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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| author | Abdelaziz Elfadaly 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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