A study on archaeological exploration technology and its application by combined utilization of a wide variety of satellite data

2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15H05128
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Cultural assets study and museology
• Research Institution: Tokai University
• Principal Investigator: Etaya Masahiro 東海大学, 情報技術センター, 技術職員 (60398758)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 黄 暁芬 東亜大学, 人間科学部, 教授 (20330722) ; 鶴間 和幸 学習院大学, 文学部, 教授 (50143144) ; 長谷川 奏 早稲田大学, 総合研究機構, 客員上級研究員(研究院客員教授) (80318831)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): MURAMATSU koichi ; FUKUSHIMA megumi
• Research Collaborator: NAKANO ryoshi ; WANG rui ; DUAN yu ; ZHOU yun ; CHONEG cheuklun
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2019-03-31
• Keywords: 遺跡探査 / 衛星データ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

There are some archaeological sites discovered in Egypt by the utilization of a wide variety of satellite data. The same method was applied to areas other than Egypt. As the results, a possible location for the missing east gate of the Qin period describing in "Records of the Grand Historian" was identified, and also a possible tomb of the Red River Basin of Vietnam and a possible ancient port city of the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia were newly discovered. In the exploration of these sites, it is important to understand the ancient environment focusing on waterside environment at the time, and satellite remote sensing data considered to be effective as a tool for that.

Free Research Field

画像情報工学・文化財科学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

古代エジプトの遺跡検出で既に有効性が実証された遺跡探査手法をエジプト以外の地域で実践し、中国、ベトナム、サウジアラビアの各地域の考古学調査で遺跡の有望地点の特定や遺跡発見に成功したことで、同手法の有効性を改めて確認できた。このことで世界各地に存在する未知遺跡の高精度かつ効率的な検出を可能とする科学的根拠にもとづいた遺跡探査手法確立の目処が立った。