Accessing the Inaccessible: Detailed ‘Off-Site’ Archaeological Survey Using Satellite Imagery and GIS at the Hatnub Travertine Quarries, Egypt

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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10900/101846
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:21-dspace-1018466
http://dx.doi.org/10.15496/publikation-43225
Dokumentart: ConferencePaper
Date: 2020-11-11
Language: English
Faculty: 5 Philosophische Fakultät
Department: Archäologie
DDC Classifikation: 930 - History of ancient world to ca. 499
Keywords: Geoinformationssystem , Erhebung , Satellitenbild , Ägypten
Other Keywords:
GIS
remote-sensing
survey
satellite imagery
Egypt
mobile-GIS
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/de/deed.de http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/de/deed.en
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Abstract:

Archaeological sites, trails, and roads are traced using satellite remote-sensing, but landscape archaeology often requires detailed survey of much smaller features. At the Hatnub travertine quarries in the Egyptian desert, an ‘off-site’ survey of small diffuse archaeological features was undertaken using high-resolution, pan-sharpened satellite imagery with contrast stretching in obscured areas. Comparison with recent field survey data demonstrated that this remote-survey process was fast, reliable, and generally accurate, with a 93% success rate identifying known features, and false positives estimated at 13%. The resulting digital plans provide an accurate initial record of an imperilled landscape at a level of detail that has not previously been attempted using remotely sensed data. This ensures that future ground-truthing and investigatory fieldwork is targeted at the most important remains and can be combined with mobile recording techniques that modify the remote sensing, survey data during ‘on-site’ fieldwork.

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