🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
Wadi Al-Qattafi East Arm Kites (Eastern Mesa Kite Line)
PPNB to Chalcolithic · Eastern Badia Neolithic–Chalcolithic
Qattafi east arm: 6 mesa-lip kites driving gazelles off 40-m basalt mesa to playa.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Earthwork
Desert Kites of Jordan and Syria
Pre-Pottery Neolithic to Bronze Age (~7000–3000 BCE) · Neolithic–Chalcolithic hunter-pastoralist
Over 5,800 kite structures sprawl across the harraat basalt deserts of Jordan, Syria and Saudi Arabia, each comprising two converging low walls up to 5 km long funneling gazelle herds into a stone…
🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph
Maitland East Mesa Kite Chain (Ghabit–Maitland Corridor)
Late Neolithic to Chalcolithic · Black Desert ridge pastoralists
Ridge chain ESE of Maitland's Mesa: 9 notch-anchored kites along 6.2 km Ghabit basalt ridge.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia · Geoglyph
Harrat Rahah Kite Field – Tabuk Volcanic Field
Pre-Pottery Neolithic to Late Neolithic · Northwest Arabian Neolithic
37 high-elevation basalt kites (8000–5000 BCE) on Harrat Rahah — NW Saudi volcanic field.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph
Harrat al-Harrah Kite Cluster (Eastern Jordan Highlands)
Neolithic (Late Pre-Pottery Neolithic B) · Late PPNB steppe-hunting tradition
Eastern rim kite chain of the Jordanian Harrat basalt plain (880 m, 31°02′21″N 37°30′00″E) where basalt peneplain meets limestone Hamad: 18 desert kites arrayed along 17 km N-S per Jibal…
🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
Jabal Wisad South Chain Desert Kites (Southern Basalt Plateau)
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 · Geoglyph
Wadi Rum Kite Corridor – Hisma Desert
Late Neolithic · Hisma Neolithic pastoralists
21 Late Neolithic sandstone kites (6000–4500 BCE) against Wadi Rum inselbergs — southernmost Levantine corridor.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
Jebel Abu Khashaba Kites (Jibal Al-Khashabiyeh SE Extension)
Late Neolithic to Chalcolithic · Khashabiyeh chert-ridge hunters
Abu Khashaba extension: 6 chert pavement kites herringbone 3.8 km south of Khashabiyeh core.
🇸🇾 Syria · Archaeological wonder
Harrat Al-Sham Kite Cluster (Syrian–Jordanian Harra Ridge)
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
Qattafi–Harrat Kite Corridor (Qattafi to Harrat Link Kites)
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
Wadi Rashid Kite Field (Wadi Rashid Basalt Hamada)
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
Jabal Ithnayn Kites (Twin Peaks Kite Pass)
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.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph
Jibal al-Khashabiya Desert Kites & Shrine Complex (SE Jordan Desert)
PPNB to Late Neolithic (Ghassanian) · Southeastern Badia foragers
Eight kites with engraved kite petroglyph pillar and twin shrines on chert pavement southeast of Amman.