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Aerial reconnaissance for archaeology
D R Wilson (editor)
CBA Research Report No 12 (1975)
ISBN 0 900312 29 7
Abstract
Papers from a symposium held in April 1974. Techniques of remote sensing and survey are treated by R J A Jones and R Evans (factors controlling development of soil and crop marks); D R Wilson (photographic techniques, equipment and procedures), J N Rinker (emulsions), W A Baker (infra-red) and I Scollar (manual or computer transformation of extreme oblique views to maps/plans). In the section on archaeological interpretation, D R Wilson illustrates some pitfalls, and is followed by writers on three different regions: R Agache (N France), C Leva and J J Hus (Belgium - low-level photography and magnetic/electrical checking on the ground of features seen from the air), and H C Bowen (development of landscape in S England). Section III is on availability and use of air-photographic information: J Hampton (organisation in Britain, especially the National Monuments Record), D Baker (relevance to planners) D Benson (Oxford region), C C Taylor (field archaeology) and H Thorpe (documentary and field study of Wormleighton). The need for a central air-photographic interpretation and dissemination centre is put by P J Fowler.
Contents
- Title pages
- Foreword by Professor Glyn Daniel (p vii)
- Preface by Dr Graham Webster (p viii)
- Resolutions of the Symposium (p viii)
- The Organizing Committee (p ix)
- PART I: TECHNIQUES OF REMOTE SENSING AND SURVEY
- Soil and crop marks in the recognition of archaeological sites by air photography by R J A Jones and R Evans (p 1)
- Photographic techniques in the air by D R Wilson (p 12)
- Some technical aspects of film emulsions in relation to the analysis and interpretation of aerial photographs by Jack N Rinker (p 32)
- Infra-red techniques by W A Baker (p 46)
- Transformation of extreme oblique aerial photographs to maps or plans by conventional means or by computer by Irwin Scollar (p 52)
- PART II: ARCHAEOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION AND RESULTS
- Some pitfalls in the interpretation of air photographs by D R Wilson (p 59)
- Aerial reconnaissance in northern France by Roger Agache (p 70)
- Recent archaeological discoveries in Belgium by low-level
aerial photography and geophysical survey
- Part 1: Aerial reconnaissance and low-level photography for archaeology by C. Léva (p 81)
- Part 2: Magnetic and electrical survey - powerful aids for the location and confirmation of archaeological features seen on air photographs by J J Hus (p 98)
- Air photography and the development of the landscape in central parts of southern England by H C Bowen (p 103)
- PART III: AVAILABILITY AND USE OF INFORMATION FROM AIR PHOTOGRAPHS
- The organization of aerial photography in Britain by John Hampton (p 118)
- Problems of town and country planners by David Baker (p 125)
- The application of aerial photography in the Oxford region by Don Benson (p 132)
- Aerial photography and the field archaeologist by C C Taylor (p 136)
- Air, ground, document by Harry Thorpe (p 141)
- The distant view by P J Fowler (p 154)
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