High and medium resolution satellite imagery to evaluate late holocene human-environment interactions in arid lands: A case study from the Central Sahara.

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dc.citation.doi10.3390/rs9040351en_ZA
dc.citation.issue4en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBiagetti, S.
dc.contributor.authorMerlo, S.
dc.contributor.authorAdam, E.
dc.contributor.authorLobo, A.
dc.contributor.authorConesa, F.C.
dc.contributor.authorKnight, J.
dc.contributor.authorBekrani, H.
dc.contributor.authorCrema, E.R.
dc.contributor.authorAlcaina-Mateos, J.
dc.contributor.authorMadella, M.
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-06T12:54:04Z
dc.date.available2017-11-06T12:54:04Z
dc.date.issued2017-04
dc.description.abstractWe present preliminary results of an Earth observation approach for the study of past human occupation and landscape reconstruction in the Central Sahara. This region includes a variety of geomorphological features such as palaeo-oases, dried river beds, alluvial fans and upland plateaux whose geomorphological characteristics, in combination with climate changes, have influenced patterns of human dispersal and sociocultural activities during the late Holocene. In this paper, we discuss the use of medium- and high-resolution remotely sensed data for the mapping of anthropogenic features and paleo- and contemporary hydrology and vegetation. In the absence of field inspection in this inaccessible region, we use different remote sensing methods to first identify and classify archaeological features, and then explore the geomorphological factors that might have influenced their spatial distribution.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianEM2017en_ZA
dc.funderMarie S. Curie IEF the Europen Commission, Grant No. 622344en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBiagetti, S. et al. 2017. High and medium resolution satellite imagery to evaluate late holocene human-environment interactions in arid lands: A case study from the Central Sahara. Remote Sensing 9, (4), 1 April 2017, Article number 351.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2072-4292 (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/23385
dc.journal.titleRemote Sensingen_ZA
dc.journal.volume9en_ZA
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherMDPIen_ZA
dc.rights© 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).en_ZA
dc.subjectSaharaen_ZA
dc.subjectLate Holoceneen_ZA
dc.subjectEarth Observationen_ZA
dc.subjectGISen_ZA
dc.subjectHigh-resolution imageryen_ZA
dc.subjectClimate changeen_ZA
dc.subjectGeographic information systemsen_ZA
dc.subjectObservatoriesen_ZA
dc.subjectRemote sensingen_ZA
dc.subjectArchaeological featuresen_ZA
dc.subjectLandscape reconstructionen_ZA
dc.subjectRemotely sensed dataen_ZA
dc.titleHigh and medium resolution satellite imagery to evaluate late holocene human-environment interactions in arid lands: A case study from the Central Sahara.en_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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