Analysis of structural and textural features of forms of ancient farming and land survey, typical of the territory of Western Crimea based on remote sensing data

Terekhin E.A. (Belgorod, Russian Federation), Smekalova T.N. (Simferopol, Russian Federation)

On the basis of multi-temporal remote sensing data received with an interval of 50 years, a study of ancient forms of farming in the territory of Western Crimea was carried out. The results of quantitative assessment of structural and textural features of ancient farming forms, typical of Western Crimea, are presented. A method of estimating textural features of ancient farming forms, which are located at the site of today's agricultural land is suggested. The method is based on calculating the parameters of texture within the contours of modern farmland, split into cells of a size which let us visually analyze the spatial features of the ancient forms of agriculture. A possibility of spatial transformation of images in order to identify and quantify ancient agricultural forms, which are located in the place of today's agricultural lands, is shown. It was found that the efficiency of the same spatial transformation of satellite images depends on a number of adjustable parameters, which are determined by the geometric features of the analyzed forms of archaeological objects.

Key words: Ancient arable farming, Geoarchaeology, remote sensing, GIS mapping, GIS technology, Western Crimea.

DOI: 10.20874/2071-0437-2016-35-4-170-179

12.12.2016

E.A. Terekhin

Belgorod State National Research University, Pobeda st., 85, Belgorod, 308015, Russian Federation

E-mail: terekhin@bsu.edu.ru

T.N. Smekalolova

Crimean Federal University, prospect Vernadskogo, 4, Simferopol, 295007, Russian Federation

E-mail: tnsmek@mail.ru