ARCHEOLOGICKÉ NÁLEZISKÁ NA GOOGLE EARTH

• Autorzy: Ivan Kuzma

Warianty tytułu

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Archaeological sites on Google Earth

• Języki publikacji: SK

Abstrakty

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Possibility to use satellite images has become a great aid for the discovery of new sites especially in recent years. The introduction of Google Earth by Google search engine in 2004 was thus a significant turn in their use by general public. On the one hand the general public welcomed its introduction with enthusiasm on the other hand it faced considerable criticism because it allows getting information about classified military and other strategic objects or territories. A similar situation took place also in archaeology, when publishing of archaeological sites provoked many discussions concerning their safety and protection, though one can say that pros prevail over cons. Google Earth is playing more and more important role in the discovery of new sites, for example, in the territories where even professional archaeologists do not have a possibility to find another way of obtaining aerial images. Thus, the use of Google Earth has already brought excellent results in several parts of the world. It could be said that only in Slovakia it has helped discover several hundreds of new sites and their number is on the increase. The identified facts include a wide scale of excavation sites and features from various periods, from small independent objects up to extensive hill-forts. What was captured on satellite images in fact appears the same as in classic aerial prospection from low flying sports planes. In more cases than during direct prospection they may be recent features or even geological manifestations of various forms, which confirms the inevitability to draw in interpretation first of all on the comparison of the several images. The paper does not aspire to be a detailed presentation of archaeological sites and features (300 sites were selected - http://www.cevnad.sav.sk/aktuality.html#2_1) observable on Google Earth, either already verified or potential. It rather wants to point to possibilities and various obstacles during a search for them. It will be therefore interesting to observe how many of the mentioned sites and features, as well as the other ones, will be clearly marked, after a detailed verification, as archaeological.

Słowa kluczowe

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SATELITE; GOOGLE EARTH; IMAGE; ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES; SLOVAKIA

• Wydawca: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Archaeological Institute
• Czasopismo: Študijné zvesti
• Rocznik: 2013
• Numer: 53
• Strony: 183 - 230

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autor

Ivan Kuzma

• Archeologický ústav SAV, Akademická 2, 949 21 Nitra, Slovak Republic,