Abstract

The paper evidences the importance of old aerial and satellite photos of ancient topography studies, with examples concerning archaeological and geo-archaeological research conducted in Italy and Turkey, during a cooperation between the Ancient Topography, Archaeology and Remote Sensing Laboratory (AnTAReS Lab) of the Institute for Archaeological and Monumental Heritage of the Italian National Research Council (IBAM-CNR) and the Ancient Topography and Photogrammetry Laboratory (LabTAF) of Salento University. The historical aerial photos, i.e. those before the big transformationsof the 1950's and 1960's, and the space photostaken in the 1960's and 1970's, particularly useful for theNear East, represent a fundamental tool for the study of theterritory. In many cases, in fact, they document landscapesthat have been modified by urbanization, building of largeinfrastructures, transformations in the land use and diffusionof mechanized agricultural methods. Only through the detailedanalysis of these aerial and space photos it is possibleto recover a fundamental documentation concerning the existence,the location and the layout of archaeological evidenceand paleo-environmental elements otherwise lost; so, theiruse during research is very important for the reconstructionof the ancient topography of urban and territorial contexts.

Autore Pugliese

• Scardozzi Giuseppe

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• G. Scardozzi

Titolo volume/Rivista

Advances in geosciences

Anno di pubblicazione

2010

ISSN

1680-7340

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