Op een veelbewoond eiland: een (drone) pilotstudie naar effectieve sitekartering in arctisch Canada

• Published in: Paleo-aktueel
• Main Author: Take, Jelke
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of Groningen Press 2022
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Nunavut
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.21827/pa.32.51-59; https://ugp.rug.nl/Paleo-aktueel/article/download/39355/36330

On a crowded island: A (drone)pilot study to effective site mapping in arctic Canada. As drones offer a flexible and economical method for aerial archaeological data acquirement, the effectiveness of large-scale drone mapping/survey in the Canadian Arctic was tested at the Nunavut archaeological site Uglit. Archaeological research in this part of the world is logistically challenging and economically costly. Therefore, drones offer a relatively simple and inexpensive alternative to traditional surface surveys. Many of the archaeological features at Uglit are apparent in the drone imagery and the acquired data is well-suited for further site analysis. In the future, archaeological mapping of Canadian arctic sites by drones is likely to become a more integrated feature of research projects.