Picture Perfect: Using Drone Technology and Photogrammetry Techniques to Map the Western Stone Forts of Ireland

O'Driscoll, James

doi:10.1080/00934690.2019.1570580

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“…Photogrammetry survey at the incredible inland promontory fort of Caherconree, Co. Kerry (Fig. 4), has also produced evidence for settlement nucleation (O'Driscoll, 2019a(O'Driscoll, , 2019b. At 659 OD in the Slieve Mish Mountains, Caherconree is the second highest hillfort in Ireland or Britain.…”

Section: Settlements Within Irish Hillfortsmentioning

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Head for the Hills: Nucleated Hilltop Settlement in the Irish Bronze Age

O'Driscoll

2023

J World Prehist

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In Bronze Age Ireland, the settlement record almost exclusively comprises individual, isolated farmsteads dotted throughout the island (Ginn in Emania, 21: 47–58, 2013; Ginn, Mapping society: Settlement structures in Later Bronze Age Ireland, Archaeopress, 2016). Recent studies have shown that these are incredibly homogeneous, with the nearly 700 excavated examples showing no signs of significant variation in terms of size or density and little in the way of high-status material culture. This conflicts with other evidence from this period, which points to an elite culture inferred from extensive long-distance trading, the manufacture of high-status goods and the construction of massive communal monuments such as hillforts. The latter comprise some of Europe’s largest and most impressive monuments and are often recognised as regional centres of power and authority. Until recently, these monuments have received little attention in Ireland and have rarely been integrated into the broader study of Irish Bronze Age settlement patterns. Indeed, it is at hillforts, which might be regarded as the permanent settlement of an elite and a central space for a disparate community, that we should find larger structures and more nuanced evidence for settlement hierarchies if they exist. This paper aims to collate the settlement evidence within Irish hillforts and other unenclosed upland settlements, integrating this within the broader narrative of the contemporary settlement pattern. It is argued that a clear hierarchy of settlement is apparent at some of the densely settled Irish hillforts, and that these formed central spaces for a disparate community where architecture formed the main arena for the display of status and group identity.

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Head for the Hills: Nucleated Hilltop Settlement in the Irish Bronze Age

O'Driscoll

2023

J World Prehist

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“…Analyzing models to determine quarry characteristics, they identified differences in raw materials, with a focus on identifying the tool stone, felsite, and debitage size. Another recent study in Ireland used photogrammetry to visualize and record stone forts on the Tentative List of World Heritage Sites for UNESCO (O'Driscoll 2019). After producing the models, the researchers used GIS analysis to consider least cost paths (LCP) and viewsheds from the features.…”

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The Digital Revolution to Come: Photogrammetry in Archaeological Practice

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Douglass²,

Schroder

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Am. Antiq.

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The three-dimensional (3D) revolution promised to transform archaeological practice. Of the technologies that contribute to the proliferation of 3D data, photogrammetry facilitates the rapid and inexpensive digitization of complex subjects in both field and lab settings. It finds additional use as a tool for public outreach, where it engages audiences ranging from source communities to artifact collectors. But what has photogrammetry's function been in advancing archaeological analysis? Drawing on our previous work, we review recent applications to understand the role of photogrammetry for contemporary archaeologists. Although photogrammetry is widely used as a visual aid, its analytical potential remains underdeveloped. Considering various scales of inquiry—graduating from objects to landscapes—we address how the technology fits within and expands existing documentation and data visualization routines, while evaluating the opportunity it presents for addressing archaeological questions and problems in innovative ways. We advance an agenda advocating that archaeologists move from proof-of-concept papers toward greater integration of photogrammetry with research.

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History of Fieldwork Approaches, Methods and Techniques

Roskams

2024

Encyclopedia of Archaeology (Second Edition)

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Picture Perfect: Using Drone Technology and Photogrammetry Techniques to Map the Western Stone Forts of Ireland

Cited by 7 publications

References 25 publications

Head for the Hills: Nucleated Hilltop Settlement in the Irish Bronze Age

Head for the Hills: Nucleated Hilltop Settlement in the Irish Bronze Age

The Digital Revolution to Come: Photogrammetry in Archaeological Practice

History of Fieldwork Approaches, Methods and Techniques

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