Mapping ancient battlefields in a multi-scalar approach combining drone imagery and geophysical surveys: the roman siege of the oppidum of Cabezo de Alcalá (Azaila, Spain)

Uribe, Paula (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Angás, Jorge ; Romeo, Francisco ; Pérez-Cabello, Fernando (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Santamaria, Diego

Resumen: The archaeology of battlefields has developed its own fieldwork techniques, based on pedestrian survey,aerial photograph analysis, metal detection surveying and, more recently, LiDAR data. Until now, this combination of tools had not included low altitude imagery obtained with drones. Thus, multispectral and thermal data acquired at low altitude with a drone are applied here for the first time, combined with the more usual tools, to identify the remains of an ancient battlefield. The objective of this project has been to map previously unknown remains of the siege of the town of Cabezo de Alcalá de Azaila (Spain) in Romantimes. A multi-scalar approach has applied non-destructive technologies: historical aerial photographs,close-range aerial photography by drone with multispectral sensors, LiDAR data, GIS and metal detection surveying. The combination of these techniques has revealed a complex system of military structures around the oppidum of Cabezo de Alcalá de Azaila, the first time such structures have been found in the Iberian Peninsula and which attest the military destruction of the town. In short, mapping the siege with a drone has enabled a new advance in the research, conservation and dissemination of ancient battlefield cultural heritage

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1016/j.culher.2021.01.013

Año: 2021

Publicado en: Journal of cultural heritage 48 (2021), 11 - 23
ISSN: 1296-2074

Factor impacto JCR: 3.229 (2021)

Categ. JCR: CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL rank: 42 / 87 = 0.483 (2021) - Q2 - T2
Categ. JCR: SPECTROSCOPY rank: 12 / 43 = 0.279 (2021) - Q2 - T1
Categ. JCR: GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY rank: 92 / 202 = 0.455 (2021) - Q2 - T2
Categ. JCR: MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY rank: 202 / 344 = 0.587 (2021) - Q3 - T2

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 6.1 - Economics, Econometrics and Finance (Q1) - Materials Science (Q1)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.722 - Anthropology (Q1) - Archeology (arts and humanities) (Q1) - Conservation (Q1) - Spectroscopy (Q1) - History (Q1) - Materials Science (miscellaneous) (Q1) - Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) (Q1)

Tipo y forma: Article (PostPrint)

Área (Departamento): Área Arqueología (Dpto. Ciencias de la Antigüed.)
Área (Departamento): Área Análisis Geográfico Regi. (Dpto. Geograf. Ordenac.Territ.)