Best Practices of GeoInformatic Technologies for the Mapping of Archaeolandscapes

New geoinformatic technologies have recently had a transformative effect on landscape archaeology, particularly by facilitating the high resolution acquisition and analysis of data over large areas. These techniques have fundamentally changed the nature and scope of questions that can be addressed regarding the archaeological record. Despite this stimulating potential, many practising archaeologists were not trained in these methods and so are not fully aware of their capabilities or the most appropriate ways to apply them. This volume collates state of the art research in the fields of geophysics, geochemistry, aerial imaging, dating, digital archaeology, GIS and marine archaeology to present a comprehensive overview of the specialised techniques which can contribute to landscape scale archaeological investigations. It is hoped that it will serve as a “best practice” guide for their use and encourage their widespread adoption by the archaeological community.

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IMAGES OF THE PAST: MAGNETIC PROSPECTION IN ARCHAEOLOGY - (Kayt L. Armstrong and Tuna Kalayci) GPR: THEORY AND PRACTICE IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROSPECTION - (Meropi Manataki, Apostolos Sarris, Jamieson C. Donati, Carmen Cuenca Garcia, Tuna Kalayci) IDENTIFICATION OF SHAPES AND USES OF PAST LANDSCAPES THROUGH EMI SURVEY – (François-Xavier Simon and Ian Moffat) SEISMIC GEOPHYSICAL METHODS IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROSPECTION - (Pantelis Soupios) LOCATING GRAVES WITH GEOPHYSICS - (Ian Moffat) EXPLORING THE INTERIOR OF TUMULI: EXAMPLES FROM INVESTIGATIONS IN MACEDONIA AND THRACE - (Gregory N. Tsokas, Panagiotis I. Tsourlos and Georgios Vargemezis) OFF-SHORE ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROSPECTION USING ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY - (Kleanthis Simyrdanis, Nikos Papadopoulos and Theotokis Theodoulou) DATA INTEGRATION IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROSPECTION - (Tuna Kalayci) OVERVIEW OF UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH WITH ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES IN GREECE – (Theotokis Theodoulou) AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE IN ARCHAEOLOGY – FROM ARCHIVES TO DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY – (Gianluca Cantoro) ON THE USE OF SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING IN ARCHEOLOGY – (Athos Agapiou, Dimitrios D. Alexakis, Apostolos Sarris and Diofantos G. Hadjimitsis) CITIES AND SATELLITES: DISCOVERING ANCIENT URBAN LANDSCAPES THROUGH REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS – (Jamieson C. Donati) MORE THAN LINE OF SIGHT AND LEAST COST PATH. AN APPLICATION OF GIS TO THE STUDY OF THE CIRCULAR TOMBS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL CRETE – (Sylviane Dederix) GEOMORPHOMETRY, MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT – (Argyriou A. V., Sarris A. & Teeuw R.M.) INTERPRETING THE PAST THROUGH AGENT-BASED MODELING AND GIS – (Angelos Chliaoutakis, Georgios Chalkiadakis) MIXED REALITY APPLICATIONS, INNOVATIVE 3D RECONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES & GIS DATA INTEGRATION FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE – (Lemonia Argyriou, Nikos Papadopoulos Jr.) ADDING A GEOGRAPHICAL COMPONENT IN CULTURAL HERITAGE DATABASES – (Poulicos Prastacos, Eleni Gkadolou) HISTORICAL MAPS ON THE SEMANTIC WEB – (Eleni Gkadolou, Emmanuel Stefanakis) ARCHAEOMAGNETIC METHOD AS A DATING TOOL: APPLICATION TO GREEK ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES FROM PREHISTORIC TO BYZANTINE PERIODS - (Despina Kondopoulou & Elina Aedona) GEOARCHAEOLOGY: A REVIEW IN TECHNIQUES - (Eleni Kokkinou) INORGANIC GEOCHEMIODS IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROSPECTION – (Carmen Cuenca-Garcia) MINERALOGICAL AND PETROGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES IN ARCHAELOGY – (Georgia Karampatsou & Theodoros Markopoulos) PROVENANCE OF CERAMICS: METHODS AND PRACTICES – (Nikolaos A. Kazakis and Nestor C. Tsirliganis) SUSTAINABLE DATA MANAGEMENT IN THE STUDY OF ANCIENT MATERIALS – USING THE EXAMPLE OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL CERAMICS – (Anno Hein and Vassilis Kilikoglou) LASER TOOLS IN ARCHAEOLOGY AND CONSERVATION. HOW FAR CAN WE GET? – (A. Philippidis, P. Siozos, Z.E. Papliaka, K. Melessanaki, K. Hatzigiannakis, M. Vakondiou, G. Manganas, K. Diamanti, A. Giakoumaki and D. Anglos)