra, the two distinct sets of kites uncovered show clear local specificities in their layout and use of topography, which will be emphasised through the description of survey and excavation results. The evidence clearly supports a function of hunting structures and some clues regarding dating, although still preliminary, are expressed as well. Some lines of investigation to grasp the diversity and regionalism of the kite phenomenon are also explored, as different kite-building traditions seem to emerge from the growing body of evidence available.

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Out of the harra: desert kites in south‐eastern Jordan. New results from the South Eastern Badia Archaeological Project

Abu-Azizeh

Tarawneh

2015

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“…; Kennedy : 148; Quenet & Chambrade ; Globalkites Project), across the border in southern Turkey (Kennedy : 148; Globalkites Project), south‐east of Aleppo (Kennedy : 148; Globalkites Project), and stretching in a long line north‐east to south‐west along the hills of the Palmyrene, down almost to Damascus (Meshel : fig. ; Poidebard ; Échallier & Braemer ; Morandi Bonacossi & Iamoni ; Borrel et al . ; Kennedy ).…”

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Desert kites in Jordan – a new appraisal

Betts

Burke

2015

Arab Archaeol Epigr

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The desert kites of Jordan, usually stone‐built enclosures with long trailing walls, are part of a broader phenomenon found throughout specific parts of the Middle East, with similar types of structures known widely across the world. Most commonly, the enclosures are used for trapping large herds of ungulates. Those found in Jordan are more densely packed and of much greater variety than those elsewhere in the Middle East. This paper offers a review of the current state of knowledge concerning desert kites in Jordan, including new data on patterns of orientation and recent studies that help to strengthen the case for a Neolithic date for some of the kite systems.

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“…Limited analysis of the gradient approach to a kite head was carried out on 50 selected kites by constructing an elevation profile following a route between the visible kite string walls and using a freely available Shuttle Radar Topography Mission one arc-second DEM (with a 30 m resolution and an absolute vertical accuracy of ±16 m). While the accuracy of the DEM data has not been assessed and verified on the ground, this data would suggest that the final approach to the kite head is frequently on a downslope (Figure 8), so in some sense hidden from view, repeating trends seen in kites elsewhere (Abu-Azizeh and Tarawneh, 2015; Crassard et al, 2022; Groucutt and Carleton, 2021; Morandi Bonacossi and Iamoni, 2012). The trend seen in the study area is that most of the approach (84%) is on an upslope gradient (Figure 8), contrasting with a small sample analysis of kites from south-east Jordan where the approach is generally downslope, with a sharp drop of elevation near the kite head (Abu-Azizeh and Tarawneh, 2015).…”

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Following the herds? A new distribution of hunting kites in Southwest Asia

2022

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Remote-sensing analysis of open-source satellite imagery has identified a major, new distribution of undocumented hunting kite structures in northern Arabia. This new data has important implications on the environmental viability of hunting and on possible settlement patterns during the early and middle Holocene. Running across the eastern side of the Nafud Desert in Saudi Arabia, this research has identified star-shaped kites in a distribution that continues on to southern Iraq. From a broader perspective, this new distribution appears to represent a continuation of the well-known arc of kites recorded running principally through southern Syria and eastern Jordan. As well as representing an important archaeological identification in its own right, this new distribution also has important implications in terms of the paleoenvironment of the region, faunal dispersals and human cultural connections.

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The Early History of the Western Palmyra Desert region. The Change in the Settlement patterns and the Adaptation of subsistence Strategies to encroaching Aridity: a first Assessment of the Desert-Kite and Tumulus cultural Hor

Cited by 34 publications

References 47 publications

Out of the harra: desert kites in south‐eastern Jordan. New results from the South Eastern Badia Archaeological Project

Out of the harra: desert kites in south‐eastern Jordan. New results from the South Eastern Badia Archaeological Project

Desert kites in Jordan – a new appraisal

Following the herds? A new distribution of hunting kites in Southwest Asia

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