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Archaeological and Other Uses of Kites
Incorporating much of the original list kindly provided to us by
Peter Bults
(KAPshop)
See also
Wikipedia - Kites
Archaeologists
- do you have a kite aerial
photo of an archaeological site or historic building?
e-mail John
to add your kite aerial photo
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Sir Henry
Wellcome
© Wellcome Library, London.
Kite aerial photograph taken with the 'kite camera',
at Segadi, Jabel Moya, Sudan.
1913
Published with the
permission of the Wellcome
Library. Other photos are available (1,
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Arthur Batut
La photographie aérienne par cerf-volant
(Published 1890
Paris) |
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R. Thiele
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George Lawrence
(2)
1906 San Francisco
Click on image for larger version.
Wiki Commons. |
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Samuel
Franklin Cody
© IWM
(RAE-O 518) 1908 |
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E. Douglas Archibald
The Story of the Earth's Atmosphere
(Published 1897
page 186) |
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French
KAP Unit WW1
video
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Detection of Archaeological Residues using
remote sensing Techniques
The
DART Project
CC-BY Archaeobobalist
Kite aerial photo: Monthly survey in progress on the
clay site in Cambridgeshire.
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Adam Stanford
Burrough on the Hill, Leicestershire.
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Ness of Brodgar |
Vindolanda, Northumberland.
© Aerial-Cam |
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Susie
Green
© Susie Green
Edinshall Broch,
Berwickshire. |
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Óskar G Sveinbjarnarson
© Óskar G
Sveinbjarnarson
There are numerous links on the net to Oskar's
archaeological KAP.
Here is a the Rhynie Environs Archaeological Project in Aberdeenshire. |
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Alan Hunter Blair
Temple
Wood at Kilmartin, Argyll.
© Alan Hunter Blair |
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Arni Geirsson
Skriðuklaustur in NE Iceland. Excavation
Urriðakot, Iceland. Excavation
© Arni Geirsson |
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Joanna Balcerzak and Michal Pisz
© Arc-Photo |
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Piotr Mądry and Ania
Wdziszewo (N52.02'26''
E16.34'41'') the old
settlement of Lusatian.
© Blue Kite Team |
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Sonnenobservatorium Goseck.
©
Ralf Beutnagel
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Mark Houshold,
Archaeology Department, Durham
University.
The Bell, College Valley, Northumberland NT 90188
28829. © Mark Houshold
Taken with an Olympus Tough 12 from a Sutton FF16 Kite
(AuRiCo Brookes Frame). |
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Ben Gourley, Department of Archaeology, University of York.
Westray, Orkney © Ben Gourley
Burdale, Yorkshire. © Ben Gourley
Stymphalos, Corinthia.
© Ben Gourley |
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François Levalet
Wood fish trap "La Maillard".
© François Levalet |
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An Archaeologist Uses Kite
Aerial Photography
Detail from the montage of Pillistay in the Camaná valley of the far
south coast of Peru, which gives an idea of the high resolution possible.
This quality of stone-by-stone recording of a large archaeological site
would be
difficult and expensive to achieve without KAP.
© 2006, Bruce Owen |
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Stefan Biermeier & Axel Kowalski
Early Medieval Graves.
©
Singularch |
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Miron Bogacki 
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John Schoenfelder
Stóra
Seyla, Iceland.
©
John
Schoenfelder |
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Du Ciel: Thomas Sagory
Shibam, Yemen.
© Thomas Sagory
Oxyrhynchos - El-Bahnasa, Egypt.
© Thomas Sagory |
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Bill Isenberger:
Digital Mapping
KAP
at Al Baleed Archaeological Park in Salalah, Oman.
© Bill Isenberger |
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See also 3D Kite Aerial Photography
CC-BY West Lothian Archaeology
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Mark Willis Kite Aerial Photogrammetry
Madera Quemada KAP.
© Mark Willis |
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Christian Credner
KAP and Archaeology
KAP GeoArt and
Achaeology in Gesotz in the Eifel.
©
Christian Credner |
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Archéo-volant |
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Jochen Reinhard
(2)
Tulul adh-Dhahab.
© Jochen Reinhard
Selinunte Temple, Sicily.
CC-BY
Jochen Reinhard |
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Normandy
WWII |
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Emmanuel
www.photo-cerf-volant.fr
© Emmanuel |
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La Photographie Sous
Cerf-Volant |
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Kite Aerial
Photography in Poland |
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Eyeflight
see also
www.flickr.com/eyeflight.
© Eyeflight |
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Flickr (Forts
from a kite's view) |
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Autumn
Colors of Estonian Peat Bogs |
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KAP in
Denmark |
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Nathan Craig
Three image KAP panorama of the
shell midden
at Choque Ispana, El Paraiso, Huacho, Peru.
Image assembled with Microsoft ICE.
© Nathan
Craig |
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KAP of Easter Island Archaeological Sites |
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Remote sensing techniques to study ahu (monumental ceremonial
platforms) on the island of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) |
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Eric Kieboom
©
Eric Kieboom |
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The Campanile Movie image-based
modeling and rendering techniques (1997)
See also here |
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Exploitation of Small Format KAP for Geospatial Data Acquisition |
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Thermal / near infra-red and
ultra-violet KAP
See also
Photographic Techniques
St. Ninian's Chapel,
Bute. Inverted, near infra-red
KAP.
CC-BY West Lothian Archaeology (images in print)
CC-BY West Lothian Archaeology
Kite aerial thermogram of Cairnpapple
Composite near infra-red KAP shot of Rubha Aird a' Mhuile Kelping
Bothies, Uist.
© Jim
Knowles West Lothian Archaeology Group
CC-BY West Lothian Archaeology
Kite aerial near ultra-violet
image. Brickworks after demolition.
Kite aerial thermogram of a soybean crop by
Larry C. Purcell
© Larry C Purcell
Illustrating variation in irrigation.
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Geert Verhoeven
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Comparison between
a visible frame (A), unprocessed RAW UV image (B) and enhanced UV
photograph (C) of an excavation area. The large dark blob in the upper
right corner of (B) and (C) is the shadow cast by the Helikite. |
©
G. Verhoeven
Comparison between a visible record of
a crop mark (left) and its rendering by NUV wavelengths (right).
©
G. Verhoeven
Journal of Archaeological Science
Volume 37, Issue 4, April 2010, Pages 833-845.
See also
http://lbi.academia.edu/GeertVerhoeven/Papers
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PLOTS
The Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science (PLOTS) is a
community which develops and applies open-source tools to environmental
exploration and investigation. |
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Ross Natural
History Reservation: Six decades of changing land cover and management
documented by aerial photography (pdf) |
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Kite
Photography along the Altyn Tagh Fault (ATF) |
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Professional
Applications Kite Aerial Photography |
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Cholame earthquake geology along the San Andreas fault
(pop-up) |
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Fanny and Anthony
Monteriggioni
© Fanny et Anthony |
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San Andreas Fault
at Wallace Creek |
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Crop Scouting |
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Development of Techniques for Quantification of Cattail Coverage of
Wetland Pools at Cheyenne Bottoms Using Kite Aerial Photography (2) |
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Geological Applications of Kite Aerial Photography |
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Flickr (Aerial
Archaeology)
Roman Furnace - Archaeological Excavations Directed by
Università di
Siena (2
3).
and Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali
© Opaxir |
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Small
Format Aerial Photography: Goemmer Butte, Colorado |
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Hambukol/Letti Basin: Daily life in a
medieval Nubian town and cultural ecology of the surrounding area |
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High-Flying Science, with Strings Attached - research with kites |
Kansas
NASA EPSCoR Rural Resources Cluster
Forest Cover at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas, 1996-2001 |
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High
resolution aerial and field mapping of thermal features in Ragged Hills,
Yellowstone National Park (pdf) |
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Kites in Meteorology |
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Weather kite
over the side of the Scotia, 1902-04 |
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Weather Kites |
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North Kharga Oasis Survey
Project |
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High-resolution spatial analysis of mountain landscapes using a
low-altitude remote sensing approach |
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L'utilisation
scientifique (Historical) |
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Emporia
and Lake Kahola, Lyon and Chase Counties |
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Intelligent Kite Aerial
Photography Platform |
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Prairie Burning
©
J.S. and S.W.
Aber (2001) |
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Southwind
Country Club, Garden City, Kansas (evaluation of turf ) |
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KAP:
Agricultural Applications
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Gathering
atmospheric dynamics data using KITES |
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Atmospheric Research Using Kites: Here We Go Again! (pdf) |
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A low level
wind measurement technique for wind turbine generator siting (2) |
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Antenna-lifting kites |
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Marine Environment |
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Fishing with Kites |
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Kite
Training of Falcons |
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Rapid imagery through kite aerial photography in a complex humanitarian
emergency |
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Overview of Accidents and
Emergency Exercises.
©2008 Harald Prinzler |
lianag.co.uk
