Swords into Ploughshares: Archaeological Applications of CORONA Satellite Imagery in the Near East

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesse Casana ◽  
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Jackson Cothren ◽  
Tuna Kalayci
Keyword(s):  
Satellite Imagery ◽  
Near East

Stereo analysis, DEM extraction and orthorectification of CORONA satellite imagery: archaeological applications from the Near East

Antiquity ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 82 (317) ◽  
pp. 732-749 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesse Casana ◽  
Jackson Cothren
Keyword(s):  
Satellite Imagery ◽  
Near East ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Archaeological Survey ◽  
Survey Tool ◽  
Original Shape ◽  
Stereo Analysis ◽  
Three Dimensional Images ◽  
New Procedures

CORONA satellite imagery, preserving an account of the earth's surface from 40 years ago, is a most important archaeological survey tool and we have often sung its praises. Here the authors use new procedures to extend the competence and revelations of CORONA even further. Stereo pairs derived from images taken from fore and aft of the satellite give three dimensional images of landscapes and even individual sites. Techniques of modelling and rectification restore the sites to their original shape without recourse to survey on the ground – in many cases no longer possible since the sites have been buried, inundated or erased. The ingenuity shown here indicates that results from CORONA are only going to get better.

Homer's Odyssey and the Near East

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce Louden
Keyword(s):  
Near East
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