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Hans Tømmervik - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Monitoring Archaeological Sites in a changing landscape–using multitemporal satellite remote sensing as an ‘early warning’ method for detecting regrowth processes
    Archaeological Prospection, 2020
    Co-Authors: Stine Barlindhaug, Inger Marie Holm-olsen, Hans Tømmervik
    Abstract:

    In the coastal areas of North Norway farm abandonment followed by regrowth and reforestation is a major factor leading to landscape change. One consequence of this change is that Archaeological Sites are lost. A survey programme started by the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage in 1997, aimed at monitoring the condition of Archaeological Sites listed in the Norwegian National Sites and Monuments Record, has documented that regrowth processes represent a threat to the Sites. The extent of the problem of regrowth and reforestation of Archaeological Sites is mostly unknown, however, and efficient coping strategies are not developed. In this article we present a change detec- tionmethodbased onthe use ofthe Normalized DifferenceVegetation Index (NDVI) applied to Landsat images with different acquisition dates, followed by image differencing. This procedure results in an easilyinterpretable andextremelyquick approach to change detection ofland coveraswellas change in biomass, and it can be used as a'first warning'method to indicate Archaeological Sites threatened by regrowth processes. The method as it is applied in this study appears to be most suitable for monitoring changesin the infield areaswhere contrasts are clearest.Furtherdevelopment ispossible, both at the regional level using medium resolution satellite remote sensing where the aim is to detect significant changes in the agricultural as well as the cultural landscape, and at the site level, where use ofthe same method on data from high-resolution sensorswillallowmonitoring ofthe site on avery detailed scale. Copyright # 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

  • monitoring Archaeological Sites in a changing landscape using multitemporal satellite remote sensing as an early warning method for detecting regrowth processes
    Archaeological Prospection, 2007
    Co-Authors: Stine Barlindhaug, Inger Marie Holmolsen, Hans Tømmervik
    Abstract:

    In the coastal areas of North Norway farm abandonment followed by regrowth and reforestation is a major factor leading to landscape change. One consequence of this change is that Archaeological Sites are lost. A survey programme started by the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage in 1997, aimed at monitoring the condition of Archaeological Sites listed in the Norwegian National Sites and Monuments Record, has documented that regrowth processes represent a threat to the Sites. The extent of the problem of regrowth and reforestation of Archaeological Sites is mostly unknown, however, and efficient coping strategies are not developed. In this article we present a change detec- tionmethodbased onthe use ofthe Normalized DifferenceVegetation Index (NDVI) applied to Landsat images with different acquisition dates, followed by image differencing. This procedure results in an easilyinterpretable andextremelyquick approach to change detection ofland coveraswellas change in biomass, and it can be used as a'first warning'method to indicate Archaeological Sites threatened by regrowth processes. The method as it is applied in this study appears to be most suitable for monitoring changesin the infield areaswhere contrasts are clearest.Furtherdevelopment ispossible, both at the regional level using medium resolution satellite remote sensing where the aim is to detect significant changes in the agricultural as well as the cultural landscape, and at the site level, where use ofthe same method on data from high-resolution sensorswillallowmonitoring ofthe site on avery detailed scale. Copyright # 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Stine Barlindhaug - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Monitoring Archaeological Sites in a changing landscape–using multitemporal satellite remote sensing as an ‘early warning’ method for detecting regrowth processes
    Archaeological Prospection, 2020
    Co-Authors: Stine Barlindhaug, Inger Marie Holm-olsen, Hans Tømmervik
    Abstract:

    In the coastal areas of North Norway farm abandonment followed by regrowth and reforestation is a major factor leading to landscape change. One consequence of this change is that Archaeological Sites are lost. A survey programme started by the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage in 1997, aimed at monitoring the condition of Archaeological Sites listed in the Norwegian National Sites and Monuments Record, has documented that regrowth processes represent a threat to the Sites. The extent of the problem of regrowth and reforestation of Archaeological Sites is mostly unknown, however, and efficient coping strategies are not developed. In this article we present a change detec- tionmethodbased onthe use ofthe Normalized DifferenceVegetation Index (NDVI) applied to Landsat images with different acquisition dates, followed by image differencing. This procedure results in an easilyinterpretable andextremelyquick approach to change detection ofland coveraswellas change in biomass, and it can be used as a'first warning'method to indicate Archaeological Sites threatened by regrowth processes. The method as it is applied in this study appears to be most suitable for monitoring changesin the infield areaswhere contrasts are clearest.Furtherdevelopment ispossible, both at the regional level using medium resolution satellite remote sensing where the aim is to detect significant changes in the agricultural as well as the cultural landscape, and at the site level, where use ofthe same method on data from high-resolution sensorswillallowmonitoring ofthe site on avery detailed scale. Copyright # 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

  • monitoring Archaeological Sites in a changing landscape using multitemporal satellite remote sensing as an early warning method for detecting regrowth processes
    Archaeological Prospection, 2007
    Co-Authors: Stine Barlindhaug, Inger Marie Holmolsen, Hans Tømmervik
    Abstract:

    In the coastal areas of North Norway farm abandonment followed by regrowth and reforestation is a major factor leading to landscape change. One consequence of this change is that Archaeological Sites are lost. A survey programme started by the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage in 1997, aimed at monitoring the condition of Archaeological Sites listed in the Norwegian National Sites and Monuments Record, has documented that regrowth processes represent a threat to the Sites. The extent of the problem of regrowth and reforestation of Archaeological Sites is mostly unknown, however, and efficient coping strategies are not developed. In this article we present a change detec- tionmethodbased onthe use ofthe Normalized DifferenceVegetation Index (NDVI) applied to Landsat images with different acquisition dates, followed by image differencing. This procedure results in an easilyinterpretable andextremelyquick approach to change detection ofland coveraswellas change in biomass, and it can be used as a'first warning'method to indicate Archaeological Sites threatened by regrowth processes. The method as it is applied in this study appears to be most suitable for monitoring changesin the infield areaswhere contrasts are clearest.Furtherdevelopment ispossible, both at the regional level using medium resolution satellite remote sensing where the aim is to detect significant changes in the agricultural as well as the cultural landscape, and at the site level, where use ofthe same method on data from high-resolution sensorswillallowmonitoring ofthe site on avery detailed scale. Copyright # 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Inger Marie Holmolsen - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • monitoring Archaeological Sites in a changing landscape using multitemporal satellite remote sensing as an early warning method for detecting regrowth processes
    Archaeological Prospection, 2007
    Co-Authors: Stine Barlindhaug, Inger Marie Holmolsen, Hans Tømmervik
    Abstract:

    In the coastal areas of North Norway farm abandonment followed by regrowth and reforestation is a major factor leading to landscape change. One consequence of this change is that Archaeological Sites are lost. A survey programme started by the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage in 1997, aimed at monitoring the condition of Archaeological Sites listed in the Norwegian National Sites and Monuments Record, has documented that regrowth processes represent a threat to the Sites. The extent of the problem of regrowth and reforestation of Archaeological Sites is mostly unknown, however, and efficient coping strategies are not developed. In this article we present a change detec- tionmethodbased onthe use ofthe Normalized DifferenceVegetation Index (NDVI) applied to Landsat images with different acquisition dates, followed by image differencing. This procedure results in an easilyinterpretable andextremelyquick approach to change detection ofland coveraswellas change in biomass, and it can be used as a'first warning'method to indicate Archaeological Sites threatened by regrowth processes. The method as it is applied in this study appears to be most suitable for monitoring changesin the infield areaswhere contrasts are clearest.Furtherdevelopment ispossible, both at the regional level using medium resolution satellite remote sensing where the aim is to detect significant changes in the agricultural as well as the cultural landscape, and at the site level, where use ofthe same method on data from high-resolution sensorswillallowmonitoring ofthe site on avery detailed scale. Copyright # 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Neil Brodie - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • the utility of publicly available satellite imagery for investigating looting of Archaeological Sites in jordan
    Journal of Field Archaeology, 2010
    Co-Authors: Daniel A Contreras, Neil Brodie
    Abstract:

    International response to the problem of looting of Archaeological Sites has been hampered by the difficulty of quantifying the damage done. The scarcity of reliable information negatively impacts professional and public policy making, rendering consensus about the scale of the problem and the effectiveness of policy responses difficult to achieve. We report here on the use of publicly-available satellite imagery for quantifying the damage caused by looting of Archaeological Sites in Jordan. The ease of use and affordability of imagery such as that provided by Google Earth make the identification, quantification, and monitoring of Archaeological site looting possible at a level previously unimagined. Our findings about looting at Archaeological Sites in Jordan shed light on the potential for a broader application of the method.

Vladimir Levchenko - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • early bronze in two holocene Archaeological Sites in gansu nw china
    Quaternary Research, 2009
    Co-Authors: John Dodson, Xiaoqiang Li, Ming Ji, Keliang Zhao, Xinying Zhou, Vladimir Levchenko
    Abstract:

    Abstract Understanding of the origin and development of bronze technology in eastern Asia remains unresolved. Here we report on the distribution of copper and associated cations in sediments from Huoshiliang in northwestern Gansu, China, strontium and lead isotope analyses of ore and slag samples, and some artifact fragments at Archaeological Sites at Ganggangwa and Huoshiliang in the Black River valley. We conclude that bronze production began perhaps as early as 2135 BC and that the Baishantang modern mine site at Dingxin was a possible source of copper ore. There was at least one other, but currently unidentified, source of ore. The Bronze Age people were also farmers and planted cereals such as wheat, and they may have abandoned the region when wood was exhausted and desertification took over.