The Keimoes 3 desert kite site, South Africa: an aerial lidar and micro-topographic exploration

• Autores: Marlize Lombard, Matthew V. Caruana, Jaco van der Walt, Anders Högberg
• Localización: Antiquity, ISSN 0003-598X, Vol. 94, Nº 373, 2020, págs. 197-211
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • So-called desert kites have been found widely in the Middle East and Central Asia. The newly discovered Keimoes 3 site in the Nama Karoo, however, represents one of only three known desert kite sites in southern Africa. The complex comprises 14 funnels arranged in three groups around a small hill. Radiocarbon dates for structures in the region suggest a relative age for the kites of less than 2000 years. The authors demonstrate how strategic use of the site's micro-topography optimised game harvesting, and argue that Keimoes 3 offers robust evidence of Holocene Stone Age hunters engaging in long-term landscape modification as part of their subsistence strategies.