中央アジアの高原でUAV-lidarによって追跡された中世の大規模な都市化
Michael D Frachetti1, Jack Berner2, Xiaoyi Liu2,3
1Spatial Analysis, Interpretation & Exploration (SAIE) laboratory, Department of Anthropology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA. frachetti@wustl.edu.
Nature
|October 24, 2024
まとめ
無人航空機 (UAV) による調査は,ウズベキスタンの広大な高空のシルクロード都市センターを明らかにした. この技術は かつては隠されていた 記念碑的な建築をマッピングし 中央アジアの高地コミュニティについて 新たな洞察をもたらしました
科学分野:
- 考古学的地質学
- 考古学における遠隔感知
- シルク・ロードの研究
背景:
- 隠された考古学遺跡の地図作成には 空中レーダーが不可欠です ドローンレーダーは 微妙な特徴を検出する解像度を高めます
- 高度地域は 侵食と堆積により考古学にとって ユニークな課題を提示しますが 歴史的な貿易ルートを理解するには 極めて重要です
研究 の 目的:
- ウズベキスタン南東部のタシュブラクとトゥグンブラクの2つの新発見された考古学遺跡で,無人航空機によるリダール調査の結果を提示する.
- 中世のシルクルートに沿った 高地にある都市部とそのインフラを記録する.
主な方法:
- 高解像度3Dポイントクラウドのデータを取得するために無人航空機のリダール調査を使用しました.
- 非常に高解像度の表面モデリングと半自動の特徴検出を使用しています.
主要な成果:
- トゥーグンブラクの120ヘクタールの記念碑的な要塞と建築物の詳細な地図作成.
- 中央アジア最大の高地都市群の1つを特定した.
- 中世の山岳地域における 広大な都市インフラと技術的生産を明らかにした.
結論:
- UAV-lidar技術は 挑戦的な山岳環境で 隠された考古学遺跡を 効果的に明らかにします
- 発見された遺跡は,シルクロードに沿った,以前は文書化されていない,重要な都市の中心部ネットワークを表しています.
- 発見は,中世のユーラシアの経済と政治的景観における高地住民の役割についての新しい視点を提供します.
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