A Methodological Framework for Free and Open-Source UAV-Based Archaeological Research.

Full-coverage pedestrian survey to record cultural features on unexplored archaeological landscapes is costly in terms of time, money, and personnel. Over the past two decades, researchers have implemented remote sensing and landscape data collection techniques using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)...

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Publicado en:Advances in Archaeological Practice Vol. 9; no. 4; pp. 394 - 402
Autores principales: Reese, Kelsey M., Field, Sean
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Cambridge University Press Nov2021
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          Reese, Kelsey M.
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        affil: Department of Anthropology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA
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        Cultural landscapes
        Archaeological surveying
        Digital elevation models
        Sense data
        Electronic data processing
        Remote sensing
        Computer performance
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          Cultural landscapes
          Archaeological surveying
          Digital elevation models
          Sense data
          Electronic data processing
          Remote sensing
          Computer performance
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        digital terrain model
        free and open-source software (FOSS)
        high-resolution
        photogrammetry
        unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
        alta resolución
        fotogrametría
        modelo de terreno digital
        software gratuito y de código abierto (FOSS)
        vehículo aéreo no tripulado (UAV)
      ab: Full-coverage pedestrian survey to record cultural features on unexplored archaeological landscapes is costly in terms of time, money, and personnel. Over the past two decades, researchers have implemented remote sensing and landscape data collection techniques using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to combat some of these burdens, but the initial cost of equipment, software, and processing power has hindered the ubiquitous implementation of UAV technology as an accessible companion tool to traditional archaeological survey. This article presents a free and open-source, technology-independent analytical framework for the collection and processing of UAV images to produce high-resolution digital terrain models limited only by the equipment available to the researcher. Results from the free and open-source protocol are directly compared to those produced using proprietary software to illustrate the capabilities of freely available data processing tools for UAV-collected images. By replicating the methods outlined here, researchers should be able to identify and target areas of interest to increase fieldwork efficiency, decrease costs of implementing this technology, and produce high-resolution digital terrain models to conduct spatial analyses that pursue a deeper understanding of cultural landscapes.
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