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Geoarchaeology 14 (6)
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Title:
Geoarchaeology 14 (6)
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Geoarchaeology
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14 (6)
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Journal
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Editor:
Rolfe D Mandel
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John Wiley & Sons Ltd
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Year of Publication:
1999
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BIAB (The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/%28SICI%291520-6548%28199908%2914:6%3C%3E1.0.CO;2-F/issuetoc
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12 Sep 2002
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Detection of subsurface archaeological architecture by computer assisted airphoto interpretation
Scott A Weber
Stephen R Yool
481 - 493
Computer-assisted enhancement of scanned historical air photos demonstrates successful detection and mapping of subsurface archaeological features. Results show a locally adaptive contrast enhancement filter produced the best resolution of lineaments. Such enhancements can enable reconstruction of the archaeological landscape despite modern construction. The city-state of Idalion, Cyprus, is used as a case study to demonstrate enhancement. Enhanced air photos are shown to have also revealed an area disturbed by contemporary construction of a water pipeline. Such information is important to archaeologists planning digs, and can be acquired using standard digital image processing techniques.
Formation processes affecting submerged archaeological sites; an overview
David J Stewart
565 - 587
Provides an overview of the major depositional and postdepositional formation processes affecting underwater sites. The most obvious depositional process is shipwreck, although submerged sites may also be formed by the drowning of coastal areas due to tectonic or eustatic sea level changes. In these cases, rapid submergence preserves sites better than slow inundation, which allows time for waves and currents to damage the site. For both shipwrecks and coastal sites, once submergence occurs, the single most important factor for preservation is rapid burial by sediment which protects both the artefacts themselves and their spatial patterning from destruction by water and marine organisms. Once deposited, underwater sites are subject to modification by both cultural and natural processes. Argues that maritime archaeologists should consider formation processes when planning projects, rather than thinking of underwater sites simply as time capsules.