Satellite imagery and archaeology: the example of CORONA in the Altai Mountains

Goossens, Rudi; Wulf, Alain De; Bourgeois, Jean; Gheyle, Wouter; Willems, Tom

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2005.10.010

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“…Besides data handling difficulties mentioned above, there is a high potential for the use of declassified Corona imagery for glacier research [20][21][22][23][24]46] but also on many other research fields like archaeology [16,17,49] or surficial mass movements [50]. The major advantage of our processing line is a true orthorectification of the highly-distorted Corona reconnaissance imagery resulting in higher precision in comparison to previous studies, which simplifies feature detection (e.g., for archaeology) and surface change detection.…”

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Glacier Mass Loss during the 1960s and 1970s in the Ak-Shirak Range (Kyrgyzstan) from Multiple Stereoscopic Corona and Hexagon Imagery

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Abstract:Comprehensive research on glacier changes in the Tian Shan is available for the current decade; however, there is limited information about glacier investigations of previous decades and especially before the mid 1970s. The earliest stereo images from the Corona missions were acquired in the 1960s but existing studies dealing with these images focus on single glaciers or small areas only. We developed a workflow to generate digital terrain models (DTMs) and orthophotos from 1964 Corona KH-4 for an entire mountain range (Ak-Shirak) located in the Central Tian Shan. From these DTMs and orthoimages, we calculated geodetic mass balances and length changes in comparison to 1973 and 1980 Hexagon KH-9 data. We found mass budgets between −0.4 ± 0.1 m·w.e.a −1 (1964)(1965)(1966)(1967)(1968)(1969)(1970)(1971)(1972)(1973)(1974)(1975)(1976)(1977)(1978)(1979)(1980) and −0.9 ± 0.4 m·w.e.a −1 (1973)(1974)(1975)(1976)(1977)(1978)(1979)(1980) for the whole region and individual glaciers. The length changes, on the other hand, vary heterogeneously between +624 ± 18 m (+39.0 ± 1.1 m·a −1 ) and −923 ± 18 m (−57.7 ± 1.1 m·a −1 ) for [1964][1965][1966][1967][1968][1969][1970][1971][1972][1973][1974][1975][1976][1977][1978][1979][1980]. An automation of the processing line can successively lead to region-wide Corona data processing allowing the analysis and interpretation of glacier changes on a larger scale and supporting a refinement of glacier modelling.

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Glacier Mass Loss during the 1960s and 1970s in the Ak-Shirak Range (Kyrgyzstan) from Multiple Stereoscopic Corona and Hexagon Imagery

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“…The complete database of CORONA imagery can be consulted on the website of the United States Geographical Service [48] , where only some of the images can be freely downloaded. Furthermore, to fully exploit the potentiality of CORONA, a 3D dedicated software, which allows a stereoscopic view, is needed since the images were acquired with two cameras [49,50]. Due to the strong distortion caused by the stereographic mode of acquisition, CORONA imagines cannot be used individually to locate archeological remains with sufficient geographic accuracy.…”

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Identification of Leveled Archeological Mounds (Höyük) in the Alluvial Plain of the Ceyhan River (Southern Turkey) by Satellite Remote-Sensing Analyses

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Abstract:The alluvial plain of the Ceyhan River (SE Turkey) has been populated since the Neolithic. In 1954, Marjory Veronica Seton-Williams described for this area several archeological mounds (höyük), which are the remains of ancient settlements. Today, according to the archeological research carried out in the area, some of these mounds result to have been leveled by agricultural activities. In this work, we identified many color anomalies by low-cost remote-sensing analyses of satellite images. We checked the nature of these anomalies in a dedicated survey and we found a good correspondence between color anomalies and archeological remains consistent with leveled höyük. We compared the grain size and chemical characteristics of the soil collected inside the color anomalies with the soil collected in other areas of the alluvial plain. We found irrelevant differences in grain-size characteristics, but a higher content of CaCO 3 in soils collected inside the anomalies with respect to those collected outside. Therefore, the content of CaCO 3 could be considered the feature that makes the color anomalies visible. The reason for this higher content of CaCO 3 is related to the anthropogenic material used in the different phases of höyük growth. This work suggests a low-cost analysis useful for rapid identification and preservation of archeological information on the history of Mediterranean settlement.

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“…-Detection of sites thanks to high resolution satellite images (Madry 2006;Garrison et al 2008;Goossens et al 2008), of the same type as aerial photographs (Deletang 1999); -Data storage -since it makes data collecting possible; -Sharing, since it facilitates the instant transmission of all available data to other users, via the Internet (Conroy et al 2008).…”

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Landscape Archaeology between Art and Science : From a Multi- to an Interdisciplinary Approach

Kluiving¹,

Guttmann-Bond²

2012

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The publication of this book is made possible by grants from: All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this book may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the written permission of both the copyright owner and the author of the book.Every effort had been made to obtain permission to use all copyrighted illustrations reproduced in this book.Nonetheless, whosoever believes to have rights to this material is advised to contact the publisher. PrefaceSince the 1960s, 'landscape' has been a key topic of archaeological research all over the world. Initially drawing on environmental archaeology, and using models from the earth sciences as well as cultural ecology, landscapes have been conceptualised predominantly as the natural environments determining human behaviour or as a backdrop to human action. In the New Archaeology of the 1960s, ecology and settlement patterns were studied together with anthropology, with the aim of piecing together information on past economic and social systems (Trigger 1989, 295). Lewis Binford argued that the goal of archaeology should be to understand the range of human behaviours and the differences in culture, based on a belief that cultures were adaptive responses to our environment (Binford 1962), and archaeologists at the time were optimistic that culture and culture change were rational and could be predicted based on archaeological assemblages and settlement patterns.In This volume will begin with a discussion of Landscape Archaeology and its history, followed by a discussion of themes and summaries of the papers in this volume. We end with some concluding remarks 10 · landscape archaeology between art and science and suggestions for future research. Although the editors have put a lot of energy into editing the text of this volume, please note that many contributors are writing in English as a second language. We have endeavoured to smooth out the English, but we apologise for the awkwardness of some phrasing in the text.All 35 papers of the LAC2010 proceedings have been peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers. The editors have approached a large number of peer reviewers within the participating institution within the VU University, the Cultural Heritage Agency and the international Advisory Board of LAC2010. We wish to thank the following colleagues who have made the realisation of the proceedings of LAC2010 possible.

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Satellite imagery and archaeology: the example of CORONA in the Altai Mountains

Cited by 79 publications

References 11 publications

Glacier Mass Loss during the 1960s and 1970s in the Ak-Shirak Range (Kyrgyzstan) from Multiple Stereoscopic Corona and Hexagon Imagery

Glacier Mass Loss during the 1960s and 1970s in the Ak-Shirak Range (Kyrgyzstan) from Multiple Stereoscopic Corona and Hexagon Imagery

Identification of Leveled Archeological Mounds (Höyük) in the Alluvial Plain of the Ceyhan River (Southern Turkey) by Satellite Remote-Sensing Analyses

Landscape Archaeology between Art and Science : From a Multi- to an Interdisciplinary Approach

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