🇯🇴 Jordan · Earthwork
Jibal al-Khashabiyeh Kites
Late Neolithic to Chalcolithic · Eastern Badia Neolithic pastoral-hunters
16 interlinked limestone kite traps (5000-3500 BCE) forming 1.2-km chain blocking wadi mouths on Jibal al-Khashabiyeh.
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Wadi al-Qattafi Kite Field (Three-Arm Wadi System)
Late Neolithic to Chalcolithic (Ghassulian) · Black Desert nomadics
Three-arm wadi with 38 kites on basalt mesas above the Qa al-Qattafi playa: densest Black Desert kite field.
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Jabal Wisad Central Plateau Kites (Central Wisad Basalt Table)
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Late to Pottery Neolithic (7200–6200 BCE) · Black Desert PPNB pastoral hunters (Wisad Pools group)
11 central plateau kites 730 m: funnel walls 280–620 m to star pens with chert anvil, highest packing density on Wisad.
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Wadi al-Qattafi Central Mesa Interfluve Kites (Mesas M-7–M-9 Interfluve)
PPNB–Late Neolithic (7000–5500 BCE) · Black Desert hunters
Interfluve plateau between north and south arms of Wadi al-Qattafi 5 km north of Qa' al-Qattafi playa (680 m).
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Wadi Al-Qattafi South Mesa Chain Kites (Southern Basalt Mesas Qattafi)
PPNB Late to Late Neolithic (7200–5000 BCE) · Qattafi basin pastoral trappers (Wadi al-Qattafi group)
10 south mesa kites 695 m: 320–780 m walls using 40% natural escarpment as barrier, mesa-lee pens with burial cairn cutting wall.
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Wadi al-Hasa Kite Cluster (Kerak–Tafila plateau, Jordan)
Chalcolithic to Early Bronze I (Timnian to EB I) · Timnian–Ghassulian to EB I plateau pastoralists
28 Wadi al-Hasa plateau kites (4500–3000 BCE) with 15 meadow lures — Edom rim hunting province.
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Jibal al-Khashabiyeh South Kite Field
Pre-Pottery Neolithic to Late Neolithic · PPN / Yarmoukian pastoralists
45 PPNB desert kites (8000–5500 BCE) — southern extension of Khashabiyeh mega-cluster.
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Wadi al-Qattafi Qa' al-Qattafi Playa Margin Kites (Playa North Shore Kite Line Extension)
Late Neolithic–Early Chalcolithic (6000–4500 BCE) · Late Neolithic pastoralists
Northern–eastern margin of Qa' al-Qattafi playa (660 m), the 10 km2 playa terminus of Wadi al-Qattafi system (Toms 2021).
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Wadi Arabilah Kite Cluster
PPN to Late Neolithic · PPNB / Yarmoukian
32 PPNB–Late Neolithic limestone kites (8000–4500 BCE) on Wadi Arabilah scarp.
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Wadi Al-Qattafi Central Gorge Slot Kites (Central Arm Narrows)
PPNB Late to PN (7000–5800 BCE) · Central Qattafi gorge bottleneck trappers
7 bidirectional central gorge kites 710 m in 3.2 km 25 m-deep narrows — 150 m walls plus deepest 1.6 m pits with 21 gazelle skeletons in situ.
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Maitland East Ridge Chapel Kites (Eastern Jabal Maitland Sacred Ridge)
PPNB Late–PN (7100–6000 BCE) · Maitland Mesa chapel-associated trappers (SE Badia Late Neolithic)
8 Maitland triangular-pen kites 750 m with chapel 40 m from pen QEM-03 — quern butchery slab and infant burial chapel.
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Maitland's Mesa Kite Enclosure (Maitland's Hillfort Mesa)
PPNB to Late Neolithic · Harrat pastoral foragers
Historic type-site where RAF pilot Maitland coined 'desert kite' (1927): 11 kites and cairn chain on basalt mesa.
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Wadi al-Khub Mustatils
Late Neolithic, Eastern Badia Neolithic · Eastern Badia Late Neolithic hunters
7 mustatil enclosures (5500-5100 BCE) on Wadi al-Khub hammada, northernmost Levantine mustatil bridging Arabia to Jordan kite province.
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Qasr Azraq North Kite Field (Azraq Oasis Northern Fringe)
PPNB to Pottery Neolithic (wetland phase) · Azraq wetland foragers
Oasis-edge kite group on the Azraq mudflat–hamada beach ridge: 12 low-angle V-traps for wetland fauna.
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Maitland South Cairn-Connector Kites (Southern Cairn Chain Kites)
PPNB Late to Late Neolithic (7000–5500 BCE) · South Maitland cairn-alignment community (Maitland Badia Late Neolithic)
9 linearly cairn-connected kites 715 m: 280–650 m walls linked by 2-m cairn chain every 45–80 m to Qasr Usaykhim.
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Harrat Al-Sham West Edge Kites (Western Harra Scarp Line)
PPNB Late–PN (7500–6000 BCE) · Harra west scarp Harra limestone–basalt contact trappers
12 scarp-edge hybrid kites 820 m: 250–720 m split-material walls (basalt vs limestone) converging to brink chute with 8–12 m natural drop.
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Wadi Rashid North Meander Kites (Northern Loop Meander Field)
PPNB Late–PN · Wadi Rashid meander peninsula trappers
1 peninsula meander kite 700 m: only 500 m artificial walls (220+280) closing 320° natural cliff loop peninsula with star pen 24 m.
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Harrat al-Sham Kite Chain
Pre-Pottery Neolithic · PPN pastoralists
58-kite chain (8000–5500 BCE) along Harrat al-Sham — cross-border spine of kite province.
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Azraq Oasis Kite Corridor
Late PPN to Late Neolithic · PPN / Azraq pastoralists
18 wetland-margin kites (7000–5000 BCE) around Azraq Qa salt flat.
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Maitland's Mesa South Cairn Field Kites (Mesa M-4 South Pediment)
Late Neolithic (5500–4000 BCE) · Late Neolithic / Chalcolithic Badia
South pediment 1.5 km south of Maitland's Mesa (M-4) top (670 m) in Wadi al-Qattafi system. Four kites with 220–400 m walls interspersed with 50+ cairn tumuli (1.5 m dia) and ‘pendant’ stone piles —…
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Jabal Wisad North Basalt Plateau Extension Kites (Northern Plateau Table)
PPNB (7400–6400 BCE) · PPNB pastoral hunters
Northern extension of Jabal Wisad basalt table plateau (735 m) 5 km north of classic central plateau.
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Jabal Wisad Desert Kites (Wisad Pools Black Desert)
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B to Pottery Neolithic · Black Desert pastoral foragers
Jabal Wisad plateau kites: 14 funnels on Black Desert inselberg above Neolithic Wisad Pools.
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Jabal Wisad East Fallout Kites (Eastern Piedmont Debris Fan)
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Late to Pottery Neolithic (7000–6000 BCE) · Wisad east fan pastoral hunters
9 eastern tephra-fan kites 685 m: Y-branch walls 180–420 m and oval pens with desert wheels and fossilized hoof prints.
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Jebel Abu Khashaba North Ridge Kites (Northern Khashabiyeh Ridge Extension)
PPNA–PPNB Early to Late (8400–6500 BCE) · Jibal al-Khashabiyeh SE Jordan PPNA Ghassanian trappers
10 long-arm ridge kites 920 m: walls 520–1450 m to 12–16 m single-pit bag pens with pillar stone 1:10 scale kite engraving.