期刊名称：ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
印刷版ISSN：2194-9042
电子版ISSN：2194-9050
出版年度：2007
卷号：XXXVI-5/C53
出版社：Copernicus Publications
摘要：Remote-sensing, archaeological field survey and GIS are combined by the Finnish Project SYGIS in the studies of the Euphratesvalley confined by the mountain of Jebel Bishri in Central Syria. Changes in the course of the river channel have causedtransformations in the occupational past and landscape. The alluvial terraces offer evidence of the earliest human impact from theLower Palaeolithic period. Several tells, ancient mounds of towns or villages, have been identified, surveyed and mapped in theregion. Our aim is to study short-term variations of the river channel with satellite images in order to trace some scales and tempo ofthe channel changes that may also have affected the past occupation. Our aim is to find out, how the acquired information can becombined for the purpose of interpreting the archaeological evidence of the past occupation, even the landscape of historical eventsin the area. Satellite images used in this study consists of declassified CORONA satellite photographs from 1966, Landsat MSS(1983), Landsat TM (1990) and ETM (1999 and 2001) images. SPOT images covering the research area are used for mapping tellsand for evidence of the present situation of the river valley. The interpretation of the water areas is based on the cluster analysis andvisual interpretation. The topographic variations of the river channel are visualized using colour coding of DEMs and plots of thecross sections of the river channel. An Aster image from USGS has been used to produce DEM in order to study the cross-section ofthe river valley
