Heritage monitoring and surveillance using Sentinel satellite data in the Lower Alentejo (Portugal)

  • Steffan Davies THEIA
  • Martino Correia THEIA
  • Ricardo Cabral THEIA
Palabras clave: sentinel, teledetección por satélite, monitorización del património, preservación de sitios arqueológicos, NDAI, detección de cambio de índice de amplitud, arqueología

Resumen

Se analiza el potencial de la teledetección satelital para monitoreo a gran escala de sitios arqueológicos. Este análisis se centra en la región portuguesa del Bajo Alentejo, donde se han destruido múltiples sitios en los últimos años debido a la agricultura intensiva. El desarrollo de un sistema de vigilancia basado en datos de las constelaciones de satélites Sentinel 1 y Sentinel 2, SENSEOS, tuvo su aplicación piloto en esta región durante el primer semestre de 2019. En una región donde las autoridades carecían de los recursos adecuados para detectar eventos a tiempo, poniendo en peligro la integridad de los sitios, este sistema intentó superar estos problemas. El uso de radar de apertura sintética (SAR) y datos ópticos permitió detectar eventos a través de una técnica denominada Índice de Diferencia Normalizada de Amplitud (NDAI), identificando cambios en la superficie asociados con eventos destructivos y minimizando la destrucción de los sitios arqueológicos.

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Biografía del autor/a

Steffan Davies, THEIA

Steffan Davies holds a Licentiate degree in Archaeology and a Master’s degree in Archaeology and Territory, with a specialization in Archaeogeography, both by the University of Coimbra (Portugal). He is a researcher in the Centre of Studies in Archaeology, Arts and Heritage Sciences of the University of Coimbra (CEAACP), and is currently working at the Portuguese company THEIA in Research and Development, in fields such as Satellite Remote Sensing, Computer Programming., Virtual Reality and Digital Heritage.

Martino Correia, THEIA

Martino Correia has graduate in “Archaeology and History” by the University of Coimbra (Portugal), with a Master's degree in “Archaeology and Territory” by the same University and a post-graduation in “European Heritage, Digital Media and the Information Society” carried out at the Universities of Coimbra and Salento (Lecce, Italy). He is a researcher in the Centre of Studies in Archaeology, Arts and Heritage Sciences of the University of Coimbra and was an Invited Assistant Professor at the Higher School of Education of Coimbra. He is also co-founder and managing-partner of the company THEIA, which works on the application of digital and technological solution to Archaeology and Cultural Heritage.

Ricardo Cabral, THEIA

Ricardo Cabral holds a Licentiate Degree in Archaeology and History and is currently a PhD Candidate in Archaeology at the University of Coimbra. Between 2010 and 2019 he was an Invited Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Letters of the University of Coimbra. He is currently a researcher at the Centre of Studies in Archaeology, Arts and Heritage Sciences of the University of Coimbra, conducting research in Near Eastern Archaeology, where he coordinates the Kani Shaie Archaeological Project (Iraq) and participates in the Iraq Emergency Heritage Management Training Scheme, a British Museum project. He is also co-founder and managing-partner of the company THEIA, which works on the application of digital and technological solution to Archaeology and Cultural Heritage.

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2020-06-25
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Davies, S., Correia, M., & Cabral, R. (2020). Heritage monitoring and surveillance using Sentinel satellite data in the Lower Alentejo (Portugal). Ge-Conservacion, 17(1), 186-192. https://doi.org/10.37558/gec.v17i1.755
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