Inspecting highland areas: TAHMM program or the development of a multisource procedure for the archaeological survey on the highland areas
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2024
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archaeological survey remote sensing drone geophysics non-invasive methods chemical analysis archaeological survey remote sensing drone geophysics non-invasive methods chemical analysisSujets proches
Pinnacles Orology Ridges, Mountain Ranges, Mountain Mountain ridges Peaks Mountain ranges Mounts (Mountains) Mountain peaks Summits (Mountains) Hills OrographyCiter ce document
Carine Calastrenc et al., « Inspecting highland areas: TAHMM program or the development of a multisource procedure for the archaeological survey on the highland areas », ArchéoSciences, ID : 10670/1.0f3228...
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Until the last thirty years, mountain areas were considered to be unchanging. Their modes of access and management, their evolutionary dynamics and the agro-pastoral practices were perceived as atonic. It took the establishment of a dialogue between the human sciences (archaeology, history, ethnology) and natural sciences (anthracology, palynology) and the insertion of new tools (DGPS – Digital Global Positioning System – and GIS – Geographic Information System) for these territories to be considered differently. Today, mountains are the subject of interdisciplinary questioning that reveals long and complex histories. An essential prerequisite for any archaeological research, prospecting in high mountains presents its own specificities and challenges: limited access, great variability in the perception of infrastructures. The question then arises as to how, in practice, to systematise acquisitions in order to be able to deal with larger territories and to enrich the information in order to detect all the developments that archaeologists are currently missing. Technological advances, the diversification and miniaturisation of sensors, the democratisation of drones and progress in usability now make it possible to think about setting up a new data acquisition, processing and fusion procedure. This is what the TAHMM (Remote Archaeological Sensing in the High and Middle Mountains) research programme has been undertaking since 2018 around four workshop areas located in Occitania and New Aquitaine. By developing a multi-source approach with high spatial, spectral, radiometric and temporal resolution, it aims to optimise the detection of archaeological remains in high altitude environments during the prospecting phase.
