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Use of Satellite Imagery in Archaeological Surveys

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2015

J. A. Allan  and
T. S. Richards
J. A. Allan
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, School of Oriental and African Studies
T. S. Richards
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, School of Oriental and African Studies
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Abstract

One of the problems faced by archaeologists engaged in field surveys is the need to gain an overall view of a study area together with data on the character of its terrain. Air-photographs have for 50 years or more provided a valuable source of such data but they are often difficult to obtain or too expensive to commission. Satellite imagery has since the early 1970s been available and it is suggested that such imagery together with well tried methods of terrain analysis and land evaluation could provide the basis of economical strategies for archaeological surveys. It is also demonstrated that such an approach can help in predicting the level of settlement in different types of terrain.

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Libyan Studies , Volume 14 , 1983 , pp. 4 - 8
Copyright
Copyright © Society for Libyan Studies 1983

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