Airborne and spaceborne remote sensing for archaeological and cultural heritage applications: A review of the century (1907–2017)

Remote sensing archaeology: Tracking and mapping evolution in European scientific literature from 1999 to 2015

Africa represents a vast region where remote sensing technologies have been largely uneven in their archaeological applications. With impending climate-related risks such as increased coastal erosion and rising sea levels, coupled with rapid urban development, gaps in our knowledge of the human history of this continent are in jeopardy of becoming permanent. Spaceborne and aerial remote sensing instruments are powerful tools for producing relatively complete records of archaeological settlement patterns and human behavior at landscape scales. These sensors allow for massive amounts of information to be recorded and analyzed in short spans of time and offer an effective means to increase survey areas and the discovery of new cultural deposits. In this paper, we review various case studies throughout Africa dealing with aerial and satellite remote sensing applications to landscape archaeology in order to highlight recent developments and future research avenues. Specifically, we argue that (semi)automated remote sensing methods stemming from machine learning developments will prove vital to expanding our knowledge base of Africa’s archaeological record. This is especially important for coastal and island regions of the continent where climate change threatens the survival of much of the archaeological record.

Aerial and Spaceborne Remote Sensing in African Archaeology: A Review of Current Research and Potential Future Avenues

Burial grounds are increasingly being considered as components of lived urban environments in the past. This paper considers how the ancient Egyptian city of Akhetaten, built by king Akhenaten (c. 1349–1332 bc), was constructed and experienced as a space inhabited both by the living and the dead. Drawing upon results from ongoing excavations at the burial grounds of the general population, it considers how the archaeological record of the settlement and its cemeteries segue and explores how the nature of burial landscapes and the need to maintain reflexive relationships between the living and the dead in the midst of a changing religious milieu contributed to the unique character of Akhetaten as a city. It asks what kind of city Akhetaten was, and what it was like to live through the Amarna period.

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Death and the City: The Cemeteries of Amarna in Their Urban Context

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Using Satellite Image Analysis for Locating Prehistoric Archaeological Sites in Alaska's Central Brooks Range

Integrated remote sensing investigations of ancient quarries and road systems in the Greater Dayr al-Barshā Region, Middle Egypt: a study of logistics

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Integrated remote sensing investigations of ancient quarries and road systems in the Greater Dayr al-Barshā Region, Middle Egypt: a study of logistics