Interpreting cultural remains in airborne laser scanning generated digital terrain models: Effects of size and shape on detection success rates

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 4688-4700

  Risbøl, Ole ^a   Bollandsås, Ole Martin ^b   Nesbakken, Anneli ^a   Orka, Hans Ole ^b   Næsset, Erik ^b   Gobakken, Terje ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Airborne laser scanning; Classification success rates; Cultural remains; Detection success rates; Digital terrain models; Forested areas; Physical properties of cultural remains

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CLASSIFICATION; DIGITAL TERRAIN MODEL; LASER METHOD; MATERIAL CULTURE; PHYSICAL PROPERTY;

EID: 84883221093     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.07.002     Document Type: Article

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