Satellite Technologies for Monitoring Archaeological Sites at Risk

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_5510
dc.contributor.author	Cigna Francesca
dc.contributor.author	Tapete Deodato
dc.title	Satellite Technologies for Monitoring Archaeological Sites at Risk
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	Satellite technologies are increasingly used to track looting in remote and inaccessible archaeological sites and assess damage to heritage. Evidence gathered in our study proves a growing user uptake of these technologies, beyond the specialist remote sensing community, but also that a more synergistic use of optical and radar data is required. The advantages of such an approach to satellite monitoring are demonstrated on Apamea, Syria. Current limitations and future perspectives are outlined, as an entry point to a comprehensive review published by the authors in the referenced journal article, that the readers are encouraged to refer to for a more in-depth and specialist discussion.
dc.relation.ispartof	Antiquity Studies
dc.relation.ispartof	Archeologia
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2021-03-31
dc.dateSubmitted	2021-01-18
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-518-6/satellite-technologies-for-monitoring-archaeologic/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-517-9/007
dc.identifier.issn	2610-8828
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9344
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-518-6
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-517-9
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Archaeological remote sensing
dc.subject	Archaeological remote sensing
dc.subject	COSMO-SkyMed
dc.subject	COSMO-SkyMed
dc.subject	Change detection
dc.subject	Change detection
dc.subject	Feature extraction
dc.subject	Feature extraction
dc.subject	Google Earth
dc.subject	Google Earth
dc.subject	Looting
dc.subject	Looting
dc.subject	Pattern recognition
dc.subject	Pattern recognition
dc.subject	Satellites
dc.subject	Satellites
dc.subject	Sentinel-2
dc.subject	Sentinel-2
dc.subject	Synthetic Aperture Radar
dc.subject	Synthetic Aperture Radar

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Satellite Technologies for Monitoring Archaeological Sites at Risk

Francesca Cigna Agenzia Spaziale Italiana

Deodato Tapete Agenzia Spaziale Italiana

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Satellite technologies are increasingly used to track looting in remote and inaccessible archaeological sites and assess damage to heritage. Evidence gathered in our study proves a growing user uptake of these technologies, beyond the specialist remote sensing community, but also that a more synergistic use of optical and radar data is required. The advantages of such an approach to satellite monitoring are demonstrated on Apamea, Syria. Current limitations and future perspectives are outlined, as an entry point to a comprehensive review published by the authors in the referenced journal article, that the readers are encouraged to refer to for a more in-depth and specialist discussion.

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March 31, 2021

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Jan. 18, 2021

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978-88-6969-518-6

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978-88-6969-517-9

Keywords: COSMO-SkyMed • Feature extraction • Google Earth • Synthetic Aperture Radar • Sentinel-2 • Pattern recognition • Looting • Satellites • Archaeological remote sensing • Change detection

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