“…Although airborne multi-spectral imaging is one of these approaches (e.g. Winterbottom and Dawson, 2005), truly increased spectral resolution is only obtained by airborne hyperspectral scanning (AHS) also called airborne imaging spectroscopy (AIS) (Aqdus et al, 2007(Aqdus et al, , 2008(Aqdus et al, , 2012Barnes, 2003;Bassani et al, 2009aBassani et al, , 2009bBennett et al, 2012Bennett et al, , 2013Cavalli et al, 2007Cavalli et al, , 2012Cavalli, 2013;Cavalli and Pignatti, 2001;Challis et al, 2009;Coren et al, 2005;Emmolo et al, 2004;Forte et al, 2011;Merola, 2005;Merola et al, 2007Merola et al, , 2008Pietrapertosa et al, 2008;Traviglia, 2005Traviglia, , 2006aTraviglia, , 2006bTraviglia, , 2008White, 2003). The success rate in terms of detection of archaeological subsurface structures is varying, however, and less successful applications seem to be connected with the lower spatial resolution of the acquired datasets (in most cases ranging from 4 m to e at best e 1 m).…”