GIS and remote sensing for post-dictive analysis of archaeological features. A case study from the Etnean region (Sicily)

Title

GIS and remote sensing for post-dictive analysis of archaeological features. A case study from the Etnean region (Sicily)

Creator(s)

Gennaro, Andrea

Candiano, Alessio

Fargione, Gabriele

Mussumeci, Giuseppe

Mangiameli, Michele

Date

2019

Is Part Of

Archeologia e Calcolatori

Volume

30

Pages

309-328

Language

eng

Rights

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

DOI

https://doi.org/10.19282/ac.30.2019.18

URI

https://www.archcalc.cnr.it/journal/articles/1053

Zotero BiDiAr

https://www.zotero.org/groups/5293298/bidiar/items/4IGIZ9LS/item-list

Abstract

This article illustrates the potential of multispectral satellite data for archaeological scope in the volcanic area of Mount Etna (Sicily, Italy). In particular, by adopting a post-dictive approach, GIS and FOSS technology was used to analyse different indices derived from World-View-2 multispectral data. The selected examples (two circular buildings and a wall-structure) illustrate successes and challenges of our method. The results indicate that NIR-1 and RED-EDGE are undoubtedly the most useful, while NDVI and SRI are the best performing indices.