Imaging and photogrammetry models of Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania) by Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: A high-resolution digital database for research and conservation of Early Stone Age sites

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 75, Issue , 2016, Pages 40-56

  Jorayev, Gaygysyz ^a   Wehr, Karol ^a   Benito Calvo, Alfonso ^b   Njau, Jackson ^c,d   de la Torre, Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Stone Age Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital Surface and Elevation Models; Olduvai Gorge; Paleoanthropology; Remote sensing mapping; Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL HERITAGE; DATABASE; GNSS; HERITAGE CONSERVATION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; IMAGING METHOD; MONITORING; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; PIXEL; STONE AGE; UNMANNED VEHICLE;

ARUSHA [TANZANIA]; OLDUVAI GORGE; TANZANIA;

EID: 84988644092     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2016.08.002     Document Type: Article

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