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| Titel |
Space Archaeology: Attribute, Object, Task and Method |
| VerfasserIn |
Xinyuan Wang, Huadong Guo, Lei Luo, Chuansheng Liu |
| Konferenz |
EGU General Assembly 2017
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Artikel
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| Sprache |
en
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| Digitales Dokument |
PDF |
| Erschienen |
In: GRA - Volume 19 (2017) |
| Datensatznummer |
250153542
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 EGU/EGU2017-18538.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| Archaeology takes the material remains of human activity as the research object, and uses
those fragmentary remains to reconstruct the humanistic and natural environment in different
historical periods. Space Archaeology is a new branch of the Archaeology. Its study object is
the humanistic-natural complex including the remains of human activities and living
environments on the earth surface. The research method, space information technologies
applied to this complex, is an innovative process concerning archaeological information
acquisition, interpretation and reconstruction, and to achieve the 3-D dynamic reconstruction
of cultural heritages by constructing the digital cultural-heritage sphere. Space archaeology’s
attribute is highly interdisciplinary linking several areas of natural and social and
humanities. Its task is to reveal the history, characteristics, and patterns of human
activities in the past, as well as to understand the evolutionary processes guiding the
relationship between human and their environment. This paper summarizes six
important aspects of space archaeology and five crucial recommendations for the
establishment and development of this new discipline. The six important aspects are: (1)
technologies and methods for non-destructive detection of archaeological sites; (2) space
technologies for the protection and monitoring of cultural heritages; (3) digital
environmental reconstruction of archaeological sites; (4) spatial data storage and data
mining of cultural heritages; (5) virtual archaeology, digital reproduction and public
information and presentation system; and (6) the construction of scientific platform of
digital cultural-heritage sphere. The five key recommendations for establishing the
discipline of Space Archaeology are: (1) encouraging the full integration of the
strengths of both archaeology and museology with space technology to promote the
development of space technologies’ application for cultural heritages; (2) a new
disciplinary framework for guiding current researches on space technologies for cultural
heritages required; (3) the large cultural heritages desperately need to carrying
out the key problems research of the theory-technology-application integration
to obtain essential and overall scientific understanding of heritages; (4) focusing
planning and implementation of major scientific programs on earth observation
for cultural heritage, including those relevant to the development of theory and
methods, technology combination and applicability, impact assessments and virtual
reconstruction; and (5) taking full advantage of cultural heritages and earth observation
sciences to strengthen space archaeology for improvements and refinements in both
disciplinary practices and theoretical development. Several case studies along the ancient
Silk Road were given to demonstrate the potential benefits of space archaeology. |
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