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Downloading Sentinel-2 imagery

Find an image you would like to download but choose wisely as these are large files! You may want to only do this over a good Wi-Fi connection. 1) In …

Digital images

This week we are going to give you an overview of how satellite imagery is created, and show you how you can find, download, and begin to work with satellite …

Geographic Information systems and QGIS

To make the most of all the amazing satellite imagery and other remote sensing data that is freely available, we will need to use Geographic Information Systems software. A geographic …

Heritage protection

Remote sensing is also an excellent tool for monitoring archaeological sites and helping to protect our heritage. Archaeology faces several major challenges due to the accelerating pace of economic development …

Landscape archaeology

Archaeologists are not only interested in archaeological sites themselves, but also in their position in the landscape. To properly understand a site, we should also explore how it relates to …

Archaeological prospection

Archaeological prospection is another way of saying archaeological survey – the process of looking for new archaeological sites. Traditionally this involves extensive fieldwork, surveying landscapes by car or on foot, …

Using remote sensing in archaeology

Satellite data allows archaeologists to study vast areas much more efficiently than when they conduct fieldwork on the ground. It can also be done from anywhere in the world, without …

The power of satellites

Satellites play a critical role in the modern world. Navigation (powering the GPS in your smartphone or satnav) and communications (transmitting television, radio and telecommunications signals) are two obvious examples! …

Acknowledgements

This course is based upon training material created by staff of the EAMENA Project from the universities of Durham, Leicester and Oxford. The activity of EAMENA is funded by Arcadia, …

Course structure

In the next few weeks, we will introduce you to some of the most important remote sensing techniques used in archaeology. Each week will consist of a combination of theory …

Introduction to the course

Welcome to this course on remote sensing for cultural heritage protection in the Middle East and North Africa. It has been developed by the Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East …

Meet the team

Let us introduce ourselves! The team is composed of Dr William Deadman, Dr Kristen Hopper, Dr Sayantani Neogi, Professor Graham Philip and Dr Dan Lawrence. Will completed his PhD at …