Desert kites in Jordan and Saudi Arabia: Structure, statistics and function, a Google Earth study

Quaternary International

Volumn 297, Issue , 2013, Pages 126-146

  Kempe, Stephan ^a   Al Malabeh, Ahmad ^b  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; DESERT; GIS; HUNTING; INTERNET; NEOLITHIC; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STATISTICAL DATA; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

JORDAN; SAUDI ARABIA;

ACCIPITRIDAE;

EID: 84892434009     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.02.013     Document Type: Article

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