ARCH53015: Air Photographs

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• To equip the students with the ability to interpret aerial photographs and record key features onto map or plan formats.

• Lecture/Seminar 1: Introduction: archeological air photography, its history and importance.
• Lecture/Seminar 2: The formation, visibility and survival of crop and soil marks.
• Lecture/Seminar 3: The interpretation and classification of features on archaeological air photos.
• Practical classes (3x2 hours): Instruction and practice in manual and computer methods of transcription and rectification.

Subject-specific Knowledge:

• By the end of the module, students will have gained:
• a critical and discriminating appreciation of the importance of aerial photography for archaeological survey;
• a critical and discriminating understanding of current practice in the profession for the production, storage and interpretation of air photos;
• a critical and discriminating understanding of the main processes that create crop and soil marks;
• a knowledge of the principles and practice of the classification of sites known from air photographs.

Subject-specific Skills:

• By the end of the module, students will have gained:
• the ability to transcribe information from photo map/plan, using both manual and computer techniques.

Key Skills:

• Through an intensive set of lectures, seminars and practical sessions involving library resources, set of air photographs and computer facilities.

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