Abstract

The paper is concerned with the contribution that a rich documentation of multitemporal optical satellite images with high resolutionprovides for the knowledge of the five great Assyrian capital cities (Ashur, Kar-Tukulti-Ninurta, Kalhu, Dur-Sharrukin,and Nineveh, in northern Iraq). These images also allow monitoring changes of landscape in the higher course of the Tigris duringthe last half century and document damages in archaeological sites during the two Gulf Wars. The data set, available for eachcity, consists of panchromatic and multispectral images taken between 2001 and 2007 by modern commercial satellites (Ikonos-2,QuickBird-2, andWorldView-1) and of panchromatic photographs of U.S. spy satellites operating between 1965 and 1969 (CoronaKH-4B and Gambit KH-7). These photos were taken before diffusion of mechanized agriculture and the expansion of urban areas,so they are very useful to document many archaeological features and the landscape that has been modified in the last decades, asshown by recent satellite images.

Autore Pugliese

• Scardozzi Giuseppe

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• G. Scardozzi

Titolo volume/Rivista

International Journal of Geophysics (Print)

Anno di pubblicazione

2011

ISSN

1687-885X

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