OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Archaeological Prospection is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
A modified Mask region‐based convolutional neural network approach for the automated detection of archaeological sites on high‐resolution light detection and ranging‐derived digital elevation models i	44
Potential of deep learning segmentation for the extraction of archaeological features from historical map series	42
Exploration and reconstruction of a medieval harbour using hydroacoustics, 3‐D shallow seismic and underwater photogrammetry: A case study from Puck, southern Baltic Sea	21
The aerial panopticon and the ethics of archaeological remote sensing in sacred cultural spaces	21
Ethical considerations for remote sensing and open data in relation to the endangered archaeology in the Middle East and North Africa project	18
New developments in drone‐based automated surface survey: Towards a functional and effective survey system	14
Nuna Nalluyuituq (The Land Remembers): Remembering landscapes and refining methodologies through community‐based remote sensing in the Yukon‐Kuskokwim Delta, Southwest Alaska	14
Applying automated object detection in archaeological practice: A case study from the southern Netherlands	13
The use of LiDAR in reconstructing the pre‐World War II landscapes of abandoned mountain villages in southern Poland	13
Integration of 2D/3D ground penetrating radar and electrical resistivity tomography surveys as enhanced imaging of archaeological ruins: A case study in San El‐Hager (Tanis) site, northeastern Nile De	12
Integrated use of unmanned aerial vehicle photogrammetry and terrestrial laser scanning to support archaeological analysis: The Acropolis of Selinunte case (Sicily, Italy)	11
Investigating ancient agricultural field systems in Sweden from airborne LIDAR data by using convolutional neural network	11
Ethical challenges in the practice of remote sensing and geophysical archaeology	10
An integrated remote sensing approach to Métis archaeology in the Canadian Prairies	8
UAV magnetometer survey in low‐level flight for archaeology: Case study of a Second World War airfield at Ganacker (Lower Bavaria, Germany)	8
Monumental funerary landscapes of Dhar Tagant (south‐eastern Mauritania): Towards ethical satellite remote sensing in the West African Sahel	8
Automated methods for image detection of cultural heritage: Overviews and perspectives	8
High‐resolution airborne Light Detection and Ranging data, ethics and archaeology: Considerations from the northeastern United States	8
Evaluation of the benefits for mapping faint archaeological features by using an ultra‐dense ground‐penetrating‐radar antenna array	7
Revisiting Fara: Comparison of merged prospection results of diverse magnetometers with the earliest excavations in ancient Šuruppak from 120 years ago	7
Saraswati River in northern India (Haryana) and its role in populating the Harappan civilization sites—A study based on remote sensing, sedimentology, and strata chronology	7
Marea/Northern Hawwariya in northern Egypt: Integrated results of non‐invasive and excavation works	7
A methodology for the self‐training and self‐assessing of new GPR practitioners: Measuring diagnostic proficiency illustrated by a case study of a historic African‐American cemetery for unmarked grave	7
FDEM and ERT measurements for archaeological prospections at Nuraghe S'Urachi (West‐Central Sardinia)	7
Virtual cultural landscapes: Geospatial visualizations of past environments	6

Middle Bronze Age cemeteries, ‘double barrows’ and mortuary houses in the Upper Dniester Basin, Western Ukraine: Geophysical prospection and archaeological verification	6
Rock magnetic study of grave infill as a key to understanding magnetic anomalies on burial ground	6
Combining geophysical prospection and core drilling: Reconstruction of a Late Bronze Age copper mine at Prigglitz‐Gasteil in the Eastern Alps (Austria)	5
Potential and limitations of LiDAR altimetry in archaeological survey. Copper Age and Bronze Age settlements in southern Iberia	5
Revealing the paleolandscape features around the archaeological sites in the northern Nile Delta of Egypt using radar satellite imagery and GEE platform	5
A multi‐temporal satellite‐based risk analysis of archaeological sites in Qazvin plain (Iran)	5
Joint interpretation of electrical and seismic data aimed at modelling the foundation soils of the Maredolce monumental complex in Palermo (Italy)	5
An integrated spatial approach to archaeological prospection using GIS and pedestrian survey data at Tell Abu Shusha, Israel	4
3D geometric survey of cultural heritage by UAV in inaccessible coastal or shallow aquatic environments	4
Contributions of ground‐penetrating radar in research of some predynastic and dynastic archaeological sites at the eastern and western banks of the River Nile, Assiut, Egypt	4
Shedding light on the Sudanese Dark Ages: Geophysical research at Old Dongola, a city‐state of the Funj period (16th–19th centuries)	4
Capabilities and limitations of electrical resistivity tomography for mapping and surveying hillfort fortifications	4
The sediment at the end of the tunnel: Geophysical research to locate the Pleistocene entrance of Gruta da Companheira (Algarve, Southern Portugal)	4
Geophysical survey in archaeological context: A review from Cyprus	4
Ground‐penetrating radar analysis of the Drimolen early Pleistocene fossil‐bearing palaeocave, South Africa	4
Ground penetrating radar and electrical resistivity tomography investigations in the southern sector of the Roman Forum: First results on the pre‐Augustan phases of the Basilica Julia	4
Geophysical investigation, in a regional and local mode, at Thorikos Valley, Attica, Greece, trying to answer archaeological questions	4
Practical considerations for shallow submerged archaeological prospection with 3‐D electrical resistivity tomography	4
Ground penetrating radar surveys in the archaeological area of Augusta Bagiennorum: Comparisons between geophysical and archaeological campaigns	4
The roles of macro‐ and micro‐scale geophysical investigations to guide and monitor excavations at a Middle Woodland site in northern Georgia, USA	3
Automated large‐scale mapping and analysis of relict charcoal hearths in Connecticut (USA) using a Deep Learning YOLOv4 framework	3
Ground Penetrating Radar detection of unmarked historic graves at the Fairlawn Cemetery in Stillwater, Oklahoma	3
Frequency Domain Electromagnetic mapping for delineating subsurface structures related to the historical port of Emporiae	3
Comparison of geophysical prospecting and geochemical prospecting at the medieval and modern Cistercian Abbey of Carnoët (Finistère, France)	3
On‐site non‐destructive determination of the remanent magnetization of archaeological finds using field magnetometers	3
Towards better differentiation of archaeological objects based on geomorphometric features of a digital elevation model, the case of the Old Oder Canal	3
Reconstructing the ancient route network in the Thailand–Cambodia borders: A case study of the Angkorian Royal Road	3
Portable gamma ray spectrometry for archaeological prospection: A preliminary investigation at Silchester Roman Town	3
Human‐in‐the‐loop development of spatially adaptive ground point filtering pipelines—An archaeological case study	3
Integrating electrical resistivity tomography and ground‐penetrating radar methods to map archaeological walls near northern Ishtar gate, ancient Babylon city, Iraq	3
The challenges of signal interpretation of burials in ground‐penetrating radar	3
A model of spatial location: New data for the Gor River megalithic landscape (Spain) from LiDAR technology and field survey	3