Archaeological Exploration in Srirangapatna and Its Environ Through Remote Sensing Analysis

Gupta, Ekta; Das, Sonia; Rajani, Mandyam B

doi:10.1007/s12524-017-0659-9

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“…One of the unique studies was related to analyzing the underground water supply system used in Bengaluru in the 20 th century (Suganya and Rajani, 2018). Both early and modern surveys have failed to identify archaeological remains such as the Gulam Ali tomb at Srirangapatna, which were identified using remote sensing data (Gupta et al, 2017a).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…As phase-1 studies related 30 sites, selected from World Heritage and tentative sites listed on the UNESCO website, has been initiated. Geospatial documentation of existing monuments, at Srirangapatana, Avati, Sirival, Halebidu and Aihole in Karnataka were undertaken using geospatial techniques (Gupta et al, 2017a andDas et al, 2017).…”

Section: Cultural Landscape Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS)

Nayak¹

2020

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The National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) was established in 1988 by late Shri J.R.D. Tata to develop interdisciplinary approaches to address societal issues and carry out multi-disciplinary research in the area of humanities, social science, science and engineering as well as in conflict and security studies. The studies related to cultural landscapes through remote sensing, proto-historic megaliths, ancient mining and metallurgy are carried out to conserve our geo-heritage and improve the livelihood of local communities. The challenges faced by India for developing energy resources and protecting the environment. The areas such as optima electricity mix, air pollution, climate negotiations, etc. are being addressed. Effective communication about national hazards can prepare communities to face cyclones, floods, etc. An effective disaster communication strategy is being developed,

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Nayak¹

2020

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“…Clouds have uniformly high reflectance. High-resolution imagery (better than 1 m per pixel) provides the necessary level of detail for making archaeological site plans, which include marking the spatial distribution of buildings accurately (for example, monuments and forts together with infrastructure that forms the modern-day context such as roads, railways and settlements) 7 . Medium-resolution imagery (5-10 m per pixel, especially multispectral imagery) is useful in identifying contextual features in the larger landscape (for example, waterbodies, river and buried moats) 8 .…”

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The Science behind Archaeological Signatures from Space

Navalgund

Rajani

2017

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Archaeology has traditionally focused on studying historic or prehistoric people and their cultures by analysis of their artefacts, inscriptions, monuments and other such material remains, especially those that have been documented from excavations. This focus is somewhat narrow, because it excludes many new methods that have emerged in the last few decades (described in detail by Prabhakar and Korisettar in this special section (page 1873)). One such novel method is to study large imprints on the landscape caused by human activity. These tell-tale features include soil marks, crop marks, drainage patterns, field boundaries and a host of man-made structures, whose study can provide additional cultural insights. In some cases, these features are difficult to detect by the naked eye at ground level, but are detectable by remote sensing techniques from aerial/space-based platforms in a non-destructive manner. For these reasons, it is now well recognized that examining archaeological landscapes using remote sensing can complement traditional investigations. An analysis of remote sensing data can play an important role in (1) understanding spatial relationships between cultural materials and activities, (2) formulating archaeological sampling schemes, (3) measuring distances and spatial distributions of structures and monuments, and (4) evolving schemes for their conservation.

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“…During the past two decades, satellite images have been used for archaeological surveying, laying the foundations of remote sensing for archaeology. In most cases the spatial resolution of satellite images is not sufficient to allow archaeological features to be shown [1][2][3][4][5] the new generations of satellites as the World View 2 with a spatial resolution of up to 2.5 m per pixel are starting to produce good results in archaeological surveys [6,7]. Low aerial photographs taken from UAVs have a much higher spatial resolution, such us the photographs used in this study case which are around 3.2 cm per pixel.…”

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NDVI Identification and Survey of a Roman Road in the Northern Spanish Province of Álava

González

Hernández

2019

Remote Sensing

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The Iter 34 (Antonine Itinerary XXXIV) is the name of the Roman road that crosses the province of Álava from west to east. Since no specific path was officially recognized before our study, the remains of the road did not benefit from heritage protection. In 2017, we made a project to determine the course of the road through rural Álava. In addition to traditional archaeological excavation and prospecting techniques, we used UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicle) to produce NDVI (normalized difference vegetation index) orthomosaic plans of ten cultivated areas through which the road is conjectured to pass. NDVI orthomosaics let us see crop marks better than with conventional photography, allowing us to detect the crop marks during times of the year and in places where conventional photography would fail to show them. Thanks to the NDVI orthomosaics, remains of the road were identified not only in places where we knew it existed, but also in previously unknown locations. Furthermore, other archaeological features were identified close to the roadway. This technique heralds a great advance in non-invasive methods of archaeological surveying. By using precision farming techniques we have identified the course of the Roman road Iter 34 in several locations in a short period of time and with few resources.

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Archaeological Exploration in Srirangapatna and Its Environ Through Remote Sensing Analysis

Cited by 11 publications

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National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS)

National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS)

The Science behind Archaeological Signatures from Space

NDVI Identification and Survey of a Roman Road in the Northern Spanish Province of Álava

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