Documentation of archaeological sites in northern iraq using remote sensing methods
The MULINEM (The Medieval Urban Landscape in Northeastern Mesopotamia) project is aiming to investigate a Late Sasanian and Islamic urban network in the land of Erbil, historic province of Hidyab (Adiabene) that is located in the northern Iraq. The research of the hierarchical urban network in a d...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2015-08-01
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| Series: | The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences |
| Online Access: | https://www.int-arch-photogramm-remote-sens-spatial-inf-sci.net/XL-5-W7/331/2015/isprsarchives-XL-5-W7-331-2015.pdf |
| Summary: | The MULINEM (The Medieval Urban Landscape in Northeastern Mesopotamia) project is aiming to investigate a Late Sasanian and
Islamic urban network in the land of Erbil, historic province of Hidyab (Adiabene) that is located in the northern Iraq. The research
of the hierarchical urban network in a defined area belongs to approaches rarely used in the study of the Islamic urbanism. The
project focuses on the cluster of urban sites of the 6th–17th centuries A.D. This paper focuses on remote sensing analysis of
historical sites with special interest of FORMOSAT-2 data that have been gained through a research announcement: Free
FORMOSAT-2 satellite Imagery. Documentation of two archaeological sites (Makhmúr al-Qadima and Kushaf) are introduced.
FORMOSAT-2 data results have been compared to historic CORONA satellite data of mentioned historical sites purchased earlier
by the University of West Bohemia. Remote sensing methods were completed using in-situ measurements. |
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| ISSN: | 1682-1750 2194-9034 |