Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Survey with Commercial-Grade Instruments: A Case Study from the Eastern Ḫabur Archaeological Survey, Iraq
| Autor: | Paola Sconzo, Jason T. Herrmann, Benjamin Glissmann, Peter Pfälzner |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Herrmann J.T., Glissmann B., Sconzo P., Pfalzner P. |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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010506 paleontology
Archeology Engineering 060102 archaeology business.industry Photography aerial photography archaeological survey Iraqi Kurdistan landscape archaeology photogrammetry structure from motion UAV Excavation 06 humanities and the arts 01 natural sciences Archaeology Photogrammetry Aerial photography 0601 history and archaeology Iraqi kurdistan Settore L-OR/05 - Archeologia E Storia Dell'Arte Del Vicino Oriente Antico business Landscape archaeology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Field Archaeology. 43:269-283 |
| ISSN: | 2042-4582 0093-4690 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/00934690.2018.1465808 |
| Popis: | Low-altitude photography in archaeology is now common practice at the scale of excavations; however, landscape-scale applications are a relatively new endeavor with promising analytical potential. From 2014–2016, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a mounted camera was used to document sites recorded as part of the Eastern Ḫabur Archaeological Survey (EḪAS), an archaeological reconnaissance project in western Dohuk Province, Iraqi Kurdistan. The EḪAS team documented over 70 archaeological sites with the UAV, from single-phase artifact scatters, to archaeological remains with standing architecture, to tells that cover more than 30 hectares. Representative examples from this survey are presented here to outline the project workflow and primary output data layers, including digital orthomosaics and digital elevation models. The quality and utility of results are then assessed in relationship to available satellite-based data. Methods for analysis and interpretation are then considered to demonstrate applications in landscape archaeology. An A) orthomosaic and B) shaded relief model with surface collection area (in red) of site EHAS-C045 created from photographs taken from a UAV. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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