Big circles Jordan, 12 humongous ones, are scattered across the country and can only be seen with the use of aerial and satellite images. They are now known collectively as the Big Circles, as they are vast rings ranging between 720 feet to 1,490 feet in diameter.
The big circles Jordan were first spotted from high up in the air back in the 1920s. It was only through aerial surveys in 1930, 1953, and 2002, that further details, such as their exact locations, actual shapes and sizes, were found out and revealed.
Now, however, archaeologists from Western Australia have just recently documented the 12 big circles Jordan, and some Syrian, in a bid to bring them to even more attention. Also, they are aiming to find out more about their purpose.
Professor David Kennedy, a lead researcher from the University of Western Australia in the Zeitschrift fur Orient Archaologie, said, "The landscape of the Middle East is thickly strewn with circular or sub-circular stone-built structures."
He then added, "Most are crude circles, but many are clearly intended to be geometrically precise, although often slightly distorted."
According to him, the construction of the big circles Jordan is actually pretty simple. It typically consists of low walls of uncut boulders. Still, taking a look at the precision of most of the circles, it was obviously not a quick task as it would also have involved nearly a dozen workers.
An "architect" would have plotted the big circles Jordan by using a rope that was tied to a post right at their center. Kennedy said, "Some show signs of greater care with stones at least roughly shaped and laid in courses."
Finding out the actual date of the circles is also not as easy as it may sound. However, there is often material in or around the circles that were determined to have originated in the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age, which was between 2,000 to 4,500 BC.
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