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Multi-periodSite Name: Shahmon Desert Kite
Country: Israel
NOTE: This site is 2.767 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Misc. Earthwork
Nearest Town: Eilat  Nearest Village: Kibutz Eilot
Latitude: 29.584660N  Longitude: 34.947267E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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-1Completely destroyed
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4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
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5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
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Shahmon Desert Kite
Shahmon Desert Kite submitted by motist : Shahmon Desert Kite (Vote or comment on this photo)
Misc. Earthwork in Israel.
The site is +- 3 Km NW' to Eilat, built of 2 stone Wales, 30m and 50m long, +- 0.5m high, dry built triangular with missing base, in the apex round built depression (8m DM, 2m high).

Excavation that took place in October 1993, 1994 which gave C14 date from an olive seed found in the upper layer to the 16 -17 century BCE. A thermoluminescence test from the wall in the bottom the depression gave a date of 3500+- 500 years BCE.

The excavators are Dr. Uzi Avner and Asaff Holtzer.

See our article Desert Kites for more information.

Note: Ancient Hunting Techniques Revealed. See Comment.
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Shahmon Desert Kite submitted by motist : model of Sinai-Negev 'Desert Kite'

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Desert Secret Cracked: Ancient Hunting Techniques Revealed by bat400 on Monday, 30 March 2009
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Submitted by coldrum -- An article that implies a new theory on this type of stone and earthwork structure. However, the Megalithic Portal's motist published information on desert kites more than two years ago. More clearly, this recent study, has aimed at collecting more date to define the age of these structures:

"How did humans living in the third millennium BCE manage to find sufficient quantities of meat in the arid desert regions? A new study of the "desert kites" that are spread across the expanses of Israel's Negev and Arava desert region, carried out by researchers from the University of Haifa, unearths the answer to this riddle.

Archaeologists have suggested a number of theories as to the uses of these constructs [desert kites], most supposing that they were used for hunting purposes, others suggesting that they served as cattle pens.

A few weeks ago, an interdisciplinary research group, funded by National Geographic, completed an encompassing survey of all eleven "kites" of the Negev and Arava, which included archaeological digs in four "kites", detailed documentation by means of state-of-the-art measuring instruments, aerial and ground photography, and dating by means of two independent radiometric methods.

The study's findings have clearly shown that these "kites" were used as mass hunting apparatus, dating back no later than the third millennium BCE. "When standing in one of these kites, it is astounding to see how it fits into the landscape and how the wild animals' migration routes would converge into the hidden kite," stated Dr. Bar-Oz. The kites' branches can reach over 200 meters in length. At the base of each kite, the branches converge and end in a chasm or large trench. On some of the kites, an elevated stage was erected, probably in order to heighten the leaping wall and perhaps to hide the trench that was dug beneath it.

The extensive study also exposed the thinking processes that were invested in planning each trap. "The traps were placed in locations where animal migration routes were concentrated into bottlenecks. There is no doubt that this reflects that the prehistoric inhabitants of the desert had a lot of knowledge: they knew the cattle migration routes very well and knew where to place each of the traps most efficiently," Dr. Nadel noted.


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