Aerial Reconnaissance for Archaeology
Author : David Raoul Wilson
Publisher :
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 27,30 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
Author : David Raoul Wilson
Publisher :
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 27,30 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
Author : John Kenneth Sinclair St. Joseph
Publisher : Council for British Archaeology(GB)
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 10,19 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Photography
ISBN :
Author : William S. Hanson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 31,36 MB
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1461445051
Historical archives of vertical photographs and satellite images acquired for other purposes (mainly declassified military reconnaissance) offer considerable potential for archaeological and historical landscape research. They provide a unique insight into the character of the landscape as it was over half a century ago, before the destructive impact of later 20th century development and intensive land use. They provide a high quality photographic record not merely of the landscape at that time, but offer the prospect of the better survival of remains reflecting its earlier history, whether manifest as earthworks, cropmarks or soilmarks. These various sources of imagery also provide an opportunity to examine from the air areas of Europe and beyond whose skies are still not open to traditional archaeological aerial reconnaissance. Tens of millions of such images are held in archives around the world, but their research potential goes very largely untapped. A primary aim of this volume is to draw to wider attention the existence, scope and potential access to historical archival aerial and satellite photographs, in order to encourage their use in a range of archaeological and landscape research. By drawing attention to this massive archival resource, providing examples of its successful application to archaeological/landscape questions, and offering advice how to access and utilise the resource, the volume seeks to bring this material to wider attention, demonstrate its huge potential for archaeology, encourage its further use and stimulate a new approach to archaeological survey and the study of landscape evolution internationally.
Author : Robert Bewley
Publisher :
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 33,90 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Social Science
ISBN :
Not attempts to find prehistoric artifacts in the atmosphere, but the use of aerial photography to aid investigations on the ground, was the topic of the November 2000 NATO workshop in Lezno, Poland. The 35 papers cover whether lessons have been learned over the past 100 years, achievements toward understanding archaeological landscapes, opening up new landscapes, future technological applications, heritage management, and whether a meta-aerial archaeology is necessary to clarify the relationship between technology and philosophy. Included are 111 color plates, but no index. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Author : G. S. Maxwell
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,63 MB
Release : 1983
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Jean Bourgeois
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 30,81 MB
Release : 2008-12-18
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1443803146
Striking aerial views of war, and of the scarred landscapes of its aftermath are the focus of this unique and multidisciplinary book. For the first time, the history, significance, and technology of military aerial photography are brought together and explored by military historians, archaeologists, and anthropologists. This new approach opens the door to a modern reassessment of military aerial imagery, reveals the concepts and philosophies that guided their production and interpretation, and illustrates the complex interaction between humans and technology in creating and understanding the landscapes of conflict.
Author : Thomas R. Lyons
Publisher :
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 41,28 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Aerial photography in archaeology
ISBN :
Author : David Raoul Wilson
Publisher : Tempus Publishing Limited
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 20,79 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Photography
ISBN :
Both the techniques and the scope of air-photography made great advances during the twentieth century. As a result, a mass of material is available to the archaeologist and the local historian. First published in 1982, this was the first comprehensive textbook to explain in detail how to identify archaeological and historical sites from the air. Unavailable for more than ten years, this new edition will be widely welcomed - not least for the addition of a section of colour photographs. Accurate interpretation requires an understanding of the whole landscape. Archaeological sites are not always easily distinguished from geological features or from those produced by agriculture or by industrial, modern military or sporting activities. A wide selection of both archaeological and non-archaeological material is therefore illustrated in the book's 150 air-photographs. Close attention is paid to the nature of the physical remains in the ground and to the processes whereby they can appear on air-photographs. This requires an understanding of these processes - from the turning of the soil to the printing of the photograph. Throughout, the perils of misidentification receive as much consideration as the principles of correct interpretation. The types of site covered in the book are those of the British Isles but the techniques are applicable throughout continental Europe and beyond.
Author : William S. Hanson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 29,50 MB
Release : 2012-11-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781461445067
Historical archives of vertical photographs and satellite images acquired for other purposes (mainly declassified military reconnaissance) offer considerable potential for archaeological and historical landscape research. They provide a unique insight into the character of the landscape as it was over half a century ago, before the destructive impact of later 20th century development and intensive land use. They provide a high quality photographic record not merely of the landscape at that time, but offer the prospect of the better survival of remains reflecting its earlier history, whether manifest as earthworks, cropmarks or soilmarks. These various sources of imagery also provide an opportunity to examine from the air areas of Europe and beyond whose skies are still not open to traditional archaeological aerial reconnaissance. Tens of millions of such images are held in archives around the world, but their research potential goes very largely untapped. A primary aim of this volume is to draw to wider attention the existence, scope and potential access to historical archival aerial and satellite photographs, in order to encourage their use in a range of archaeological and landscape research. By drawing attention to this massive archival resource, providing examples of its successful application to archaeological/landscape questions, and offering advice how to access and utilise the resource, the volume seeks to bring this material to wider attention, demonstrate its huge potential for archaeology, encourage its further use and stimulate a new approach to archaeological survey and the study of landscape evolution internationally.
Author : Thomas R. Lyons
Publisher :
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 39,52 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Aerial photography in archaeology
ISBN :
Includes "Aerial photography for the arctic archaeologist" by Elmer Harp Jr.