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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

Castro de
Viladonga an Iron Age hillfort in Lugo (Galicia, Spain).
Kite aerial photograph. Canon A570IS, home-made rig, Sutton
FF16 kite.
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Vicente Piorno |
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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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Miron Bogacki
KAP
Ptolemais |
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Du Ciel: 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
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Mark Willis Kite Aerial Photogrammetry

Madera Quemada KAP.
© Mark Willis |
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Archéologie Aérienne |
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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

Tulul adh-Dhahab.
© 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 |
Infra-red and
ultra-violet KAP

St. Ninian's Chapel,
Bute. Inverted, near infra-red
KAP.
Our images in print

Composite near infra-red KAP shot of Rubha Aird a' Mhuile Kelping
Bothies, Uist.
© Jim
Knowles
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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 cop mark (left) and its rendering by NUV wavelengths (right).
©
G. Verhoeven
Journal of Archaeological Science
Volume 37, Issue 4, April 2010, Pages 833-845.
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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

© 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 |