On the fly: Strategies for UAV-based archaeological survey in mountainous areas of Central Asia and their implications for landscape research

LM Rouse, J Krumnow - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The incorporation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) within archaeological
survey strategies over the past several years has broadened the geographical scale of …

A beginner's guide to mesoscale survey with quadrotor-UAV systems

KG Olson, LM Rouse - Advances in Archaeological Practice, 2018 - cambridge.org
Quadrotor-UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) systems are becoming increasingly ubiquitous in
archaeological field research for the production of digital elevation models and orthophoto …

The utility of UAVs for archaeological surface survey: A comparative study

S Field, M Waite, LA Wandsnider - Journal of Archaeological Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) or unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), commonly
referred to as “drones,” have become increasingly utilized in archaeological investigation. In …

UAV-based photogrammetry: Assessing the application potential and effectiveness for archaeological monitoring and surveying in the research on the 'valley of the …

MV Vavulin, KV Chugunov, OV Zaitceva… - Digital Applications in …, 2021 - Elsevier
The article offers an evaluation of the adequacy and effectiveness of using UAV-based
photogrammetry for updating the planigraphy of well-studied archaeological sites and …

Exploring landscape archaeology and UAV-based survey in the Kochkor Valley, Kyrgyzstan

LM Rouse, K Tabaldiev… - Journal of Field …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
From the earliest archaeological investigations along Central Asia's Tien Shan range,
researchers have noted the diversity of highland communities and their participation in …

New approaches to spatial archaeometry: applications from the Near East

J Casana - Near Eastern Archaeology, 2014 - journals.uchicago.edu
This paper reviews key recent developments in geospatial technologies and their
archaeological applications, an emerging area of research that can be termed “spatial …

Budget UAV systems for the prospection of small-and medium-scale archaeological sites

W Ostrowski, K Hanus - The International Archives of …, 2016 - isprs-archives.copernicus.org
One of the popular uses of UAVs in photogrammetry is providing an archaeological
documentation. A wide offer of low-cost (consumer) grade UAVs, as well as the popularity of …

Drones in archaeology: integrated data capture, processing, and dissemination in the al-Ula Valley, Saudi Arabia

NG Smith, L Passone, S Al-Said… - Near Eastern …, 2014 - journals.uchicago.edu
Over the past year, our team has been developing a complete work-flow for field cyber-
archaeology incorporating UAV technology. We conduct automated aerial 3D scanning …

[PDF][PDF] 3.2 UAV: PLATFORMS, REGULATIONS, DATA ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING

F Remondino - 3D Recording and Modelling in Archaeology and …, 2014 - academia.edu
According to the UVS (Unmanned Vehicle System) International definition, an Unmanned
Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is a generic aircraft design to operate with no human pilot onboard [1] …

Large-scale medieval urbanism traced by UAV–lidar in highland Central Asia

MD Frachetti, J Berner, X Liu, ER Henry, F Maksudov… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Aerial light detection and ranging (lidar) has emerged as a powerful technology for mapping
urban archaeological landscapes, especially where dense vegetation obscures site …