Journal
ANTIQUITY
Volume 91, Issue 359, Pages 1344-1355Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2017.90
Keywords
Afghanistan; multispectral imagery; satellite imagery; principal component analysis; heritage preservation; looting
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- Afghan Heritage Mapping Partnership Grant from the US Department of State
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High-resolution satellite imagery has proved to be a powerful tool for calculating the extent of looting at heritage sites in conflict zones around the world. Monitoring damage over time, however, has been largely dependent upon laborious and error-prone manual comparisons of satellite imagery taken at different dates. The semi-automated detection process presented here offers a more expedient and accurate method for monitoring looting activities over time, as evidenced at the site of Ai Khanoum in Afghanistan. It is hoped that this method, which relies upon multispectral imagery and principal component analysis, may be adapted to great effect for use in other areas where heritage loss is of significant concern.
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