Title:	Toward a High-Definition Remote Sensing Approach to the Study of Deserted Medieval Cities in the Near East
Authors:	Starková, Lenka
Citation:	STARKOVÁ, L. Toward a High-Definition Remote Sensing Approach to the Study of Deserted Medieval Cities in the Near East. Geosciences, 2020, roč. 10, č. 9, s. nestránkováno. ISSN: 2076-3263
Issue Date:	2020
Publisher:	MDPI
Document type:	článek article
URI:	2-s2.0-85090887448 http://hdl.handle.net/11025/46985
ISSN:	2076-3263
Keywords in different language:	archaeological remote sensing;landscape archaeology;medieval urban landscape;Mesopotamia;Middle East;satellite data;UAV
Abstract in different language:	The variability of currently available remote sensing datasets raises the question of which specific processing methods should be used for feature detection and feature extraction in both large and small-scale overhead images. In some cases, particular analyses allow us to carry out feature detection much more easily and effectively. The high-definition approach enables enhanced analysis of remote sensing data using all the spectral and graphical potential of multi-temporal ordered components. The deserted urban site of Kona Makhmūr, Iraqi Kurdistan, is taken as a case study to demonstrate this fine-grained approach. The analysis described in this paper is based on the complementary use of a variety of overlayed imagery, augmented by data from terrestrial surveys. The resulting map substantially enhances our knowledge of the built environment and the economic and environmental conditions of this early Islamic-period site. Spectral analysis of raster images allowed us to detect the real shapes of features, and with the addition of digital elevation model (DEM) (created via unmanned aerial system (UAV)) we were also able to interpret the state of preservation of the overground relics and the diachronic dynamics of their degradation.
Rights:	© authors
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