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🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B to Late Neolithic · Eastern Badia Late Neolithic pastoral-hunting
Wisad south kite chain: 7 desert kites (8500–6200 BCE) on Black Desert basalt, 6 km SSE of pools.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
PPNB to Chalcolithic · Badia Neolithic playa-foragers
North Qa' al-Qattafi: 8 playa hardpan kites semicircular on 10 km² pan edge.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
Late Neolithic to Chalcolithic · Khashabiyeh chert-ridge hunters
Abu Khashaba extension: 6 chert pavement kites herringbone 3.8 km south of Khashabiyeh core.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze · Badia Late Neolithic with EB reuse
Maitland west slope: 4 kites descending 45-m mesa scarp from Maitland's historic fort hill.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
PPNB to Late Neolithic · Eastern Badia Neolithic
Wisad north ridge: 5 radial kites on 45-m hill summit above Black Desert hamada.
🇸🇾 Syria · Archaeological wonder
PPN to Chalcolithic · Harra Neolithic lava-field hunters
Harrat al-Sham cross-border: 7 lava-levee kites linear 6.2 km on harra ridge crest.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
Late Neolithic to Chalcolithic · Azraq depression hunters
Wadi al-Ghadf depression: 4 single-arm kites using 8-m natural caliche bluff as wall.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
Late Neolithic to Chalcolithic · Badia Chalcolithic with Azraq Jawa interaction
Maitland north plain: 6 small family-size kites on Azraq gravel plain 6 km north of mesa.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
PPNB to Late Neolithic · Corridor Badia inter-site coordination
Qattafi–Harrat link: 6 degraded dispersed kites forming 8 km stepping-stone corridor between mega-sites.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze · Badia Late Neolithic–EBA onager hunters
Wadi Rashid hamada: 5 low-wall kites on open pavement with deep 2.4 m onager pits.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
PPNB to Chalcolithic · Eastern Badia Neolithic–Chalcolithic
Qattafi east arm: 6 mesa-lip kites driving gazelles off 40-m basalt mesa to playa.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
PPNB to Late Neolithic · Badia Neolithic peak-pass hunters
Jabal Ithnayn twin-peak gap: 5 kites using two 35-m basalt peaks as natural funnel walls.