High and medium resolution satellite imagery to evaluate late holocene human–environment interactions in aird lands: a case study from the Central Sahara
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- dc.contributor.author Biagetti, Stefano
- dc.contributor.author Merlo, Stefania
- dc.contributor.author Adam, Elhadi
- dc.contributor.author Lobo, Agustin
- dc.contributor.author Conesa, Francesc C.
- dc.contributor.author Knight, Jasper
- dc.contributor.author Bekrani, Hayette
- dc.contributor.author Crema, Enrico R.
- dc.contributor.author Alcaina-Mateos, Jonas
- dc.contributor.author Madella, Marco
- dc.date.accessioned 2020-05-20T09:42:16Z
- dc.date.available 2020-05-20T09:42:16Z
- dc.date.issued 2017
- dc.description.abstract We present preliminary results of an Earth observation approach for the study of past human occupation and landscape reconstruction in the Central Sahara. This region includes a variety of geomorphological features such as palaeo-oases, dried river beds, alluvial fans and upland plateaux whose geomorphological characteristics, in combination with climate changes, have influenced patterns of human dispersal and sociocultural activities during the late Holocene. In this paper, we discuss the use of medium- and high-resolution remotely sensed data for the mapping of anthropogenic features and paleo- and contemporary hydrology and vegetation. In the absence of field inspection in this inaccessible region, we use different remote sensing methods to first identify and classify archaeological features, and then explore the geomorphological factors that might have influenced their spatial distribution.
- dc.description.sponsorship This study was funded by the Marie S. Curie IEF the Europen Commission, grant No. 622344 PastoralMod, entrusted to SB, by the ‘PaisArque—Paisajes Arqueológicos Inaccesibles y en Peligro: Observación Terrestre y Tecnologías 3D para la Protección y Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural’ of the Fundación BBVA, and by the ‘SimulPast project’, CONSOLIDER-INGENIO 2010 from the MINECO (CSD2010-00034). We are indebted to Rosa Lasaponara and Kevin Zhang for their support. We thank the four anonymous referees for their careful reading of our manuscript and their insightful comments and suggestions.
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- dc.identifier.citation Biagetti S, Merlo S, Adam E, Lobo A, Conesa FC, Knight J et al. High and medium resolution satellite imagery to evaluate late holocene human–environment interactions in aird lands: a case study from the Central Sahara. Remote Sens. 2017 Apr 6;9(4):351. DOI: 10.3390/rs9040351
- dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs9040351
- dc.identifier.issn 2072-4292
- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/44609
- dc.language.iso eng
- dc.publisher MDPI
- dc.relation.ispartof Remote Sensing. 2017 Apr 6;9(4):351
- dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/3PN/CSD2010-00034
- dc.rights © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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- dc.subject.keyword Sahara
- dc.subject.keyword Late Holocene
- dc.subject.keyword Earth Observation
- dc.subject.keyword GIS
- dc.subject.keyword High-resolution imagery
- dc.title High and medium resolution satellite imagery to evaluate late holocene human–environment interactions in aird lands: a case study from the Central Sahara
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