Barlindhaug, S., Holm-Olsen, I. and Tømmervik, H. (2007). Monitoring archaeological sites in a changing landscape-using multitemporal satellite remote sensing as an `early warning' method for detecting regrowth processes. Archaeol Prospection 14 (4). Vol 14(4), pp. 231-244.
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Monitoring archaeological sites in a changing landscape-using multitemporal satellite remote sensing as an `early warning' method for detecting regrowth processes | ||
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Archaeol Prospection 14 (4) | ||
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Archaeological Prospection | ||
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14 (4) | ||
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231 - 244 | ||
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The paper considers the problem of landscape change and the resulting loss of archaeological sites due to farm abandonment followed by regrowth and reforestation. The study focuses on a survey programme started in 1997, aimed at monitoring the condition of archaeological sites listed in the Norwegian National Sites and Monuments Record. A change detection method is presented, based on the use of the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) applied to Landsat images with different acquisition dates, followed by image differencing. This procedure results in an easily interpretable and extremely quick approach to change detection of land cover as well as change in biomass, and it can be used as a first warning method to indicate archaeological sites threatened by regrowth processes. It is suggested that the method as it is applied in this study appears to be most suitable for monitoring changes in the infield areas where contrasts are clearest. Further development is possible, both at the regional level using medium resolution satellite remote sensing where the aim is to detect significant changes in the agricultural as well as the cultural landscape, and at the site level, where use of the same method on data from high-resolution sensors will allow monitoring of the site on a very detailed scale. Norwegian data. | ||
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2007 | ||
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25 Feb 2008 |
