Addressing the Desert Kites Phenomenon and Its Global Range Through a Multi-proxy Approach

• Published in: Journal of archaeological method and theory Vol. 22; no. 4; pp. 1093 - 1121
• Main Authors: Crassard, Rémy, Barge, Olivier, Bichot, Charles-Edmond, Brochier, Jacques Élie, Chahoud, Jwana, Chambrade, Marie-Laure, Chataigner, Christine, Madi, Kamel, Régagnon, Emmanuelle, Seba, Hamida, Vila, Emmanuelle
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer 01.12.2015; Springer US; Springer Nature B.V; Springer Verlag
• Subjects: Anthropology; Archaeology; Archaeology and Prehistory; Deserts; Humanities and Social Sciences; Satellites; Social Sciences; GIS; Arid zones; Hunting; Geoarchaeology; Pastoralism; Desert kites; Interdisciplinary research

This paper argues that the wide geographical distribution of desert kites, which are huge archaeological structures of stone visible from satellite images, must be more broadly acknowledged as a momentous factor in the study of their variability and function. This is important so that researchers ca...