Journal articles: 'Aerial photography in archaeology'

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Leckebusch, Jürg. "Aerial archaeology: a full digital workflow for aerial photography." Archaeological Prospection 12, no. 4 (2005): 235–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/arp.260.

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Mohamed Ali, Abbas Sayed Ahmed, and Ahmed Abu Al Qasim Al Hassan. "Remote Sensing and Its Uses in Archeology." Journal of Arts and Social Sciences [JASS] 2, no. 1 (January 1, 2011): 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.24200/jass.vol2iss1pp5-25.

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Aerial photography, remote sensing technique has been used as a tool for acquisition of archaeological information for several decades. At the turn of the twentieth century, archaeologists realized that valuable archaeological data could be extracted from aerial photos, thus it has been developed into a systematic discipline known as aerial archaeology. Though aerial photography has a long history of use, Satellite remote sensing is a recent discipline applied in detection, mapping and analysis of archaeological matter, providing that the spatial resolution of the sensor is adequate to detect the features. Both aerial photography and satellite imagery have advantages and limitations with regard to archaeological applications. In the last few years, combination of the two was found to be ideal for archaeological remote sensing applications. Remote sensing has increased in importance to archaeology, as being an important close integrator with Geographic Information Systems. Remote sensing and its kindred tool of GIS have become central elements of modern spatial information and analysis system in archaeology.

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Mohamed Ali, Abbas Sayed Ahmed, and Ahmed Abu Al Qasim Al Hassan. "Remote Sensing and Its Uses in Archeology." Journal of Arts and Social Sciences [JASS] 2, no. 1 (January 1, 2011): 5–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.53542/jass.v2i1.1032.

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Aerial photography, remote sensing technique has been used as a tool for acquisition of archaeological information for several decades. At the turn of the twentieth century, archaeologists realized that valuable archaeological data could be extracted from aerial photos, thus it has been developed into a systematic discipline known as aerial archaeology. Though aerial photography has a long history of use, Satellite remote sensing is a recent discipline applied in detection, mapping and analysis of archaeological matter, providing that the spatial resolution of the sensor is adequate to detect the features. Both aerial photography and satellite imagery have advantages and limitations with regard to archaeological applications. In the last few years, combination of the two was found to be ideal for archaeological remote sensing applications. Remote sensing has increased in importance to archaeology, as being an important close integrator with Geographic Information Systems. Remote sensing and its kindred tool of GIS have become central elements of modern spatial information and analysis system in archaeology.

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Cox, Chris. "Satellite imagery, aerial photography and wetland archaeology." World Archaeology 24, no. 2 (October 1992): 249–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00438243.1992.9980206.

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Lysandrou, Vasiliki, and Athos Agapiou. "The Role of Archival Aerial Photography in Shaping Our Understanding of the Funerary Landscape of Hellenistic and Roman Cyprus." Open Archaeology 6, no. 1 (December 31, 2020): 417–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/opar-2020-0117.

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AbstractThis study deals with the investigation of the Eastern necropolis of Nea Paphos in western Cyprus, employing archival and recent aerial photographs for the identification of surface/near-surface ancient architectural remains. The analysis of the primary archival aerial photograph employed for this study reveals the archaeological visibility of the site as it had been captured approximately 15 years before its rescue excavation in the 1980s. The outcomes from the enhancement and interpretation of the archival aerial photograph supplement known archaeological information of the area and elucidate the understanding of the spatial distribution of the tombs as well as the geographic extent of the necropolis.

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Edis, Jonathan, David Macleod, and Robert Bewley. "An archaeologist's guide to classification of cropmarks and soilmarks." Antiquity 63, no. 238 (March 1989): 112–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00075621.

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The classification of man-made features recorded on aerial photographs depends on a combination of morphological comparison and functional interpretation. Here, a computer-based method of morphological recording and classification is described, and its advantages argued. It has special relevance in England, where the Monument Protection Programme needs to assess the relative value and importance of many thousands of buried archaeological sites that are known only from the evidence of aerial photography.

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Verhoeven, Geert J. J., Jo Loenders, Frank Vermeulen, and Roald Docter. "Helikite aerial photography - a versatile means of unmanned, radio controlled, low-altitude aerial archaeology." Archaeological Prospection 16, no. 2 (April 2009): 125–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/arp.353.

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Barba, Luis, Jorge Blancas, Agustin Ortiz, and David Carballo. "Geophysical prospection and aerial photography in La Laguna, Tlaxcala, Mexico." ArchéoSciences, no. 33 (suppl.) (October 30, 2009): 17–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.4000/archeosciences.1194.

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Bewley, Robert, and Michael Fulford. "Aerial Photography and the Plan of Silchester ('Calleva Atrebatum')." Britannia 27 (1996): 387. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/527059.

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Nichols, Deborah L. "Infrared Aerial Photography and Prehispanic Irrigation at Teotihuacan: The Tlajinga Canals." Journal of Field Archaeology 15, no. 1 (1988): 17. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/530127.

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Nichols, Deborah L. "Infrared Aerial Photography and Prehispanic Irrigation at Teotihuacán: The Tlajinga Canals." Journal of Field Archaeology 15, no. 1 (January 1988): 17–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/009346988791974574.

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Featherstone, Roger. "Aerial reconnaissance in England 1994." Antiquity 68, no. 261 (December 1994): 812–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00047499.

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The summer of 1994 in Britain started cold and wet, with the spring growing season distinctly late, and then turned very hot. Each summer, with its own personality, makes for a different flavour to the air photography.

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Martínez-del-Pozo, José-Ángel, Enrique Cerrillo-Cuenca, and Ernesto Salas-Tovar. "Low Altitude Aerial Photography Applications for Digital Surface Models Creation in Archaeology." Transactions in GIS 17, no. 2 (November 6, 2012): 227–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9671.2012.01361.x.

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Witcher, Robert. "EDITORIAL." Antiquity 92, no. 361 (February 2018): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2017.246.

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Both Antiquity and archaeology have changed immeasurably since O.G.S. Crawford penned this journal's first editorial in 1927. The discipline has grown in size and sophistication, and has achieved professional status and public recognition. What was novel at that time, such as aerial photography and the use of ethnographic parallels, both flagged in that first editorial, have now long been integral to archaeological theory and practice. Antiquity has documented—and often driven—these developments, itself evolving along the way. Nine decades after its foundation, Antiquity publishes more content, on more varied periods and places, and authored by an ever-more international cast of contributors. It has also changed in terms of its audience. Part of Crawford's original vision was to communicate archaeology more effectively to the general public, not least with the intention of debunking the misleading, sensationalist and downright incorrect fare peddled in the bestsellers and newspapers of the day. The content of Antiquity today is aimed at a more professional readership, what one previous editor, Martin Carver, called “the extended archaeological family” of academics and field archaeologists, and the many associated specialists in cognate disciplines with whom we work. All these developments notwithstanding, it is striking that many of Crawford's concerns and interests still continue to resonate. The disciplinary imperative to communicate with the public is stronger than ever, finding new opportunities in social media, blogs and TV programmes, and under pressure from funding bodies to demonstrate public benefit or ‘impact’. The analytical, and aesthetic, importance of aerial photography that Crawford worked hard to promote has too taken on a new lease of life through satellite imagery, LiDAR and, most recently, photography using drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (see Frontispiece 1).

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Chen, Guolong, Ruixia Yang, Peng Lu, Panpan Chen, Wanfa Gu, Xu Wang, Yayi Hu, and Jiqin Zhang. "How Can We Understand the Past from Now On? Three-Dimensional Modelling and Landscape Reconstruction of the Shuanghuaishu Site in the Central Plains of China." Remote Sensing 14, no. 5 (March 2, 2022): 1233. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs14051233.

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The Shuanghuaishu (SHS) site in China is one of the 100 most important archaeological discoveries over the past 100 years; its historical heritage can be traced directly back 5300 years. Understanding the early landscape of the site would provide important information about the origin of Chinese civilization. The SHS site is buried and surface traces are difficult to see; therefore, we attempted to reconstruct the early landscape of the site based on a current surface landscape model and environmental archaeological analysis. We created a modern three-dimensional (3D) landscape model of the study area from high spatial resolution unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) aerial photographs and analysed the distance change between the Yellow River and SHS site in the past 60 years from CORONA and Landsat images. By combining environmental archaeological survey results, archaeological excavation data, relevant papers, and field measurements, we reconstructed the paleotopography of the SHS site during the Yangshao period (7000–5000 aBP). On this basis, 3D natural and human landscapes during the Yangshao period were rebuilt. The results show that (1) Satellite images acquired at different resolutions can provide multiscale spatial information about the site, and high-precision models of current conditions can be quickly generated from UAV aerial photography. (2) From 1960 to 2020, the shortest distance between the SHS site and the Yellow River was approximately 512 m. The location of bedrock on Mang Mountain can be used to infer the early extent of the northern terrace at the site. (3) Environmental archaeology provided information about the palaeoenvironment of the site area. By incorporating spatial information technology and 3D visualization, we can better restore the early landscape of the SHS site. Our work integrates environmental archaeology, field archaeology, and spatial technology, enabling data and modelling support for the visual interpretation of the SHS site.

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Helbig, Daniela K. "La Trace de Rome? Aerial Photography and Archaeology in Mandate Syria and Lebanon." History of Photography 40, no. 3 (July 2, 2016): 283–300. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09639489.2016.1171464.

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Stichelbaut, Birger. "The application of First World War aerial photography to archaeology: the Belgian images." Antiquity 80, no. 307 (March 1, 2006): 161–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00093339.

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The First World War left its mark on the ground surface of Europe as perhaps no other human catastrophe before or since. The author applies modern digital mapping technology to the aerial photographs taken by the intrepid early pilots, and creates a landscape of military works that would not have been known in detail to either historians or generals at the time. The GIS inventory has great potential for historians of the war and is a vital instrument for the management of this increasingly important heritage.

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Crutchley, Simon. "The Landscape of Salisbury Plain, as Revealed by Aerial Photography." Landscapes 2, no. 2 (October 2001): 46–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/lan.2001.2.2.46.

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Bewley, Robert, Otto Braasch, and Rog Palmer. "An aerial archaeology training week, 15–22 June 1996, held near Siófok, Lake Balaton, Hungary." Antiquity 70, no. 270 (December 1996): 745–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00084039.

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The end of the Cold War in 1989 prompted the opening of central European skies that had been closed to archaeological air photography for decades. The occasion of a summer school in 1996 provided the opportunity to record some results from Hungary.

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Ur, Jason. "Sennacherib's northern Assyrian canals: New insights from satellite imagery and aerial photography." Iraq 67, no. 1 (2005): 317–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021088900001418.

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In discussions of the agricultural economies of ancient Mesopotamia, scholars commonly make a sharp distinction between intensive irrigation in the south and extensive rain-fed farming in the north (Weiss 1986; Bagg 2000: 283). In popular as well as academic publications Babylonia is strongly associated with canals, and when one thinks of large state-sponsored initiatives the massive integrated network of canals built by the Sasanian rulers of southern Mesopotamia (Adams 1978) normally springs to mind first. However, since the mid-nineteenth century archaeology and epigraphy have documented the great irrigation schemes of the Neo-Assyrian kings. The inscriptions of Sennacherib in particular refer proudly to his great network of canals, and often describe them in the context of luxurious gardens and parks. The inscriptions make mention of the waters' use for vegetable garden plots and, less frequently, for grain fields above and below Nineveh.

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Cowley, David C., and Birger B. Stichelbaut. "Historic Aerial Photographic Archives for European Archaeology." European Journal of Archaeology 15, no. 2 (2012): 217–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/1461957112y.0000000010.

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This article reviews the potential of archives of historic aerial photographs for European archaeology. Their roles in primary site discovery, in monitoring condition and material change, and in understanding landscape development with particular reference to the implementation of the European Landscape Convention are discussed. The major sources are briefly described and their characteristics outlined. The impacts that differing national and regional research traditions and heritage policy have on the use of these archival collections is discussed in the framework of issues of variable accessibility and approaches to ensuring appropriate uses, including identifying limitations.

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Wallace, Colin Allan Bruce. "Retrospective Photogrammetry in Greek Archaeology." Studies in Digital Heritage 1, no. 2 (December 14, 2017): 607–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.14434/sdh.v1i2.23251.

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This paper addresses the advantages as well as the obstacles in practicing photogrammetry based on archival photos of archaeological sites and examines how the results can be put to use for further research, preservation, restoration and monitoring rates of deterioration. While the extensive use of historic aerial photographs has been applied to photogrammetric modeling, archaeological excavation archives have been largely ignored. Historically archaeological excavations have been vigorously documented photographically and many of these photographs are available in archives. Not all photo archives are suitable for photogrammetry as they were not photographed with the intention of overlap and other photogrammetric qualities. By selectively choosing photographs with common points and manipulating exposures, cropping and other properties to enhance commonality, 3D models of past structures and excavations can allow us to revisit them, produce accurate measurements and view angles that were never photographed. Some sites are still available for modern comparison and surveying, allowing us to quantitatively compare conditions at the time of excavation with the current state of those sites. Given the right treatment, retrospective photogrammetry will have impacts in the preservation, restoration and monitoring of the deterioration of archaeological sites. Examples from the Athenian Agora: the state prison and Omega House, and Ancient Corinth: the Fountain of the Lamps, will be used to demonstrate these possibilities.

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Millett, Martin, and Richard Brickstock. "An Early Roman Fort at Thirkleby, North Yorkshire." Britannia 51 (April 29, 2020): 318–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0068113x20000021.

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ABSTRACTThis paper reports the discovery through aerial photography of a Roman fort at Thirkleby, near Thirsk in North Yorkshire. It appears to have two structural phases, and surface finds indicate that it dates from the Flavian period. The significance of its location on the intersection of routes north–south along the edge of the Vale of York and east–west connecting Malton and Aldborough is discussed in the context of Roman annexation of the North.

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Stichelbaut, Birger. "The Application of Great War Aerial Photography in Battlefield Archaeology: The Example of Flanders." Journal of Conflict Archaeology 1, no. 1 (November 2005): 235–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/157407705774928944.

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Spennemann, Dirk H. R. "Experiences with Mapping Sites on Aerial Photographs." Journal of Field Archaeology 14, no. 2 (January 1987): 225. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/009346987792208439.

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Sarga, Fabian. "Archaeology of a Rural Qanāt: Water Management and Social Relations in 17th Century Isfahān, Iran." Sustainability 15, no. 12 (June 12, 2023): 9463. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su15129463.

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This study investigates the water management structures and social relations that centred around a specific qanāt line in a rural setting in Iran during the Safavid period, specifically in the mid-17th c. CE. The setting is northwest of Isfahān, near Varkān, at a site called Mobārrak Ābād. The method combines analysis of documentary evidence and remote sensing of historical aerial photography. The documentary evidence provides administrative details of a suyūrghāl grant to Mohammad Beig E’temād-al-Dowleh by Shah ‘Abbās II. In combining this with the physical characteristics of the qanāt of Mobārrak Ābād, as derived from the aerial photograph, I provide identification and analysis of the two canals providing water beyond the garden and the use of the water derived from the qanāt for agricultural irrigation and in Aranjon’s village infrastructure. The conclusions discuss the material conditions in the periphery of the prosperous and fertile Isfahān region and provide a relative dating to the qanāt and associated infrastructure. The personal and social relations that can be derived from this evidence are relations of personal and economic dependency between Mohammad Beig E´temād-al-Dowleh and the Shah on the one hand, as well as the labour relations between the peasant population living with and from the qanāt who maintain this infrastructure and the administrative superstructure on the other. The article thus provides new insights into an under-investigated subject and region in the period.

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Haryuatmanto, G. "Analysis of Airborne LiDAR Data for Archaeology Study Case : Sriwijaya Muaro Jambi Site." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 1127, no. 1 (January 1, 2023): 012012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1127/1/012012.

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Abstract Many archaeological sites have not been revealed because most of them are covered by trees in dense tropical forest areas. One technology that can overcome is LiDAR. LiDAR technology has been used by several countries to find archaeological sites in locations where direct surveys are not possible, such as at Maya civilization in America and Ankor Watt site in Cambodia. Case study of this research is the Sriwijaya Muaro Jambi site using the results of the LiDAR data survey and aerial photography. LiDAR Point Cloud data is processed into DTM (Digital Terrain Model) and DSM (Digital Surface Model) with classification Ground & Building Point. The aerial photo data is processed into Orthomosaic using the EO (external orientation) parameter from the IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit) optical type with very high accuracy. Then the data is interpreted visually to analyze archeology. The 3D reconstruction was made on an object that was suspected to be a temple and covered in vegetation.

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Kennedy, David L. "Pioneers above Jordan: revealing a prehistoric landscape." Antiquity 86, no. 332 (June 2012): 474–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00062888.

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Aerial photography is so fundamental an instrument of modern archaeology that we often take it for granted. But its methods are surprisingly specific and its most important experimental theatre was probably the territory of the Levant—and especially the rocky terrain of Jordan. The author, a prominent aerial archaeologist of our own day, takes time off to review the achievements of the pioneers, serving officers who established routes over the desert to deliver mail between Egypt and Iraq. The fabulous ancient landscape they discovered could only be appreciated through the low-level window provided by these slow-moving rickety machines and their intrepid pilots. In these days of jet travel, the precious basalt landscape is in danger of slipping off the agenda again—both for researchers and conservers.

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Melman, Billie. "Ur: Empire, Modernity, and the Visualization of Antiquity Between the Two World Wars." Representations 145, no. 1 (2019): 129–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/rep.2019.145.1.129.

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This article explores the multiple visual presences of antiquity in the first half of the twentieth century and connects visual histories to the history of empires. It shows how archaeology mediated between the newly discovered material civilizations of the ancient Mesopotamian empires and experiences of modernity in the British Empire, the world’s largest modern empire. The article demonstrates how the materiality of antiquity enabled its visualization in a variety of forms, from illustrations through black-and-white and color photography to aerial photography, and in three-dimensional reconstructions in museums. The article focuses on the spectacular archaeological discoveries at Ur, Tell Al-Muqayyar, in Southern Iraq, which exposed to mass audiences the unknown Sumerian culture. Ur was represented and constructed as the place of origin of monotheism, a site of a rich material culture, and, at the same time, as barbarous.

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Cantoro, G. "GROUND AND AERIAL DIGITAL DOCUMENTATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE: PROVIDING TOOLS FOR 3D EXPLOITATION OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL DATA." ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences XLII-2/W3 (February 23, 2017): 141–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-xlii-2-w3-141-2017.

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Archaeology is by its nature strictly connected with the physical landscape and as such it explores the inter-relations of individuals with places in which they leave and the nature that surrounds them. Since its earliest stages, archaeology demonstrated its permeability to scientific methods and innovative techniques or technologies. Archaeologists were indeed between the first to adopt GIS platforms (since already almost three decades) on large scale and are now between the most demanding customers for emerging technologies such as digital photogrammetry and drone-aided aerial photography. <br><br> This paper aims at presenting case studies where the “3D approach” can be critically analysed and compared with more traditional means of documentation. Spot-light is directed towards the benefits of a specifically designed platform for user to access the 3D point-clouds and explore their characteristics. Beside simple measuring and editing tools, models are presented in their actual context and location, with historical and archaeological information provided on the side. As final step of a parallel project on geo-referencing and making available a large archive of aerial photographs, 3D models derived from photogrammetric processing of images have been uploaded and linked to photo-footprints polygons. Of great importance in such context is the possibility to interchange the point-cloud colours with satellite imagery from OpenLayers. This approach makes it possible to explore different landscape configurations due to time-changes with simple clicks. <br><br> In these cases, photogrammetry or 3D laser scanning replaced, sided or integrated legacy documentation, creating at once a new set of information for forthcoming research and ideally new discoveries.

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Matyukira, Charles, and Paidamwoyo Mhangara. "Advancement in the Application of Geospatial Technology in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage in South Africa: A Scientometric Review." Remote Sensing 15, no. 19 (September 30, 2023): 4781. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs15194781.

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Geospatial technologies have become an essential component of archaeological research, aiding in the identification, mapping, and analysis of archaeological sites. Several journals have published existing narratives on the development and impact of geospatial technologies in the study of archaeology and cultural heritage. However, this has not been supported by a systematic review of articles and papers, where meticulously collected evidence is methodically analysed. This article systematically reviews the trends in the use of geospatial technologies in archaeology and cultural heritage through the search for keywords or terms associated with geospatial technologies used in the two fields on the Scopus database from 1990 to 2022. Bibliometric analysis using the Scopus Analyze tool and analysis of bibliometric networks using VOSviewer visualisations reveals how modern archaeological studies are now a significant discipline of spatial sciences and how the discipline enjoys the tools of geomatic engineering for establishing temporal and spatial controls on the material being studied and observing patterns in the archaeological records. The key concepts or themes or distinct knowledge domains that shape research in the use of geospatial technologies in archaeology and cultural heritage, according to the Scopus database (1990–2022), are cultural heritage, archaeology, geographic information systems, remote sensing, virtual reality, and spatial analysis. Augmented reality, 3D scanning, 3D modelling, 3D reconstruction, lidar, digital elevation modelling, artificial intelligence, spatiotemporal analysis, ground penetrating radar, optical radar, aerial photography, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are some of the geospatial technology tools and research themes that are less explored or less interconnected concepts that have potential gaps in research or underexplored topics that might be worth investigating in archaeology and cultural heritage.

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Turner, Sam, and Jim Crow. "Unlocking historic landscapes in the Eastern Mediterranean: two pilot studies using Historic Landscape Characterisation." Antiquity 84, no. 323 (March 1, 2010): 216–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00099889.

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Historic Landscape Characterisation (HLC) maps landscape with particular reference to its historic character and development. Executed using sources including satellite imagery and aerial photography and presented in a Geographic Information System (GIS), this offers a powerful insight into a landscape story. Here two leading advocates of the approach apply HLC for the first time to historic landscapes in the Eastern Mediterranean.

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Wynn, Jeffrey C. "Archaeological prospection: An introduction to the Special Issue." GEOPHYSICS 51, no. 3 (March 1986): 533–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1190/1.1442107.

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Archaeological prospection, as the use of geophysical methods in archaeology is known in Europe, is about four decades old (seven decades, if aerial photography of archaeological sites is included). Virtually the entire range of geophysical methods, perhaps excluding only borehole techniques, has found application in the search for archaeological sites unseen or partially known. Pressures by developers, and the public’s growing sensitivity toward the preservation of historic and prehistoric cultural artifacts and sites, has led to an accelerating use of high‐resolution geophysical methods in the archaeological sciences. The archaeogeophysical articles in this Special Issue are reasonably representative of the development of this specialty field of geophysics.

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Driver, Toby. "A History of Aerial Photography and Archaeology: Mata Hari's Glass Eye and other Stories. By MartynBarber." Archaeological Journal 168, no. 1 (January 2011): 454–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00665983.2011.11020897.

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Hampton, J. N. "AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE FOR ARCHAEOLOGY: USES OF THE PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE." Photogrammetric Record 9, no. 50 (August 26, 2006): 265–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1477-9730.1977.tb00087.x.

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Oh, Hyundok, Moonhee Kwon, and Maksim A. Stoyakin. "Geophysical Prospection on the Ancient Tombs of Katartobe Burial Ground in Kazakhstan." Vestnik NSU. Series: History and Philology 20, no. 3 (2021): 36–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.25205/1818-7919-2021-20-3-36-45.

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Purpose. In 2015–2017, geophysical prospection (GPR survey and aerial photography) was conducted on Saka tombs of Katartobe burial ground in southeastern Kazakhstan. Modern methods of studying mounds supported new information to reconstruct tomb characteristics and supplement archaeological research of ancient nomads in Kazakhstan. Results. A GPR survey was carried out with mound and near-burial space at 27 tombs. On the radargrams, round, square, and oval shaped mounds covered with stones was traced. The centre of the mounds gave a weak reading, presumed to be the result of a wooden outer coffin. The boundary stones surrounding the mounds appear to be in two rows with disconnected sections on the east and west central sides. Occasionally, the role of the boundary stones was executed by a ditch enclosure. All the burial sites were damaged by robbers. Archaeological work as a whole confirmed the results of geophysical studies. Meanwhile, the GPR’s low wavelength depth is less effective to reveal inner structures of the large mounds. Aerial photography and photogrammetry methods compose an estimation model of all of Katartobe. This supplemented the accurate information regarding the amount of tombs on the site, due to the confirmed existence of eight additional mounds. It also provides data on the size and volume of each mound. According to the photo topographic analysis, ten small tombs of the Wusun period, represented by circular mounds were detected close to the big mounds. Conclusion. The results of geophysical prospection showed information about construction of mounds covered by stone and boundary stone around mounds. It also offered information about new mounds not detected by traditional archaeological methods. GPR survey and aerial photography provides a new method to be an important part for archaeological studies of ancient culture.

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Summers, G. D. "An aerial Survey of Çevre Kale, Yaraşli." Anatolian Studies 42 (December 1992): 179–206. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3642957.

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About 1 km. north of the village of Yaraşlı on a natural hill that forms an extension of Karaca Daǧ, is a large and impressively defended site locally called Çevre Kale (Fig. 1). Pottery from the surface is Imperial Hittite and Phrygian in date. There is later material, Hellenistic to Byzantine, beneath and adjacent to the village. Yaraşlı is a large well watered village in the Kulu district (ilce) of Konya province (il). The map reference is 59-Ie on the 1:200,000 sheet for Katrancı (Harita Genel Müdürlüǧü 1945).The aims of the project were to produce a photographic record of the site from the air, using a helium filled blimp and remote controlled camera, from which plans could be drawn and relationships between the various elements of the site determined. Air photographs revealed outlines of buildings that could not be seen on the ground (Pls XLI–XLV(a)). An overall plan has been drawn (Fig. 3). In some cases it has been possible to draw stone for stone plans (Fig. 5 and Pl. XLIV(b), Fig. 6 and Pl. XLV(a)). The results are much superior to those that could have been achieved by traditional cadastral survey and were obtained in a short time. During the course of the day photographs can be taken in varying light so that changes in shadow highlight different features.

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Beloev, Ivan H. "A Review on Current and Emerging Application Possibilities for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles." Acta Technologica Agriculturae 19, no. 3 (September 1, 2016): 70–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ata-2016-0015.

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Abstract This paper presents a review on current and emerging application possibilities for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The introduction section of the paper briefly describes some of the application areas in which drones are currently being used. The next chapters of the paper describe more detailly the use of UAVs for aerial photography, filming, security and logistics, GIS, land and water surveys. The main focus of the last chapters is on the advantages and the disadvantages of the drones usage in precision agriculture, wildlife and nature observations and archaeology. The last chapters also provide information on how the advanced information technology solutions can be implemented in order to provide means for fighting invasive species, to increase the yield of certain crops, to monitor and predict flooding, wildfires and other disasters, etc. This paper provides only overview of the most interesting and widely available applications of the UAVs, but there are also many other more specific and dedicated solutions for implementation of the drones for different purposes.

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Herrmann, Jason T. "Special Issue on Digital Domains." Advances in Archaeological Practice 2, no. 3 (August 2014): 145–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.7183/2326-3768.2.3.145.

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More and more archaeologists who once relied on shovels and surveys now regularly collect data with digital sensors and use computer-based management systems to carry out complex analyses. Geographic information systems (GIS) and geographic information science (GISc), satellite remote sensing, aerial and close-range photography, terrestrial and aerial Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR), near-surface geophysics, and a wide array of visualization schemes designed to integrate and display data from multiple platforms are now integral to every stage of archaeological investigation, interpretation, and reporting. Even though these methods are an increasing part of archaeological research worldwide, there have been few conferences, meetings, or workshops dedicated to sharing methods and applications in digital archaeology in North America or even in the Western Hemisphere, with the exception of a few special sessions in regional or general archaeological conferences. This deficit is particularly striking in comparison with the situation in Europe, where several societies dedicated to archaeological geomatics regularly hold both continental and regional meetings.

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Czajlik, Zoltan. "Aerial archaeology in the research of burial tumuli in Hungary." Communicationes Archaeologicae Hungariae 2008 (January 19, 2008): 95–108. http://dx.doi.org/10.54640/cah.2008.95.

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Presented in this study are the most important findings o f the aerial surveys o f tumulus cemeteries begun in 2001 in Hungary. The investigation o f the already known Iron Age cemeteries in Transdanubia and the probably prehistoric mounds in the Her nád Valley provided an abundance o f fresh data. Also discussed are the features indicating perished tumuli on aerial photographs, allowing the identification o f previously unknown tumulus cemeteries, together with a comparison o f tumuli and ditched graves.

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Zhurbin, Igor V., and Alexander V. Borisov. "Non‐destructive approach for studying medieval settlements destroyed by ploughing: combining aerial photography, geophysical and soil surveys." Archaeological Prospection 27, no. 4 (May 31, 2020): 343–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/arp.1778.

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Chapman, John, Mikhail Yu Videiko, Duncan Hale, Bisserka Gaydarska, Natalia Burdo, Knut Rassmann, Carsten Mischka, Johannes Müller, Aleksey Korvin-Piotrovskiy, and Volodymyr Kruts. "The Second Phase of the Trypillia Mega-Site Methodological Revolution: A New Research Agenda." European Journal of Archaeology 17, no. 3 (2014): 369–406. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/1461957114y.0000000062.

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The first phase of the Trypillia mega-sites' methodological revolution began in 1971 with aerial photography, magnetic prospection, and archaeological excavations of huge settlements of hundreds of hectares belonging to the Trypillia culture in Ukraine. Since 2009, we have created a second phase of the methodological revolution in studies of Trypillia mega-sites, which has provided more significant advances in our understanding of these large sites than any other single research development in the last three decades, thanks partly to the participation of joint Ukrainian-foreign teams. In this paper, we outline the main aspects of the second phase, using examples from the Anglo-Ukrainian project ‘Early urbanism in prehistoric Europe: the case of the Trypillia mega-sites', working at Nebelivka (also spelled ‘Nebilivka’), and the Ukrainian-German project ‘Economy, demography and social space of Trypillia mega-sites', working at Taljanky (‘Talianki’), Maydanetske (‘Maydanetskoe’), and Dobrovody, as well as the smaller site at Apolianka.

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Hanson, W. S., R. E. Jones, and R. H. Jones. "The Roman Military Presence at Dalswinton, Dumfriesshire: a Reassessment of the Evidence from Aerial, Geophysical and LiDAR Survey." Britannia 50 (June 24, 2019): 285–320. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0068113x1900031x.

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ABSTRACTThe Roman military presence at Dalswinton is reassessed using a range of remote sensing techniques (geophysical survey, LiDAR and aerial photography). At Bankfoot the absence of internal buildings suggests the postulated vexillation fortress was a more temporary structure; while numerous pits/ovens were identified across the interior of the large Stracathro-type camp. The primary fort at Bankhead was provided with in-turned entrances and two small annexes attached to the north-west and south-east quadrants of the fort. A third much larger annexe extended southwards down to the river. Only pits and furnaces were recorded within the annexes, two of which were expanded in Phase 2. Various buildings, including legionary and auxiliary barracks, were identified in the expanded fort of Phase 2, whose orientation remained unchanged. A mixed garrison of legionaries and auxiliary cavalry is indicated for both periods of occupation. Finally, the fort was deliberately demolished. The Roman attribution of the three nearby enclosures at Butterhole Brae can no longer be supported.

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Stanjek, H., and J. W. E. Faßbinder. "Soil aspects affecting archaeological details in aerial photographs." Archaeological Prospection 2, no. 2 (June 1995): 91–101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1099-0763(199506)2:2<91::aid-arp6140020205>3.0.co;2-y.

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Doneus, Michael. "Precision mapping and interpretation of oblique aerial photographs." Archaeological Prospection 8, no. 1 (2001): 13–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1099-0763(200103)8:1<13::aid-arp158>3.0.co;2-#.

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Zou, Qiushi. "Detecting the Bronze Age Sites by Using CORONA Satellite Photography and UAV Photogrammetry: A Case Study from the Middle of Yangtze River, China." Land 12, no. 3 (March 15, 2023): 685. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land12030685.

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The CORONA satellite image preserves the landscape from half a century ago, and has played a great role in landscape archaeology in many regions of the world. In recent years, with the rapid development of UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) Photogrammetry technology, Archaeologists can easily obtain the digital surface model (DSM)and Digital Ortho Map (DOM) of a site in the fieldwork. In the archaeological survey of bronze age sites in the middle of the Yangtze River project, we combined the UAV photogrammetry results with CORONA satellite photography, which can help us extract the surface landscape feature of the sites. This strategy has shown significant advantages in reconstructing the settlement layout, detecting the unknown linear features (such as walls, moats and canals) of sites and comparing the landscape between different sites.

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Martin, Colin, Richard Oram, John Gater, George Haggarty, Derek Hall, Philip Harding, Stephanie Knight, Lorraine Mepham, and Chris Stevens. "Medieval Roxburgh: a preliminary assessment of the burgh and its locality." Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 137 (November 30, 2008): 357–404. http://dx.doi.org/10.9750/psas.137.357.404.

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Little surface trace now remains of the royal burgh of Roxburgh in the Scottish Borders, which flourished between the 12th and 15th centuries AD. By the early 16th century it had been abandoned. Documentary sources, maps, topographical analysis and aerial photography have been brought together in a preliminary attempt to define the burgh’s location, defences, internal morphology, historical and environmental contexts, and associated extramural features including bridges, roads, suburbs, churches and mills. Some of these assessments have been tested by geophysical survey and small-scale excavation sanctioned by Historic Scotland and conducted by GSB Prospection and Wessex Archaeology on behalf of Channel 4’s Time Team. Work to date is summarized as a basis for formulating a long-term research agenda and management structure for this important site.

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Wood, W. Raymond. "Integrating Ethnohistory and Archaeology at Fort Clark State Historic Site, North Dakota." American Antiquity 58, no. 3 (July 1993): 544–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/282113.

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A two-year mapping project at Fort Clark State Historic Site produced a 15-cm contour map of the Native American (Mandan and Arikara) earthlodge village and a planimetric map of that part of the historic district that lies above the Missouri River flood plain. Aerial photography and ground-level transit mapping detected more than 2,200 surface features at the site, including 86 earthlodges, 2 fur-trading posts, hundreds of storage and grave pits, and Euroamerican and Native American roads and trails. More than 80 percent of the site as mapped lies outside the fortification ditch of the Mandan/Arikara village. When we are trying to determine the potential impact on sites such as this one of such activities as nearby road construction, our recommendations must consider the broader context of the site, not simply the narrow spectrum provided by the settlement core area. A buffer zone as presently exists at Fort Clark is not only necessary to preserve its visual integrity but also to preserve the record of the activities that took place in its immediate vicinity.

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Redfern, S., G. Lyons, and R. M. Redfern. "Digital elevation modelling of individual monuments from aerial photographs." Archaeological Prospection 6, no. 4 (December 1999): 211–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(sici)1099-0763(199912)6:4<211::aid-arp125>3.0.co;2-7.

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Gheyle, Wouter, Timothy Saey, Yannick Van Hollebeeke, Stephanie Verplaetse, Nicolas Note, Jean Bourgeois, Marc Van Meirvenne, Veerle Van Eetvelde, and Birger Stichelbaut. "Historical Aerial Photography and Multi-receiver EMI Soil Sensing, Complementing Techniques for the Study of a Great War Conflict Landscape." Archaeological Prospection 23, no. 3 (February 3, 2016): 149–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/arp.1534.

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