Also worth noting that kites are a separate phenomenon from the mustatil the article is about.
Also worth noting that kites are a separate phenomenon from the mustatil the article is about.
While rafting out in the western US a few years back I built one on the river from memory using driftwood poles, rocks carefully positioned, etc to funnel fish into the shallow water. I didn't catch anything but, like fishing with any form of fishing pole, that really wasn't the point.
I'm not an archaeologist though I have followed discoveries for years and it all interests me. I love history. I do get annoyed when something new is discovered and the same narratives are applied to make it appear that the people were somehow less sophisticated than ourselves. They made do with the things at hand and had a better grasp of local resources and how to use them sustainably than we will. Or maybe they didn't and we keep repeating the same mistakes they made to the point where it is a genetic defect among humans by now.
Thanks for adding to the discussion.
I am from Kuwait and this is the first time I read about desert kites. I am now interested to find out if they have history here.
If you are interested, fishing traps are called gargoor (قرقور)[0][1].
[0] https://www.kuwaittimes.com/gargoor-fishing-trap-past/
[1] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324702737_Gargoor_t...