Overview
- Editors:
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William S. Hanson
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Ctr for Aerial Archaeology, Dept. of Archaeology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Ioana A. Oltean
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, Department of Archaeology, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom
- uses declassified military reconnaissance images for archaeological research
- explains the "how-to" of using and accessing historical archived military data
- includes photographs from WWI to the present day
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages i-xxiv
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Introduction
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- William S. Hanson, Ioana A. Oltean
Pages 3-10
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Opening Doors: Aerial and Satellite Archives
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Opening doors: aerial and satellite archives
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- David C. Cowley, Lesley M. Ferguson, Allan Williams
Pages 13-30
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- Peter McKeague, Rebecca H. Jones
Pages 31-46
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Historical Aerial and Satellite Photographs in Archaeological Research
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Historical aerial and satellite photographs in archaeological research
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- Birger Stichelbaut, Wim De Clercq, Davy Herremans, Jean Bourgeois
Pages 69-85
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- Tony Pollard, Peter Barton
Pages 87-103
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- Iván Fumadó Ortega, José Carlos Sánchez-Pardo
Pages 179-197
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- Natal’ya S. Batanina, Bryan K. Hanks
Pages 199-219
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- Robert Bewley, David Kennedy
Pages 221-242
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- Anthony R. Beck, Graham Philip
Pages 261-278
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About this book
Historical archives of vertical photographs and satellite images acquired for other purposes (mainly declassified military reconnaissance) 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 ago, before the destructive impact of later 20th century development and intensive land use. They provide a high quality photographic record not merely of the landscape at that time, but offer the prospect of the better survival of remains reflecting its earlier history, whether manifest as earthworks, cropmarks or soilmarks. These various sources of imagery also provide an opportunity to examine from the air areas of Europe and beyond whose skies are still not open to traditional archaeological aerial reconnaissance. Tens of millions of such images are held in archives around the world, but their research potential goes very largely untapped.
A primary aim of this volume is to draw to wider attention the existence, scope and potential access to historical archival aerial and satellite photographs, in order to encourage their use in a range of archaeological and landscape research.
By drawing attention to this massive archival resource, providing examples of its successful application to archaeological/landscape questions, and offering advice how to access and utilise the resource, the volume seeks to bring this material to wider attention, demonstrate its huge potential for archaeology, encourage its further use and stimulate a new approach to archaeological survey and the study of landscape evolution internationally.
Reviews
From the reviews:
“Hanson, Oltean, and 27 colleagues (mostly British) focus on historical aerial and satellite images, motivated by a NATO-sponsored workshop (2000) and a 2007 conference on aerial photography. The editors provide informative discussions on the existence, scope, and potential access to images. … The 18 chapters are supplemented by 101 figures (28 in color) and four tables. … Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.” (C. C. Kolb, Choice, Vol. 50 (10), June, 2013)
Editors and Affiliations
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Ctr for Aerial Archaeology, Dept. of Archaeology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
William S. Hanson
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, Department of Archaeology, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom
Ioana A. Oltean
About the editors
Bill Hanson is the author or co-author of 4 books/monographs and editor or co-editor of 4 more, with over 100 published papers to his name in the fields of Roman and aerial archaeology. He has been active in aerial photographic research for over 25 years, having directed aerial survey programmes in both Scotland and Romania. He teaches archaeological remote sensing to undergraduates and for over 10 years has been responsible for a postgraduate taught Masters programme on aerial archaeology, currently the only one of its kind in Europe. Ioana Oltean is a Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Exeter where, amongst other things, she teaches an undergraduate module on aerial archaeology. Her research in Roman Dacia and Moesia has focused on the utilisation of aerial and satellite data, including archival material, for the elucidation of landscape evolution. She has published one book and several papers on this theme, and undertaken her own aerial survey programme in Romania.
