Desert Kites: A New Frontier in Near Eastern Archaeology

• Mariam Shakhmuradyan ^[1]
  1. [1] Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of Armenia
• Localización: New Frontiers in Archaeology: proceedings of the Cambridge Annual Student Archaeology Conference 2019 / Kyra Kaercher (ed. lit.), Monique Arntz (ed. lit.), Nancy Bomentre (ed. lit.), Xosé L. Hermoso Buxán (ed. lit.), Kevin Day (ed. lit.), Sabrina Ki (ed. lit.), Ruairidh Macleod (ed. lit.), Helena Muñoz Mojado (ed. lit.), Lucy Timbrell (ed. lit.), Izzy Wisher (ed. lit.), 2019, ISBN 978-1-78969-794-0, págs. 245-261
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  • This paper aims to discuss the issue of the function of desert kites. Although the research of these structures has a century-long history, neither the function nor the place and time of their origin have yet been determined. The most widespread hypothesis is that they served as hunting traps for herds of wild ungulates. However, no direct evidence confirming it has been found to date. In this paper new strategies are suggested, which have the potential to reveal the function of the kites. Among these are the investigation of the petroglyphs with depictions of kites, as well as the forms of kites. A new hypothesis is put forward according to which the forms of the kites represent the images of various objects and animals.