Beginner's Reading List
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Introduction to Aerial Archaeology
Website of the Aerial Archive (Luftbildarchiv) located at the Department for Prehistoric and Early Historic Archaeology (Ur- und Frühgeschichte) of the University of Vienna. Written in English, it covers the basics of aerial survey and ALS and shows uses of these in landscape archaeology.
- Renfrew, C. and Bahn, P., 2016. Archaeology: theories, methods and practice (7th ed.). Thames and Hudson: London.
Especially chapter Aerial and Satellite Survey, pages 80-93.
Photo reading examples
- Wilson, D.R., 2000. Air Photo Interpretation for Archaeologists. Tempus, Stroud.
Informative stuff
Especially sections titled Capture, Interpret and Case Studies.
- Brophy, K. and Cowley, D., (eds.), 2005. From The Air: Understanding Aerial Archaeology. Tempus, Stroud.
Newsletter of the Aerial Archaeology Research Group, all issues are open access.
Using Archival Images
- Hanson, W.S and Oltean, I.A., (eds.), 2013. Archaeology from Historical Aerial and Satellite Archives. Springer, New York.
- Cowley, D. C., Standring, R. A., and Abicht, M. J., (eds.), 2010. Landscapes through the Lens: Aerial Photographs and Historic Environment. Oxbow, Oxford.
AARG Occasional Publication No. 2
ALS (LiDAR)
Open Access (PDF download)
- Opitz, R. and Cowley, D., (eds.), 2013. Interpreting Archaeological Topography: 3D data, visualisation and observation. Oxbow, Oxford.
AARG Occasional Publication No. 5
Use of Satellite Imagery
- Comer, D.C. and Harrower, M.J., (eds.), 2013. Mapping Archaeological Landscapes from Space. Springer, New York.
- Parcak, S., 2009. Satellite remote sensing for archaeology. Routledge, New York.
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