Occasionally issues of journals where one might not normally think to
look produce thematic issues of interest. Availability online makes them
much more discoverable. A case in point:
Department of History, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
Tel. +44 (0)1636 812607 Interests: archaeological ground-based remote sensing; image processing; mathematical modelling; medieval history
School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester, University Road, LE1 7RH, UK
Tel. +44 (0)116 229 7370 Interests: landscape archaeology; water management history;
human–environment interactions; application of remote sensing and GIS to
archaeology
Department of Geography, University of Durham, Lower Mountjoy, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK
Tel. +44 (0) 191 33 41867 Interests: airborne and satellite remote sensing; applications of
remote sensing for archaeology and coastal change; computer aided
learning techniques; geographical information systems for environmental
modelling
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues, This Special Issue assesses the status of remote sensing applications
in archaeology and explores how their use could have a more significant
impact on archaeological research and cultural heritage protection in
the future. It is organized in conjunction with the Remote Sensing and
Photogrammetry Society (RSPSoc) Archaeology Special Interest Group.
Remote sensing and GIS have rapidly been adopted by archaeologists for
several key reasons: Fast mapping of entire landscapes, analysis of
large datasets, and a way of recording features in areas rendered
inaccessible, for example in areas affected by current conflict, by
land-use change, and in built heritage. In recent years many image
interpretation-based studies, classifications and automated detection
projects (and thermal imaging, photogrammetry, LiDAR, Synthetic Aperture
Radar, and the relatively low-cost/open source and user-friendly
structure-from-motion software packages have been applied to cultural
heritage protection as well as recording and analysis. Applications have
also sought to demonstrate the use of remote sensing for specific
regions, sites, buildings and even objects. The value of many of the
products of these analyses needs to be established more robustly,
however, reflecting on the need for them to enhance our understanding of
past landscapes rather than primarily acting as aesthetically-pleasing
visualizations. While many archaeological projects rely exclusively on
trained expertise in remote sensing, others are also making use of
citizen scientists to build larger datasets. This issue will present a
number of relevant remote sensing tools and case studies across a wide
temporal and spatial range and assess the impact of an increasingly
open-source research environment; it will also promote a discussion of
how the impact of remote sensing and GIS techniques in archaeology and
cultural heritage can be increased. Dr. Christopher Brooke Dr. Louise Rayne Prof. Danny Donoghue Guest Editor Manuscript Submission Information Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form.
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This study presents a new approach for detection and mapping of ancient
slag heaps using 16-band multispectral satellite imagery. Understanding
the distribution of slag (a byproduct of metal production) is of great
importance for understanding how metallurgy shaped long-term economic
and political change
[...] Read more.
The evolution of the high-quality 3D archaeological representations from
niche products to integrated online media has not yet been completed.
Digital archives of the field often lack multimodal data
interoperability, user interaction and intelligibility. A web-based
cultural heritage archive that compensates for these
[...] Read more.
This study presents the results of the first remote sensing survey of
hollow ways in Southern Mesopotamia between Baghdad and the Persian
Gulf, primarily using the imagery in Google Earth. For archaeologists,
hollow ways are important trace fossils of past human movement that
[...] Read more.
This study provides an evaluation of spectral responses of hollow ways
in Upper Mesopotamia. Hollow ways were used for the transportation of
animals, carts, and other moving agents for centuries. The aim is to
show how the success of spectral indices varies in
[...] Read more.
We present a novel approach that uses remote sensing to record and
reconstruct traces of ancient water management throughout the whole
region of Northern Mesopotamia, an area where modern agriculture and
warfare has had a severe impact on the survival of archaeological
remains
[...] Read more.
Illegal excavations in archaeological heritage sites (namely “looting”)
are a global phenomenon. Satellite images are nowadays massively used by
archaeologists to systematically document sites affected by looting. In
parallel, remote sensing scientists are increasingly developing
processing methods with a certain degree of automation
[...] Read more.
Alexander J. Sivitskis ,
Deodato Tapete and
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