Remote Sensing in
Archaeology
Aerial Photography
• Oblique black
and white low
altitude shot of
an Irish Early
Medieval
chieftain’s
residence
• Cahercommaun
• Vertical aerial photo of the same
Vertical high
elevation
high
resolution
photo of
the same.
A large
format
camera
was used.
Can be
magnified.
• Oblique low
altitude black and
white image of
Irish medieval
settlements
• Oblique color photo of same taken in Winter
• Oblique below,
vertical left
Infra-red low
elevation oblique
photos,
Carrowmore, Co.
Sligo, Ireland
P work? Not always. Lots of shots are blurred due to camera motion.
mple is from a trial at Halfmoon Bay.
Corona Spy Satellite Imagery
• www.fas.harvard.edu/~anthro/ur/remote_corona.html
Lidar
• Uses a laser beam set a various spectra
mounted in an airplane.
• Measures the return light to estimate
distance.
• One is able to process data from lidar to
eliminate vegetation cover.
• Beloved by archaeologists working in
Central America.
El Pilar - Belize
Proton Magnetometer
Early Iron Age enclosures around houses in Hascherkeller, Bavaria, Germany
Electrical Resistivity