Remote Sensing for Late Holocene Archaeology in Central Sahara: A Multi-Scalar Approach

Summary

At the end of the African Humid Period (c. 5000 years ago), the Sahara become dry. Yet, in spite of the onset of current arid conditions, human societies found successful strategies to cope with reduced rainfall and patchy natural resources. Archaeological evidence from the arid Sahara, dated from the last five millennia, can be studied by means of Earth Observation techniques. In this paper, we will present the results of our research from central Sahara, aimed at the remote reconstruction of the geomorphology, environment and archaeology of selected areas. We will focus on multiple-resolution remote sensing based upon multispectral and panchromatic imagery (e.g., Corona, Landsat, ASTER, Worldview) to understand the development of cultural trajectories in arid lands, complementing data collected from previous fieldwork and implementing the knowledge of currently inaccessible areas.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 82nd Annual Meeting, Vancouver, BC (2017)   •
• Earth Observation for Archaeology in Arid Lands

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Abstract Id(s): 15794