The Archaeology team of Dr. Gwyn Davies [http://www2.fiu.edu/~daviesg/] will utilize the Instrument's remote sensing capability for the construction of photogrammetric maps via vertical imagery collections in order to establish the dimensions of underground settlements and locate specific structures [Fonstad, M.; Musson, C.;].

The Instrument's ability to change the imagery collection angle will allow to detect shadow traces of unevenness in the ground surface suggesting the presence of subsurface structure [Ortiz, J.; Evans, D.].

The Instrument's capacity for fast unit deployment will enable the carrying out of survey flights at different times of the day, and particularly at dawn and dusk, when raking light provides ideal conditions to pick up surface shadows.

The Instrument's imagery analytics will provide enhanced ways to detect shadows and patters [Kvamme, K.].

The mapping modules of the Instrument will facilitate the planning of excavation trenches for subsequent invasive procedures, thus allowing for targeted results on a much more systematic basis [Olson, B.].

The Instrument can also be used to construct a referential database for an archaeological site and construct a base map from which all future investigation could be keyed in. This would allow the potential to overlay multiple sources of information, such as a magnetometry survey conducted at ground level, which could then be directly correlated to the ultra-high resolution aerial survey, as both data sources are geo-referenced [Doneus, M.].

References Cited

[FM+13] M.A.Fonstad, et al. "Topographic structure from motion: a new development in photogrammetric measurement." Earth Surface Processes and Landforms (2013).

[MPC13] C. Musson, R. Palmer, and S. Campana. "Flights into the Past. Aerial photography, photo interpretation and mapping for archaeology." (2013).

[OJ+13] J. Ortiz, et al. "Three‐dimensional Modelling of Archaeological Sites Using Close‐range Automatic Correlation Photogrammetry and Low‐altitude Imagery." Archaeological Prospection 20.3 (2013): 205-217.

[EDM13] D. Evans and E. Moylan. "Pixels, Ponds and People: Mapping Archaeological Landscapes in Cambodia Using Historical Aerial and Satellite Imagery." Archaeology from Historical Aerial and Satellite Archives. Springer New York, 2013. 291-313.

[KVA13] K. Kvamme. "3 An Examination of Automated Archaeological Feature Recognition in Remotely Sensed Imagery." Computational Approaches to Archaeological Spaces 60 (2013): 53.

[OB+13] R.B. Olson, et al. "The Tel Akko Total Archaeology Project (Akko, Israel): Assessing the suitability of multi-scale 3D field recording in archaeology." Journal of Field Archaeology 38.3 (2013): 244-262.

[DM+13] M. Doneus, et al. "Towards an automated georeferencing and orthorectification of archaeological aerial photographs." Wolfgang Neubauer, Immo Trinks, Roderick B. Salisbury und Christina Einwögerer (Hg.): Archaeological Prospection. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference-Vienna. Wien: Verl. der Österr. Akad. d. Wiss., S. 2013.