Academic Catalog

SA527 AERIAL ARCHAEOLOGY

Course Code: 8140527
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 8.0
Department: Settlement Archaeology
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Graduate
Course Coordinator: Lecturer Dr. ARDA ARCASOY
Offered Semester: Spring Semesters.

Course Content

Aerial photograph is a useful and powerful tool to identify natural and/or artificial features existing on the earth's surface. Archaeological information can be easily extracted from aerial photographs both by 3D (stereoscopic) analysis and from scanned photographs on the screen. The main objective of the course is to train students in the interpretation of aerial photographs for the identification of these features.