TY - JOUR
T1 - Kites of AlUla County and the Ḥarrat ʿUwayriḍ, Saudi Arabia
AU - Repper, Rebecca
AU - Kennedy, Melissa
AU - McMahon, Jane
AU - Boyer, David D.
AU - Dalton, Mat
AU - Thomas, Hugh
AU - Kennedy, David
PY - 2022/11
Y1 - 2022/11
N2 - A comprehensive remote sensing survey of AlUla County in north-west Saudi Arabia has revealed 32 examples of the ancient, stone-built animal traps known as ‘kites’. Noting that most (27) are located on the Ḥarrat ʿUwayriḍ, a satellite survey of parts of that lavafield outside of AlUla County was undertaken, identifying a further 175 kites. These show commonalities with ‘V-shaped’ kites previously identified in mountainous areas along the western extents of the Arabian Shield in the Sinai Peninsula, Negev Desert and south-west Saudi Arabia. A study of the form and placement of these kites in their ecological and geological contexts suggests that they are representative of a distinct complex, exhibiting sophisticated morphological adaptations to target specific games over similar terrain.
AB - A comprehensive remote sensing survey of AlUla County in north-west Saudi Arabia has revealed 32 examples of the ancient, stone-built animal traps known as ‘kites’. Noting that most (27) are located on the Ḥarrat ʿUwayriḍ, a satellite survey of parts of that lavafield outside of AlUla County was undertaken, identifying a further 175 kites. These show commonalities with ‘V-shaped’ kites previously identified in mountainous areas along the western extents of the Arabian Shield in the Sinai Peninsula, Negev Desert and south-west Saudi Arabia. A study of the form and placement of these kites in their ecological and geological contexts suggests that they are representative of a distinct complex, exhibiting sophisticated morphological adaptations to target specific games over similar terrain.
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U2 - 10.1111/aae.12214
DO - 10.1111/aae.12214
M3 - Article
SN - 1600-0471
VL - 33
SP - 3
EP - 22
JO - Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy
JF - Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy
IS - 1
ER -