ISBN:
9781461445050
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XXIV, 341 p. 113 illus., 28 illus. in color, digital)
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Buchausg. u.d.T. Archaeology from historical aerial and satellite archives
Keywords:
Social sciences
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Geographical information systems
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Anthropology
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Archaeology
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Social Sciences
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Social sciences
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Geographical information systems
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Anthropology
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Archaeology
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Archäologie
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Fernerkundung
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Archäologie
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Fernerkundung
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Abstract:
Major international historical archives of declassified military reconnaissance photographs and satellite images, combined with a range of national collections of vertical photographs, 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 or more ago, before the destructive impact of intensive land use and development. Millions of such images are held in archives around the world, yet their research potential goes largely untapped.Archaeology from Historical Aerial and Satellite Archives draws attention to the existence and scope of these historical photographs to encourage their use in archaeological and landscape research. Not only do they provide a high-quality photographic record of the pre-modern landscape, but they also offer the prospect of the better survival of archaeological remains surviving as earthworks or cropmarks. These sources of imagery also provide an opportunity to examine areas of Europe and beyond whose skies are still not open to archaeological aerial reconnaissance.Featured in the coverage:The archaeological potential of The Aerial Reconnaissance Archives in Edinburgh and the archive of declassified intelligence satellite photographs of the United States Geological Survey.First World War aerial photography and medieval landscapes.Second World War and post-war aerial photography in multi-period archaeological research in Britain, Hungary, Italy, Jordan, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain and Uruguay.The integration of historical aerial and satellite photography for archaeological landscape research in Cambodia and Romania.By describing this massive resource, providing examples of its application to archaeological/landscape questions, and offering advice on access, Archaeology from Historical Aerial and Satellite Archives demonstrates its huge potential and encourages its further use, stimulating a new approach to archaeological survey and the study of landscape evolution among archaeologists, historians, social scientists, preservationists, and cultural heritage specialists.First World War aerial photography and medieval landscapes.Second World War and post-war aerial photography in multi-period archaeological research in Britain, Hungary, Italy, Jordan, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain and Uruguay.The archaeological exploitation of declassified US satellite photography in Armenia and Syria.The integration of historical aerial and satellite photography for archaeological landscape research in Cambodia and Romania.By describing this massive resource, providing examples of its application to archaeological/landscape questions, and offering advice on access, Archaeology from Historical Aerial and Satellite Archives demonstrates its huge potential and encourages its further use, stimulating a new approach to archaeological survey and the study of landscape evolution among archaeologists, historians, social scientists, preservationists, and cultural heritage specialists.Second World War and post-war aerial photography in multi-period archaeological research in Britain, Hungary, Italy, Jordan, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain and Uruguay.The archaeological exploitation of declassified US satellite photography in Armenia and Syria.The integration of historical aerial and satellite photography for archaeological landscape research in Cambodia and Romania.By describing this massive resource, providing examples of its application to archaeological/landscape questions, and offering advice on access, Archaeology from Historical Aerial and Satellite Archives demonstrates its huge potential and encourages its further use, stimulating a new approach to archaeological survey and the study of landscape evolution among archaeologists, historians, social scientists, preservationists, and cultural heritage specialists.The integration of historical aerial and satellite photography for archaeological landscape research in Cambodia and Romania.By describing this massive resource, providing examples of its application to archaeological/landscape questions, and offering advice on access, Archaeology from Historical Aerial and Satellite Archives demonstrates its huge potential and encourages its further use, stimulating a new approach to archaeological survey and the study of landscape evolution among archaeologists, historians, social scientists, preservationists, and cultural heritage specialists.
Description / Table of Contents:
Archaeology from HistoricalAerial and Satellite Archives; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Contributors; Part I: Introduction; Chapter 1: A Spy in the Sky: The Potential of Historical Aerial and Satellite Photography for Archaeological Research; Bibliography; Part II: Opening Doors: Aerial and Satellite Archives; Chapter 2: The Aerial Reconnaissance Archives: A Global Aerial Photographic Collection; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Aerial Reconnaissance Archives; 2.2.1 Allied Central Interpretation Unit (ACIU) Archive; 2.2.2 Mediterranean Allied Photo Reconnaissance Wing (MAPRW) Archive
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2.2.3 GX (Luftwaffe) Reconnaissance Imagery2.2.4 Joint Air Reconnaissance Intelligence Centre (JARIC); 2.3 TARA: Unique Opportunities; 2.4 TARA: A Global Collection in Context; 2.5 Opening up TARA: Aspirations and Issues; 2.5.1 Access: Website, Search Room and Finding Aids; 2.5.2 Funding; 2.6 Developing Best Practice in the Use of Historic Aerial Photographs; 2.6.1 Scale; 2.6.2 Matching Source Material to Purpose; 2.6.3 Traditions in Power; 2.7 Using TARA: Some Thoughts on Developing Access; 2.8 Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 3: Blitzing the Bunkers: Finding Aids - Past, Present and Future
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3.1 Introduction3.2 Traditional Finding Aids; 3.2.1 Going Digital: Raster Images; 3.2.2 Going Digital: Vector Data; 3.3 To the Future…; 3.4 The Third Dimension; Appendix 1.; Bibliography; Chapter 4: Declassi fi ed Intelligence Satellite Photographs; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Availability; 4.3 DISP Products and Collateral Information; 4.3.1 corona; 4.3.2 argon; 4.3.3 lanyard; 4.3.4 gambit; 4.3.5 hexagon Mapping Camera; 4.4 Comparison of DISP Products; 4.5 Archaeological Uses of DISP; 4.6 Looking Ahead; Bibliography; Part III: Historical Aerial and Satellite Photographs in Archaeological Research
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Chapter 5: First World War Aerial Photography and Medieval Landscapes: Moated Sites in Flanders5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Con fl ict Archaeology; 5.3 Cropmarks, Soilmarks and Dampmarks; 5.4 Earthworks and Other Extant Sites; 5.5 Case Study: Medieval Moated Sites Along the Former Belgian-German Front; 5.5.1 Documented Sites; 5.5.2 Detailed Study: Leke and Woumen; 5.5.3 Other Archaeological Sites Within the Case Study Area; 5.6 Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 6: The Use of First World War Aerial Photographs by Archaeologists: A Case Study from Fromelles, Northern France; 6.1 Introduction
Description / Table of Contents:
6.2 The Evolution of First World War Battle fi eld Photography6.3 The Resource; 6.4 Mass Graves at Pheasant Wood, Fromelles, France; 6.5 The Search for the Graves; 6.6 The Survey; 6.7 The Evaluation; 6.8 Bene fi ts of Detailed Photographic Analysis; 6.9 Conclusion; Bibliography; Chapter 7: Historic Vertical Photography and Cornwall's National Mapping Programme; 7.1 Aerial Reconnaissance in Cornwall; 7.2 Historic RAF Photographs; 7.3 Archaeological Sites on RAF Photography; 7.4 The Cornish Mining Industries; 7.5 Bodmin Moor; 7.6 The Medieval Farming Landscape
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7.7 The Prehistoric Farming Landscape
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DOI:
10.1007/978-1-4614-4505-0
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