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Earth Observation, Remote Sensing and Geoscientific Ground Investigations for Archaeological and Heritage Research
Deodato Tapete
2019
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This book collects 15 papers written by renowned scholars from across the globe that showcase the forefront research in Earth observation (EO), remote sensing (RS), and geoscientific ground investigations to study archaeological records and cultural heritage.Archaeologists, anthropologists, geographers, remote sensing, and archaeometry experts share their methodologies relying on a wealth of techniques and data including, but not limited to: very high resolution satellite images from optical and radar space-borne sensors, air-borne surveys, geographic information systems (GIS), archaeological fieldwork, and historical maps.A couple of the contributions highlight the value of noninvasive and nondestructive laboratory analyses (e.g., neutron diffraction) to reconstruct ancient manufacturing technologies, and of geological ground investigations to corroborate hypotheses of historical events that shaped cultural landscapes.Case studies encompass famous UNESCO World Heritage Sites (e.g., the Nasca Lines in Peru), remote and yet-to-discover archaeological areas in tropical forests in central America, European countries, south Asian changing landscapes, and environments which are arid nowadays but were probably full of woody vegetation in the past.Finally, the reader can learn about the state-of-the-art of education initiatives to train site managers in the use of space technologies in support of their activities, and can understand the legal aspects involved in the application of EO and RS to address current challenges of African heritage preservation.
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Keywords
- Africa
- airborne laser scanning
- airborne LiDAR
- analytic hierarchy process (AHP)
- archaeological fieldwork
- archaeological landscapes
- archaeological prospection
- archaeological survey
- Archaeological Survey of India
- Archaeology
- Archaeometry
- arid environments
- Arran
- automated detection
- basalt desert
- Belize
- Bing Maps
- Boundary Demarcation
- Burial Mound
- Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission
- Capacity Development
- Caves
- chemometric analysis
- colonial studies
- Cuenca Pisco
- cultural and natural heritage
- Difference Map
- disaster and conservation management
- drone
- drones
- E-learning
- earth observation
- Education
- field monument
- field reconnaissance
- Floods
- free satellite imagery
- geoglyph Pista
- Geographic Information System (GIS)
- geological mapping
- GIS
- GoogleEarth
- grain-size
- Harra
- Heritage
- historical landscapes
- historical maps
- Indus
- international boundaries
- International law
- Jordan
- Landscape
- landscape accessibility
- Landscape archaeology
- LiDAR
- mapping
- Maya
- Mega El Niño
- Mesoamerica
- microwave penetration
- Motte-and-Bailey castle
- multi-criteria
- national archaeological mapping programme
- neutron diffraction
- neutron techniques
- OBIA
- Oman
- optical
- orthophotographs
- pampa of Nazca
- pattern recognition
- Peru
- petrography
- Photogrammetry
- predictive model
- relict boundaries
- Remote sensing
- Ridge and Furrow
- Rio Grande de Nazca
- Ritual
- river morphology
- Roman archaeology
- RPAS
- sacred
- Saharan Morocco
- SAR
- satellite
- Satellite Imagery
- Sentinel-2
- settlements
- Space law
- stratigraphy
- subsurface imaging
- Sumerian pottery
- surface survey
- Survey of India
- synthetic aperture radar
- tumuli
- UAV
- UNESCO
- Visualization
- volcaniclastic layer
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DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-03921-194-4Editions
