Article Dans Une Revue Antiquity Année : 2022

Hunting in the desert: assessing the form and use of kite-like structures in the western Sahara

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Nearly 500 kite-like structures have recently been discovered in the western Sahara using high resolution satellite images. Although four distinct types with different morphologies have been distinguished, their characteristics, topographical location and orientation in the landscape indicate that they are all most likely hunting traps.
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hal-03629390 , version 1 (21-01-2025)

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Olivier Barge, Laetitia Balaresque, Jean-Loup Baudoin, Manfred Boelke, Lison Derrien. Hunting in the desert: assessing the form and use of kite-like structures in the western Sahara. Antiquity, 2022, 96 (387), pp.719-726. ⟨10.15184/aqy.2022.35⟩. ⟨hal-03629390⟩
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