A Review of Remote Sensing Application in Archaeological Research
A Review of Remote Sensing Application in Archaeological Research
A Review of Remote Sensing Application in Archaeological Research
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apid, accurate, and non-destructive ability to prospect for unidentified sites, as<br />
well as, to identify and analyze characteristics with<strong>in</strong> and around sites. Through<br />
the use <strong>of</strong> sub-surface remote sens<strong>in</strong>g, archaeologists have been able to identify<br />
features and clusters <strong>of</strong> artifacts without exhum<strong>in</strong>g them, which destroys the<br />
context <strong>in</strong> which they were buried, elim<strong>in</strong>at<strong>in</strong>g the possibility for future analysis.<br />
Where excavation is needed, archaeologists have been able to use sub-surface<br />
remote sensors <strong>in</strong> develop<strong>in</strong>g excavation strategies, which allow for more<br />
effective use <strong>of</strong> the limited time and funds always plagu<strong>in</strong>g archaeological<br />
projects.<br />
Although remote sens<strong>in</strong>g techniques and technologies do not elim<strong>in</strong>ate<br />
the need for ground pro<strong>of</strong><strong>in</strong>g or the physical excavation <strong>of</strong> sites, they have, and<br />
will cont<strong>in</strong>ue to, allow archaeologists to better develop strategies for deal<strong>in</strong>g with<br />
the management <strong>of</strong> cultural resources.<br />
[R]emote sens<strong>in</strong>g may be as revolutionary <strong>in</strong> archaeology today as<br />
was the <strong>in</strong>troduction <strong>of</strong> radiocarbon dat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the 1950s (Sheets and<br />
Sever, 1988:35).<br />
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