Drones and Archaeology

Aerial Digital Mapping and Archaeology

• First use was 2011 for Scythian burial grounds in Altai Mountains
• Present the Legal, Ethical and Safe Use of Drones in Archaeological Research
• UChicago, College of Charleston, DePaul
• CU Boulder, Professor Gerardo Gutierrez, Anthropology
  • Full issue Drones in Archaeology, SAA Archaeological Record, March 2016

Terrain mapping:

• Iraq (https://3dr.com/drones-in-archaeology-uav-reveals-ancient-invisible-history/)
  • Drones replacing aerial mapping
• Jordan, 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpxPZcHaBmY
• http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/14/arts/design/drones-are-used-to-patrol-endangered-archaeological-sites.html?_r=0
  • Peru: Luis Jaime Castillo Butters, Peru’s vice minister of cultural heritage
    • Drones and 3d modeling YouTube lecture (1 hour in length): https://www.brown.edu/research/facilities/haffenreffer-museum/events/2016/03/drones-and-3d-modeling-archaeology-luis-jaime-castillo
      • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2PVQsAuw5g
      • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9mzo2y3sCM (In Spanish, 2 hours)