the paper is concerning preliminary survey of qaradaq region of eastern azerbaijan in view of ecological, archaeological and ethnographic perspectives. the region under study is poor in fertile soil, underpopulated settlements and nomadic ubas being its dominant landscape. indeed, archaeological investigations show the lack of considerable archaeological records up to the iron age. the main sub...

qoheston is a region in the southeastern khorasan which includes kashmar, tabas, ferdos, birjand, qaen, torbate haidarie, khaf and taibad cities. this region is surrounded by sabzevar and nishaboor from north, central desert from west, sistan and kerman from south and naomid plains from east. in addition to the geographical and climatic characteristics of the region the abundance of historical ...

Archaeological excavations are often irreversibly destructive, so it is important to accompany them with detailed documentation reflecting the accumulated knowledge of the excavation site. This documentation is usually iconographic and textual. Graphical representations of archaeological sites such as drawings, sketches, watercolors, photographs, topography, and photogrammetry are indispensable...

Recently, a ground based laser scanning sensor is receiving more attention as an useful tool for real-time acquisition of 3D data, and its applications are proposed in various fields. For example, a topographic survey for archaeological sites is performed efficiently using a laser scanning sensor. A traverse survey is one of the typical methods for topographic map in archaeological sites. Usual...

This paper explores the intersection of two fields of research: autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), and archaeology in the deep sea. Archaeology in the deep sea poses a range of difficult, interesting problems for autonomous underwater vehicles. These include broad area sonar searches, target identification, and precision survey. Broad area sonar searches for archaeology have requirements si...

This study uses remote sensing techniques to study ahu (monumental ceremonial platforms) on the island of Rapa Nui (Easter Island). The first phase of the project used commercial satellite images to locate ahu and create a comprehensive GIS database to be corroborated during future ground survey. To supplement the satellite images, a second phase of the study evaluated kite photography a low-co...

In the spring of 2012 an archaeological survey was conducted within the Rayen region in order to explore all the archaeological periods in this region and document all archaeological settlement patterns of this region. In general, 52 archaeological sites were discovered and documented which included all prehistoric and historic sites. Among these sites, three of them seem to belong to the Paleo...