SAR Sentinel 1 Imaging and Detection of Palaeo-Landscape Features in the Mediterranean Area

The use of satellite radar in landscape archaeology offers great potential for manifold applications, such as the detection of ancient landscape features and anthropogenic transformations. Compared to optical data, the use and interpretation of radar imaging for archaeological investigations is more...

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主要な著者: Abdelaziz Elfadaly, Nicodemo Abate, Nicola Masini, Rosa Lasaponara
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言語:English
出版事項: MDPI AG 2020-08-01
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オンライン・アクセス:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/12/16/2611
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author Abdelaziz Elfadaly
Nicodemo Abate
Nicola Masini
Rosa Lasaponara
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Nicodemo Abate
Nicola Masini
Rosa Lasaponara
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description The use of satellite radar in landscape archaeology offers great potential for manifold applications, such as the detection of ancient landscape features and anthropogenic transformations. Compared to optical data, the use and interpretation of radar imaging for archaeological investigations is more complex, due to many reasons including that: (i) ancient landscape features and anthropogenic transformations provide subtle signals, which are (ii) often covered by noise; and, (iii) only detectable in specific soil characteristics, moisture content, vegetation phenomenology, and meteorological parameters. In this paper, we assessed the capability of SAR Sentinel 1 in the imaging and detection of palaeo-landscape features in the Mediterranean area of Tavoliere delle Puglie. For the purpose of our investigations, a significant test site (larger than 200 km<sup>2</sup>) was selected in the Foggia Province (South of Italy) as this area has been characterized for millennia by human frequentation starting from (at least) the Neolithic. The results from the Sentinel 1 (S-1) data were successfully compared with independent data sets, and the comparison clearly showed an excellent match between the S-1 based outputs and ancient anthropogenic transformations and landscape features.
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spelling doaj.art-135f08eb8fac48a19e5b3d06f51a50b92023-11-20T10:03:14ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922020-08-011216261110.3390/rs12162611SAR Sentinel 1 Imaging and Detection of Palaeo-Landscape Features in the Mediterranean AreaAbdelaziz Elfadaly0Nicodemo Abate1Nicola Masini2Rosa Lasaponara3Italian National Research Council, C.da Santa Loja, Tito Scalo, 85050 Potenza, ItalyItalian National Research Council, C.da Santa Loja, Tito Scalo, 85050 Potenza, ItalyItalian National Research Council, C.da Santa Loja, Tito Scalo, 85050 Potenza, ItalyItalian National Research Council, C.da Santa Loja, Tito Scalo, 85050 Potenza, ItalyThe use of satellite radar in landscape archaeology offers great potential for manifold applications, such as the detection of ancient landscape features and anthropogenic transformations. Compared to optical data, the use and interpretation of radar imaging for archaeological investigations is more complex, due to many reasons including that: (i) ancient landscape features and anthropogenic transformations provide subtle signals, which are (ii) often covered by noise; and, (iii) only detectable in specific soil characteristics, moisture content, vegetation phenomenology, and meteorological parameters. In this paper, we assessed the capability of SAR Sentinel 1 in the imaging and detection of palaeo-landscape features in the Mediterranean area of Tavoliere delle Puglie. For the purpose of our investigations, a significant test site (larger than 200 km<sup>2</sup>) was selected in the Foggia Province (South of Italy) as this area has been characterized for millennia by human frequentation starting from (at least) the Neolithic. The results from the Sentinel 1 (S-1) data were successfully compared with independent data sets, and the comparison clearly showed an excellent match between the S-1 based outputs and ancient anthropogenic transformations and landscape features.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/12/16/2611SAR Sentinel 1SAR interpretationpalaeo-landscapepalaeo-channelsNeolithicanthropogenic transformations
spellingShingle Abdelaziz Elfadaly
Nicodemo Abate
Nicola Masini
Rosa Lasaponara
SAR Sentinel 1 Imaging and Detection of Palaeo-Landscape Features in the Mediterranean Area
Remote Sensing
SAR Sentinel 1
SAR interpretation
palaeo-landscape
palaeo-channels
Neolithic
anthropogenic transformations
title SAR Sentinel 1 Imaging and Detection of Palaeo-Landscape Features in the Mediterranean Area
title_full SAR Sentinel 1 Imaging and Detection of Palaeo-Landscape Features in the Mediterranean Area
title_fullStr SAR Sentinel 1 Imaging and Detection of Palaeo-Landscape Features in the Mediterranean Area
title_full_unstemmed SAR Sentinel 1 Imaging and Detection of Palaeo-Landscape Features in the Mediterranean Area
title_short SAR Sentinel 1 Imaging and Detection of Palaeo-Landscape Features in the Mediterranean Area
title_sort sar sentinel 1 imaging and detection of palaeo landscape features in the mediterranean area
topic SAR Sentinel 1
SAR interpretation
palaeo-landscape
palaeo-channels
Neolithic
anthropogenic transformations
url https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/12/16/2611
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