Geomorphometric Methods for Burial Mound Recognition and Extraction from High-Resolution LiDAR DEMs.

ABSTRACT: Archaeological topography identification from high-resolution DEMs (Digital Elevation Models) is a current method that is used with high success in archaeological prospecting of wide areas. I present a methodology through which burial mounds (tumuli) from LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) DEMS can be identified. This methodology uses geomorphometric and statistical methods to identify with high accuracy burial mound candidates. Peaks, defined as local elevation maxima are found as a first step. In the second step, local convexity watershed segments and their seeds are compared with positions of local peaks and the peaks that correspond or have in vicinity local convexity segments seeds are selected. The local convexity segments that correspond to these selected peaks are further fed to a

SUBMITTER: Niculita M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7070870 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature