文档介绍：Remote Sensing
in Archaeology
Remote Sensing
in Archaeology
An Explicitly North American Perspective
Edited by
Jay K. Johnson
The University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa
Published for The Center for Archaeological Research at
the University of Mississippi,
the University of Mississippi Geoinformatics Center, and
NASA Earth Science Applications Directorate at the Stennis Space Center
Copyright © 2006
Th e University of Alabama Press
Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0380
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Remote sensing in archaeology : an explicitly North American perspective / edited by
Jay K. Johnson.
p. cm.
Based on presentations made at a workshop held in Biloxi, Miss., in 2002, preced-
ing the annual meeting of the Southeastern Archaeological Conference.
“Published for the Center for Archaeological Research at the Universtiy of Missis-
sippi, the University of Mississippi Geoinformatics Center, and NASA Earth Sciences
Application Directorate at the Stennis Space Center.”
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN-13: 978-0-8173-5343-8 (alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 0-8173-5343-7 (alk. paper)
1. Archaeology--Remote sensing. 2. Archaeology--North America--Remote sensing.
3. Indians of North America--Antiquities--Remote sensing. 4. Excavations (Archaeol-
ogy)--North America. 5. North America--Antiquities--Remote sensing. I. Johnson,
Jay K. II. University of Mississippi. Center for Archaeological Research.
2006
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2005054863
For Anne
Contents
List of Figures ix
List of Tables xv
Acknowledgments xvii
1. Introduction 1
Jay K. Johnson
2. Th e Current and Pot