Petan, A., & Hegyi, A. (2023). Freely available LiDAR-derived digital terrain model (DTM) uncovers the heartland of the dacian kingdom. Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, e00292.
Petan, A., & Hegyi, A. (2023). Freely available LiDAR-derived digital terrain model (DTM) uncovers the heartland of the dacian kingdom. Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, e00292.
Petan, A., & Hegyi, A. (2023). Freely available LiDAR-derived digital terrain model (DTM) uncovers the heartland of the dacian kingdom. Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, e00292.
Petan, A., & Hegyi, A. (2023). Freely available LiDAR-derived digital terrain model (DTM) uncovers the heartland of the dacian kingdom. Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, e00292.
Abstract
Throughout history, the unique Dacian landscape has aroused the imagination of many. For decades, researchers have been fascinated by the magnificent structures the Dacians built and how they altered the mountains to their advantage. Dacian sites, despite their grandeur, remain mostly unknown due to their position deep within Romania's vast forests, generally in remote regions and hidden from the naked eye. Ground exploration in densely forested mountain regions is extremely difficult, and even if such campaigns existed, they would be insufficient to provide a comprehensive picture of the Dacian world. The lack of high-resolution remote-sensing data for wide areas made big-scale assessments of the landscape impractical. This is about to change, as new large datasets of LiDAR-derived digital elevation models, covering the entire heart of Dacian world, are now freely available. This paper reports on one of the most recent freely available LiDAR-based high-resolution digital elevation models in Romania, its impact on Romanian mountain archaeology, and how this can shape future research directions in understanding the Dacian landscape.
Keywords
Remote Sensing; Archaeology; Lidar; Dacians; Romania
Subject
Arts and Humanities, Archaeology
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