6,000 Desert Kites Discovered: Largest Pre-Pottery Neolithic Hunting Structures. Desert kites are the largest man-made structures of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic, dating to 10,000-12,000 years ago Over 6,000 desert kite structures identified across Middle East, North Africa,, Central Asia, and Arabia 307 desert kites identified around the Haron Plane in southeastern Turkey

Desert kites are among the largest Pre-Pottery Neolithic structures ever found — over 6,000 identified across the Middle East, Central Asia & Arabia, first spotted from aircraft 100 years ago by fighter pilots. Built during the Holocene Humid Period (9000-4000 BCE) by Neolithic cultures, likely including those associated with Göbekli Tepe 🏺

Key facts:

- Desert kites are among the largest known Pre-Pottery Neolithic megastructures, with some spanning several kilometers

- Over 6,000 (some sources cite 6,600+) desert kite structures identified across Middle East, Central Asia, and Arabia

- First recognized from aircraft in the 1920s during pioneering aerial surveys of the Middle East

- Estimated age of approximately 9,000 years, corresponding to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic period

Key Facts

  • Desert kites are the largest man-made structures of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic, dating to 10,000-12,000 years ago
  • Over 6,000 desert kite structures identified across Middle East, North Africa,, Central Asia, and Arabia
  • 307 desert kites identified around the Haron Plane in southeastern Turkey
  • First documented in 1914 by Leonard Woolley and T.E. Lawrence during survey of the Negev Desert
  • They were described as long, puzzling walls ending aimlessly in Lawrence's book 'The Wilderness of Zin'
  • Dozens of desert kites exist in the Wayside cross called Postgate Cross on Graystone Hills 700m NNE of Sneaton Corner landscape of southeastern Turkey, near Göbekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe
  • Built by the same Pre-Pottery Neolithic people who constructed Göbekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe
  • Hunting occurred only between midsummer and early autumn
  • Structures are only obvious from aerial views or Google Earth

Related site: Wayside cross called Postgate Cross on Graystone Hills 700m NNE of Sneaton Corner — view location, images, and history on the Ancient Nerds map.

Source: The LARGEST Prehistoric Man-Made Structures: Desert Kite Animal Traps by Ancient Architects