Remote Sensing in Archaeology Aerial Photography Oblique black
Remote Sensing in Archaeology
Aerial Photography
• Oblique black and white low altitude shot of an Irish Early Medieval chieftain’s residence • Cahercommaun
• Vertical aerial photo of the same
Vertical high elevation high resolution photo of the same. A large format camera was used. Can be magnified.
• Oblique low altitude black and white image of Irish medieval settlements
• Oblique color photo of same taken in Winter
• Oblique below, vertical left
Thermalography Infra-red low elevation oblique photos, Carrowmore, Co. Sligo, Ireland Thermal imagers are used today.
P work? Not always. Lots of shots are blurred due to camera motion. mple is from a trial at Halfmoon Bay.
Corona Spy Satellite Imagery • www. fas. harvard. edu/~anthro/ur/remote_corona. html
Lidar • Uses a laser beam set at various spectra mounted in an airplane. The beam is fired in pulses. • Measures the return light timing to estimate distance. • One is able to process data from lidar to eliminate vegetation cover. • Beloved by archaeologists working in Central America.
El Pilar - Belize
Proton Magnetometer
Early Iron Age enclosures around houses in Hascherkeller, Bavaria, Germany
Electrical Resistivity
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