Sensor Fusion: Integrated Remote Sensing Surveys at Shiloh Mounds National Historic Landmark, Shiloh TN.
This thesis presents the results of the combination of six individual remote-sensing surveys of the primary mounds and plazas at Shiloh Mounds National Historic Landmark, Shiloh, Tennessee. These surveys were conducted prior to invasive ground-disturbing activities at the site associated with the mi...
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| Summary: | This thesis presents the results of the combination of six individual remote-sensing surveys of the primary mounds and plazas at Shiloh Mounds National Historic Landmark, Shiloh, Tennessee. These surveys were conducted prior to invasive ground-disturbing activities at the site associated with the mitigation of erosional threats to Shiloh Mound A by National Park Service archaeologists. The uniqueness of the site, due in part to its lack or significant prior disturbance, afforded a unique opportunity for NPS archaeologists to remotely investigate buried evidence of prior Mississippian occupation and use of the site. The fusion of the results of these separate remote-sensing surveys provided the opportunity to identify specific feature-types based on their visibility (or lack-thereof) in the datasets of each separate remote-sensing platform. While studies of this sort have been undertaken in Old World archaeology with some regularity, this is the first time that an integrated remote-sensing survey of this scope has been undertaken at a Mississippian mound center of this magnitude. The results of this investigation have provided intriguing new ideas about the layout and 'architectural grammar' of large Mississippian sites in the Southeast. Implications of the findings of this thesis are further refining the anticipated 'norms' of Mississippian prehistoric landscapes. === A Thesis submitted to the Department of Anthropology in partial fulfillment of the
Requirements for the degree of Master of Sciences. === Degree Awarded: Spring Semester, 2007. === Date of Defense: December 14, 2006. === Mound, Southeast, Mississippian, Remote Sensing, Archaeology, Earthwork, Village === Includes bibliographical references. === Glen Doran, Professor Directing Thesis; Bruce Grindal, Committee Member; William Parkinson, Committee Member. |
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