Woodland vegetation and its implications for archaeological survey using LiDAR

The Light Fantastic: Using airborne lidar in archaeological survey

Airborne LiDAR for the Detection of Archaeological Vegetation Marks Using Biomass as a Proxy

In arable landscapes, the airborne detection of archaeological features is often reliant on using the properties of the vegetation cover as a proxy for sub-surface features in the soil. Under the right conditions, the formation of vegetation marks allows archaeologists to identify and interpret archaeological features. Using airborne Laser Scanning, based on the principles of Light Detection an...

Uncovering archaeological landscapes at Angkor using lidar.

Previous archaeological mapping work on the successive medieval capitals of the Khmer Empire located at Angkor, in northwest Cambodia (∼9th to 15th centuries in the Common Era, C.E.), has identified it as the largest settlement complex of the preindustrial world, and yet crucial areas have remained unmapped, in particular the ceremonial centers and their surroundings, where dense forest obscure...

Vegetation–microclimate feedbacks in woodland–grassland ecotones

Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA, South Florida Natural Resource Center, Everglades National Park, Homestead, FL, USA, USGS, Southeast Ecological Science Center, Gainesville, FL, USA, Department of Meteorology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA A...

A Total Ratio of Vegetation Index (TRVI) for Shrubs Sparse Cover Delineating in Open Woodland

Persian juniper and Pistachio are grown in low density in the rangelands of North-East of Iran. These rangelands are populated by evergreen conifers, which are widespread and present at low-density and sparse shrub of pistachio in Iran, that are not only environmentally but also genetically essential as seed sources for pistachio improvement in orchards. Rangelands offer excellent opportunities...