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Uses of Aerial Photographs in Archaeological Field Work

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

William C. Miller
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Aerial photographs have been widely adopted in geology, physical geography, agriculture, soil conservation, and forestry, but it is surprising to find how rarely they have been thoroughly exploited in archaeology. This may be due to the fact that most of the literature dealing with the subject of aerial photographs and their uses has been directed to other fields, with very little appearing in archaeological literature. Possibly the earliest use of aerial photographs in archaeology is discussed in Crawford's Wessex from the Air (1928), while Reeves's “Aerial Photography and Archaeology” (1936), was probably the first work directed specifically to the American archaeologist. Both works deal more with locating sites from the air and taking aerial pictures of them than with aspects of mapping from aerial photographs or their use in reconnaissance work.

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Research Article
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American Antiquity , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , July 1957 , pp. 46 - 62
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1957

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