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🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph
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 · Earthwork
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
PPNB to Late Neolithic (Ghassanian) · Southeastern Badia foragers
Eight kites with engraved kite petroglyph pillar and twin shrines on chert pavement southeast of Amman.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph
Neolithic (PPNB to Late Neolithic) · Southern Jordan Neolithic
Southernmost Jordanian kite field on the Karak limestone plateau (620 m, 31°03′N 35°45′E) above Wadi al-Hasa gorge (tributary of Mujib).
🇯🇴 Jordan · Earthwork
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.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph
Late Neolithic (PPNB-related) · Azraq oasis Neolithic foragers
Kite field on the basalt deflation rim of Qa al-Azraq sebkha (520 m, 31.83°N 36.82°E), the lowest point of the 12,700 km² Azraq Basin shared with Syria (94% in Jordan) and Saudi.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph
PPN to Late Neolithic · PPNB / Yarmoukian
32 PPNB–Late Neolithic limestone kites (8000–4500 BCE) on Wadi Arabilah scarp.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph
Pre-Pottery Neolithic to Late Neolithic · PPN / Yarmoukian pastoralists
45 PPNB desert kites (8000–5500 BCE) — southern extension of Khashabiyeh mega-cluster.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph
Late PPN to Late Neolithic · PPN / Azraq pastoralists
18 wetland-margin kites (7000–5000 BCE) around Azraq Qa salt flat.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph
Pre-Pottery Neolithic · PPN pastoralists
58-kite chain (8000–5500 BCE) along Harrat al-Sham — cross-border spine of kite province.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph
Late Neolithic · Hisma Neolithic pastoralists
21 Late Neolithic sandstone kites (6000–4500 BCE) against Wadi Rum inselbergs — southernmost Levantine corridor.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph
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.
🇮🇱 Israel · Geoglyph
Late Neolithic to Early Bronze I · Arava Chalcolithic–EB pastoral-miners
Rift-floor kite cluster 18 m asl in the Arava north of Eilat: 11 V-shaped Negev-type traps.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Geoglyph
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.
🇸🇾 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
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
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.
🇯🇴 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.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Rock art
Hellenistic to Early Islamic (Safaitic literacy 100 BCE–400 CE) · Nomadic Safaitic pastoralists (North Arabian Old Arabic literate nomads)
Harra Black Desert 4500 Safaitic basalt camel–kite petroglyphs 200 BCE–800 CE, Leiden Jebel Qurma project.
🇯🇴 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
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
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 · Geoglyph
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.
🇯🇴 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.
