Good Practice in Archaeological Diagnostics

Corsi, Cristina; Slapšak, Božidar; Vermeulen, Frank

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“…For example, one of the major advantages is that sensitive archaeological objects are not touched nor otherwise affected by remote sensing. This is in line with recent trends towards non-invasive methods of investigation that help to preserve the archaeological heritage (Corsi et al 2013). In addition, the bird's eye perspective helps to observe and understand archaeological sites and objects in their landscape context that was formed by interwoven natural and anthropogenic processes (Musson et al 2013).…”

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Airborne and Spaceborne Remote Sensing and Digital Image Analysis in Archaeology

Lambers¹

2017

Natural Science in Archaeology

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Remote sensing has a long and successful track record of detecting and mapping archaeological traces of human activity in the landscape. Since the early twentieth century, the tools and procedures of aerial archaeology evolved gradually, while earth observation remote sensing experienced major steps of technological and methodological advancements and innovation that today enable the monitoring of the earth's surface at unprecedented accuracy, resolution and complexity. Much of the remote sensing data acquired in this process potentially holds important information about the location and context of archaeological sites and objects. Archaeology has started to make use of this tremendous potential by developing new approaches for the detection and mapping of archaeological traces based on digital remote sensing data and the associated tools and procedures. This chapter reviews the history, tools, methods, procedures and products of archaeological remote sensing and digital image analysis, emphasising recent trends towards convergence of aerial archaeology and earth observation remote sensing.

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Airborne and Spaceborne Remote Sensing and Digital Image Analysis in Archaeology

Lambers¹

2017

Natural Science in Archaeology

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“…The purpose of this article is to illustrate how the different themes that we discuss are transversal, crosscutting a geographic range of projects, with differing scales and objectives. We are encouraged by papers that touch upon some of the issues that we discuss here (Chase and Chase 2017;Corsi, Slapšak and Vermeulen 2013;Fernandez-Diaz et al 2018;McCoy 2017;Opitz 2016;Opitz and Herrmann 2018;Richardson 2018), and yet we believe that specialists in archaeological lidar can more fully contribute to and develop the conversation about research ethics.…”

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Ethics in Archaeological Lidar

Cohen

Klassen

Evans

2020

Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology

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Airborne laser scanning or lidar has now been used by archaeologists for twenty years, with many of the first applications relying on data acquired by public agencies seeking to establish baseline elevation maps, mainly in Europe and North America. More recently, several wide-area acquisitions have been designed and commissioned by archaeologists, the most extensive of which cover tropical forest environments in the Americas and Southeast Asia. In these regions, the ability of lidar to map microtopographic relief and reveal anthropogenic traces on the Earth's surface, even beneath dense vegetation, has been welcomed by many as a transformational breakthrough in our field of research. Nevertheless, applications of the method have attracted a measure of criticism and controversy, and the impact and significance of lidar are still debated. Now that wide-area, high-density laser scanning is becoming a standard part of many archaeologists' toolkits, it is an opportune moment to reflect on its position in contemporary archaeological practice and to move towards a code of ethics that is vital for scientific research. The papers in this Special Collection draw on experiences with using lidar in archaeological research programs, not only to highlight the new insights that derive from it but also to cast a critical eye on past practices and to assess what challenges and opportunities remain for developing codes of ethics. Using examples from a range of countries and environments, contributions revolve around three key themes: data management and access; the role of stakeholders; and public education. We draw on our collective experiences to propose a range of improvements in how we collect, use, and share lidar data, and we argue that as lidar acquisitions mature we are well positioned to produce ethical, impactful, and reproducible research using the technique.

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“…Though wartime relics can be detected on each type of these visualisations, it was realized that shaded relief or colour shaded relief visualisations depict trenches best. This method of visualisation is quite useful for searching of ditches (Mlekuž 2013); it has been also successfully tested on several sites in Germany and Netherlands, where remains of trenches dated into the Second World War are still preserved (Hesse 2014;van den Schriek, Beex 2018).…”

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Field fortifications from the Second World War: possibilities of archaeological research on post-military landscapes in South Moravia (Czech Republic)

Zubalík¹

2019

Auc Geographica

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Field fortifications from the end of World War 2 which were located in South Moravia are almost forgotten nowadays. This paper presents first results of archaeological research of their remains. Recently, relics of field fortifications have been registered during rescue excavations on 13 construction sites. In the vicinity of the town of Brno, parts of Wehrmacht trench systems, which defended whole town, have been excavated and documented on several sites. Several dozen small infantry entrenchments have been recorded near Pasohlávky and Mušov, where serious fights lasted for two weeks. Also, the use of aerial archaeology will be outlined. On five sites, field fortifications have been identified with the help of digital aerial orthophotos (especially historical) and digital elevation model (derived from airborne laser scanning). Results of both excavations and aerial archaeology suggests that archaeology can enhance our knowledge of this kind of relics.

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Good Practice in Archaeological Diagnostics

Cited by 52 publications

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Airborne and Spaceborne Remote Sensing and Digital Image Analysis in Archaeology

Airborne and Spaceborne Remote Sensing and Digital Image Analysis in Archaeology

Ethics in Archaeological Lidar

Field fortifications from the Second World War: possibilities of archaeological research on post-military landscapes in South Moravia (Czech Republic)

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