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Aerial Thermography In Archaeological Prospection: Applications & Processing, Autumn Chrysantha Cool
Aerial Thermography In Archaeological Prospection: Applications & Processing, Autumn Chrysantha Cool
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Aerial thermography is one of the least utilized archaeological prospection methods, yet it has great potential for detecting anthropogenic anomalies. Thermal infrared radiation is absorbed and reemitted at varying rates by all objects on and within the ground depending upon their density, composition, and moisture content. If an area containing archaeological features is recorded at the moment when their thermal signatures most strongly contrast with that of the surrounding matrix, they can be visually identified in thermal images.
Research conducted in the 1960s and 1970s established a few basic rules for conducting thermal survey, but the expense associated with the …