2022
DOI: 10.1007/s10963-022-09165-z
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The Use of Desert Kites as Hunting Mega-Traps: Functional Evidence and Potential Impacts on Socioeconomic and Ecological Spheres

Rémy Crassard,
Wael Abu-Azizeh,
Olivier Barge
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“…The presence of at least one cell for most kite-like structures does not prove that these were pit traps, but their signature on satellite imagery is identical to that of cells currently established to be such traps (Crassard et al . 2022). In addition, the orientation of the constructions shows that they are compatible with hunting techniques using large traps, regardless of whether the catchment area was local or targeted at migration routes.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The presence of at least one cell for most kite-like structures does not prove that these were pit traps, but their signature on satellite imagery is identical to that of cells currently established to be such traps (Crassard et al . 2022). In addition, the orientation of the constructions shows that they are compatible with hunting techniques using large traps, regardless of whether the catchment area was local or targeted at migration routes.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Preferential orientation in a given direction of such kite-like structures suggests that they were traps intended to capture animals during their migrations (Crassard et al . 2022). An analysis of the orientation of the structures examined here shows no clear trend for Types A and B (Figure 5, above).…”
Section: Topographical and Environmental Contextmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These kites’ ‘heads’ do not have separate instances of enclosure and cell/s and therefore do not fall within the categorisation of ‘kites stricto sensu ’ (see above). However, as discussed by Crassard et al (2022, p. 11), the enclosure of a kite is ‘in fact a continuation of the driving lines’, in that it was an area designed to direct animals towards the functional component/s of the kite—the trap/s (e.g., Crassard et al, 2022; fig. 22).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The past decade has seen a significant growth of archaeological research on kite structures, large stone-built features that are widely accepted to have functioned as a type of hunting trap (e.g. Bar-Oz et al, 2011;Crassard et al, 2015Crassard et al, , 2022Helms and Betts, 1987;Zeder et al, 2013). The defining physical characteristics of kites are a combination of three elements: driving walls that stretch over hundreds of metres and even kilometres, providing a guided approach to an enclosure of varying shape (the 'head'), and cells that are often integrated into the walls of the enclosure and were in some cases used as trapping pits (Crassard et al, 2022).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For example, in the eastern Badia of Jordan, guiding walls are often located on plateaus, and frequently integrate water sources, that would have represented an ideal starting point to round up and chase animals towards the kite (Abu-Azizeh and Tarawneh, 2015; Helms and Betts, 1987). Moreover, enclosures that form the ‘heads’ of kites are often found beyond the crest of a slope, or inside naturally enclosed spaces and obscured from view (Abu-Azizeh and Tarawneh, 2015; Crassard et al, 2022), a characteristic that was already evident in earliest descriptions of kite structures (Rees, 1929). While in some regions the orientation of kites face in one direction, other regions appear to show more variability.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%