Application of the czech landscape research experience in the desert environment to support archaeological study

0356456 - ÚGN 2011 RIV CZ eng J - Journal Article
Kolejka, Jaromír - Misáková, L. - Brůna, V.
Application of the czech landscape research experience in the desert environment to support archaeological study.
Sborník České geografické společnosti. Roč. 115, č. 3 (2010), s. 347-360. ISSN 1210-115X
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z30860518
Keywords : Al-Baharíya * Present landscape map * Western desert * Egypt-natural landscape map
Subject RIV: DE - Earth Magnetism, Geodesy, Geography
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The landscape mapping represents a traditional activity of Czech geographers for more than a century. Czech landscape research and mapping experience supported by remotely sensed data and GIS technique was used in the Al-Baharíya oasis (Egypt, Western Desert) to construct both the map of present landscape with natural and human-made objects, and the reconstruction natural landscape map showing the study area at the approximate time of early settlement. Such products present selected sites, today mostly covered with sandy dunes, where the possibility to find ancient dwelling sites is higher in analogy with sites of present archaeological excavation.
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