Detection of archaeological crop marks by using satellite QuickBird multispectral imagery

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 214-221

  Lasaponara, Rosa ^a   Masini, Nicola ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aerial archaeology; Crop marks; Multispectral imagery; NDVI; QuickBird; Satellite remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARCHAEOLOGY; CROP; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE; NDVI; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750985695     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2006.04.014     Document Type: Article

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