Walls, ramps and pits: the construction of the Samar Desert kites, southern Negev, Israel

Archaeological investigations of ‘desert kites’ in south Israel show them to have been animal traps of considerable sophistication and capacity, constructed in the Early Bronze Age or earlier. Extensive stone-wall arms gather in gazelles from their habitual trails and canalise them into a sunken enc...

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Published in:Antiquity 2010-12, Vol.84 (326), p.976-992
Main Authors: Nadel, Dani, Bar-Oz, Guy, Avner, Uzi, Boaretto, Elisabetta, Malkinson, Dan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
animal management
Animal traps
Animals
Archaeological research
Archaeology
Asia
Bronze Age
Construction
Deserts
Early Bronze Age
Field study
Geography
History
Hunting
Israel
Levant
Metal Ages
Near East
Prehistory and protohistory
trapping
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Summary:Archaeological investigations of ‘desert kites’ in south Israel show them to have been animal traps of considerable sophistication and capacity, constructed in the Early Bronze Age or earlier. Extensive stone-wall arms gather in gazelles from their habitual trails and canalise them into a sunken enclosure, cunningly hidden from view of the galloping herd until it was too late…
ISSN:0003-598X
1745-1744
DOI:10.1017/S0003598X00067028