This paper examines how aerial photography is used in archaeology in an historical overview that also assesses its pros and cons in 12 pages. Seven sources are cited in the bibliography.
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In order to investigate the value of aerial photography in
archaeology and the limitations to its usage, it would be helpful to take a brief overview of the development of this form of technology with reference to the study of
archaeological sites, the different kinds of aerial photography which may be used and the way in which these can be utilised in conjunction with other forms of archaeological investigation. The
earliest recorded aerial photographs of an archaeological site were taken by an Air Force officer in the early 1900s and were of Stonehenge.
Interest in the possibilities offered by aerial
photography was sparked when military reconnaissance photographers during the First World War recorded sites of archaeological note in the course of their missions, and those airmen who had an interest
in the subject began to look for sites on their own initiative. Initially, it is evident that the way in which aerial photography revealed structures which were not visible at