The Chora of Chersonesos in Crimea, Ukraine

Carter, Joseph Coleman; Crawford, Melba M.; Lehman, Paul H.; Nikolaenko, Galina; Trelogan, Jessica

doi:10.2307/507154

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“…Trelogan et al (1999) and Carter et al (2000) used maximum likelihood classification of two Landsat TM images, acquired in 1988 and1992, to automatically detect urban development surrounding an archaeological site. Blom et al (1997; used Landsat images in combination with other remote sensing sources to visually locate sites.…”

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Automatic detection of circular structures in high‐resolution satellite images of agricultural land

Trier

Larsen

Solberg

2008

Archaeological Prospection

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Archaeological sites are sometimesvisible in satelliteimages as soilorcrop marks.At best, the marks are distinct, but they tend to have less contrast with the background than many other patterns in the images. Consequently, reliable automated detection based on pattern recognition is very difficult. Our method detects circle-shaped soil and crop marks in the panchromatic band of high-resolution satellite images of agricultural fields. Such circular marks may be caused by burial mounds. In our approach, local contrast enhancement is applied in order to make weak marks more distinct.The image is then convolved with ring templates of varying sizes, giving high absolute values at candidate circular mark locations.Each candidate mark is presented to an operator, who may reject it.We tested our method on Quickbird images from southeast Norway. The number of detected candidate marks could be varied by changing a threshold value. A reasonable compromise between not detecting too many false rings and at the same time detecting as many true rings as possible, might be when the numberoffalse detectionsisapproximately seventimesthe numberoftrue detections.Inthis case, 11out of15, or 73%, of the strong rings were detected, and 5 out of10, or 50%, of the fairly strong rings were detected.This is 16 out of 25 of the strong and fairly strong rings, or 64%. Archaeologists state that the software tool we developed will be helpful for locating potential cultural heritage sites. Although it makes many false detections, it will relieve the operators from time-consuming manual inspection of entire images.

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Automatic detection of circular structures in high‐resolution satellite images of agricultural land

Trier

Larsen

Solberg

2008

Archaeological Prospection

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“…The Greek, Roman, and Byzantine periods are better documented. The economy featured the cultivation of grapes, especially in the southwestern part of the peninsula (Janushevich and Nikolaenko, 1979;Carter et al, 2000). Periods of high population pressure during the last two millennia have occurred at verious times, but there are no data to confirm whether these phases had an impact on vegetation.…”

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Vegetation Patterns and Conservation Issues in Southern Crimea

Córdova¹,

Rybak²,

Lehman³

2001

Post-Soviet Geography and Economics

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This paper examines the relict and endemic vegetation of mountainous southern Crimea, a transition zone between several major floristic regions. As such, its flora is characterized by high species diversity and vulnerability to disturbance, and establishing a sound basis for its protection is urgent. In this context, the authors assess the status of existing specially protected areas in the region, review recently proposed conservation priorities and their potential impact on native flora, and outline a map-overlay method that permits identification of areas of maximum conservation priority.

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“…This wine was likely of moderate quality since it largely failed to compete with the other Pontic wines, such as that of Sinope and Heraclea. Its containers are found in abundance at Chersonesos itself (Zolotarev, : 195) and in its chora , especially at Panskoye at the beginning of its production period (Turovskij, ; Lancov, ; Kac et al ., : 113–115), and at Farmhouse 151 (Carter et al ., : 726; the amphoras await final publication). It was most likely marketed for inland Scythian settlements, such as Elizavetovskoe, where it was found in large numbers (Garlan, : 140).…”

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The Ereğli E Shipwreck, Turkey: an early Hellenistic merchant ship in the Black Sea

Davis

Brennan²,

Opaiţ³

et al. 2017

International Journal of Nautical Archaeology

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A shipwreck from the early 3rd century BC was discovered in the Black Sea's suboxic depths off Ereğli, Turkey, during the 2011 E/V Nautilus expedition. Remote investigation revealed the trawl‐damaged remains of a merchant ship carrying multiple amphora types associated with Aegean and Pontic production areas. Also discovered were elements of the ship's hull that show evidence of both pegged mortise‐and‐tenon and laced construction. The wreck provides crucial archaeological evidence for both maritime connectivity and ship‐construction methods during a period of political and economic transition.

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The Chora of Chersonesos in Crimea, Ukraine

Cited by 23 publications

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Automatic detection of circular structures in high‐resolution satellite images of agricultural land

Automatic detection of circular structures in high‐resolution satellite images of agricultural land

Vegetation Patterns and Conservation Issues in Southern Crimea

The Ereğli E Shipwreck, Turkey: an early Hellenistic merchant ship in the Black Sea

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