Desert kites on the Ustyurt Plateau (left) and in the northern Nefoud (right).
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Olivier Barge is a specialist in spatial information at the french CNRS . He works since 1999 with archaeologists on the fields of the Ancient East where he tries to apply the concepts of geography, its original dicipline, to the problems of the past.
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APA Style
Barge, O. (2014, November 18). Examples of Desert Kites. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3238/examples-of-desert-kites/
Chicago Style
Barge, Olivier. "Examples of Desert Kites." World History Encyclopedia, November 18, 2014. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3238/examples-of-desert-kites/.
MLA Style
Barge, Olivier. "Examples of Desert Kites." World History Encyclopedia, 18 Nov 2014, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/3238/examples-of-desert-kites/.
