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ID17525
NAMEJ Casana
GIVEN NAMESJ
FAMILY NAMECasana
SIGNATURECASANA J
AFFILIATIONSDartmouth College
ORCID0000-0002-4445-1802
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS48
TOTAL CITATIONS375
AUTHOR COUNT48
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2000
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX12
  • Remote Sensing-Based Analysis of Archaeological Site Damage in Syria

    Open Access•J Casana, Jasper A Clayton et al.•ARTICLE•Heritage•2026

    High-resolution, commercially acquired satellite imagery has been shown to be a powerful tool for documentation and analysis of damage to archaeological sites, particularly in conflict zones where ground-based observations are impractical or dangerous. Using this approach, previous investigations have reported widespread looting and other forms of damage to archaeological sites in Syria during the early years of the civil war (2011–2016). Relying…

  • Storied Space

    Open Access•Madeleine Mcleester, Jeff Grignon et al.•ARTICLE•American Antiquity•2026

    Throughout the precolonial era, monumentality in the midcontinent was expressed through a variety of earthen constructions from circular mounds to animal effigies to geometric shapes to depictions of spiritual beings. Here, we describe an example of megalithic monumentality located at the Menominee Reservation in Wisconsin, USA. This archaeological feature uses a mix of the natural geology alongside anthropogenic efforts to depict the Menominee l…

  • Drone-based thermal imaging of subsurface architecture

    Open Access•Paige Paulsen, Carolin Ferwerda et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Archaeological Science…•2026•References: 23

    Thermography is a promising method in arid environments with near surface features. • Thermal imagery reveals settlement plan of Iron Age copper production site Raki 2. • Raki 2′s full plan is substantial and combines dense and dispersed architecture. • Domestic architecture at Raki 2 paralleled at other Iron Age sites. This paper presents thermal imagery of Raki 2, a large Iron Age copper production site near Yanqul, Oman. The site, composed of …

  • Chapter 6. Found field

    Open Access•Madeleine Mcleester, J Casana et al.•ARTICLE•Archeological Papers of the…•2024•References: 13

    Raised garden beds were once among the most common Native American earthworks in eastern North America. Typically located on prime agricultural land, they are now among the rarest. However, previously unrecorded archaeological raised beds can still be uncovered, especially in more marginal agricultural settings. This chapter details the discovery of a previously unrecorded ancestral Native American ridged agricultural field site in Juneau County,…

  • Chapter 1. The state of the field

    Open Access•J Casana, Madeleine Mcleester•ARTICLE•Archeological Papers of the…•2024•References: 20

    Almost 30 years ago, Naomi Miller and Katheryn Gleason edited the influential volume, The Archaeology of Garden and Field , a guide to the identification and interpretation of evidence for past agricultural practice inscribed within the landscape. Here we introduce a new collection of papers that advance both theoretical discourses and methodological approaches to the study of ancient field systems. Contemporary archaeological debates bring new u…

  • Magnetic Gradiometry Survey at the Urban Centre of Türkmen‐Karahöyük (Turkey)

    Open Access•Petra M Creamer, Jonathan Alperstein et al.•ARTICLE•Archaeological Prospection•2024•References: 8

    The understanding of urban centres in the ancient Near East, one of the main regions for investigating the development of cities, has been transformed in recent years through investigations using archaeological geophysical prospection tools. This paper presents results of our recent magnetic gradiometry survey at the large urban site of Türkmen‐Karahöyük (Konya Plain, Turkey) conducted using a SENSYS Magneto MXPDA cart‐based system. Results of th…

  • Cultural and Human Ecological Resilience at Early Bronze Age Bat

    Open Access•Jennifer Swerida, Eli Dollarhide et al.•ARTICLE•Open Quaternary•2024•Cited by: 1•References: 34

    The Bat landscape of northwestern Oman is one of intermittent archaeological remains and varied ecological conditions. The site has been a center for human activity since the Neolithic, most famously attested by the Early Bronze Age tombs, towers, and settlement of the UNESCO World Heritage zone. This paper presents recent research conducted by the Bat Archaeological Project in reconstructing the site’s third millennium BC cultural landscape and …

  • Remote sensing-based evidence of Indus-era irrigation works in Punjab, Pakistan

    Open Access•J Casana, R P Wright•ARTICLE•Water History•2023•Cited by: 1•References: 29

  • Archaeological prospection using WorldView‐3 short‐wave infrared (SWIR) satellite imagery

    Open Access•J Casana, Carolin Ferwerda•ARTICLE•Archaeological Prospection•2023•References: 10

    Geologists have long valued satellite imagery in the short‐wave infrared (SWIR) part of the electromagnetic spectrum (1100–2500 nm) because it can reveal subtle differences in minerology and soil moisture that are otherwise invisible, but the low spatial resolution (20‐30 m) of publicly available SWIR imagery has limited its utility for archaeological investigations. As part of a NASA‐funded research project, this paper presents results of an eff…

  • Multi-sensor drone survey of ancestral agricultural landscapes at Picuris Pueblo, New Mexico

    Open Access•J Casana, Severin Fowles et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Archaeological Science•2023•Cited by: 5•References: 13

  • A wall or a road? A remote sensing-based investigation of fortifications on Rome's eastern frontier

    Open Access•J Casana, David D Goodman et al.•ARTICLE•Antiquity•2023•Cited by: 1•References: 29

    During a pioneering aerial survey of the Near East in the 1920s, Father Antoine Poidebard recorded hundreds of fortified military buildings that traced the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire. Based on their distribution, Poidebard proposed that these forts represented a line of defence against incursions from the east. Utilising declassified images from the CORONA and HEXAGON spy satellite programmes, the authors report on the identification of…

  • Mapping Ancient Architecture via Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle-acquired LiDAR

    M D Mccoy, J Casana et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of the Polynesian Society•2022

    At present there is no systematic record of the size, form or density of architecture at Hawaiian royal centres. We report on the results of a UAV LiDAR survey of one of the best-preserved examples of a royal centre in the archipelago: Hōlualoa Royal Centre, Kona District, Hawai'i Island. The resolution of our data (0.3-0.1 m) is far superior to previous airborne LiDAR surveys (1.0 m); however, several factors, including thick understory vegetati…

  • Intestinal parasitic infection within a wealthy nineteenth century household from rural New England

    Open Access•Theresa E Gildner, J Casana•ARTICLE•Journal of Archaeological Science…•2021•References: 5

  • Exploring archaeological landscapes using drone-acquired lidar

    Open Access•J Casana, Elise Jakoby Laugier et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Archaeological Science…•2021•Cited by: 1•References: 24

  • Reconstructing agro-pastoral practice in the Mesopotamian-Zagros borderlands

    Open Access•Elise Jakoby Laugier, J Casana et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Archaeological Science…•2021•Cited by: 4•References: 75

  • Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle Acquired Lidar for Mapping Monumental Architecture

    Open Access•M D Mccoy, J Casana et al.•ARTICLE•Advances in Archaeological Practice•2021•Cited by: 4•References: 18

    As lidar becomes a regular part of surveying, ground-based platforms (handheld, mobile, and terrestrial lidar) and airborne platforms (piloted aircraft) are being joined by unpiloted aerial vehicle (UAV)–acquired lidar. We present a method for leveraging UAV-acquired lidar data with data collected using different lidar platforms (terrestrial and piloted aircraft), at a range of resolutions (1 to +1,000 points per m 2 ) and geographic scales. We u…

  • Rethinking the Landscape

    Open Access•J Casana•ARTICLE•Annual Review of Anthropology•2021•Cited by: 17•References: 120

    An emerging arena of archaeological research is beginning to deploy remote sensing technologies-including aerial and satellite imagery, digital topographic data, and drone-acquired and terrestrial geophysical data-not only in support of conventional fieldwork but also as an independent means of exploring the archaeological landscape. This article provides a critical review of recent research that relies on an ever-growing arsenal of imagery and i…

  • Finding Fields

    Open Access•Madeleine Mcleester, J Casana•ARTICLE•American Antiquity•2021•Cited by: 5•References: 48

    During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, over 450 precolumbian and historic Indigenous agricultural fields were documented across the state of Wisconsin. Today, the vast majority of these features are generally assumed to have been destroyed. Focusing on the Wisconsin River basin, which has the highest concentration of known archaeological field systems in the Midwest, this study explores the potential of using historical aerial …

  • Global-Scale Archaeological Prospection using Corona Satellite Imagery

    Open Access•J Casana•ARTICLE•Journal of Field Archaeology•2020•Cited by: 11•References: 74

    Declassified CORONA satellite imagery, collected from 1960–1972 as part of the world’s first intelligence satellite program, provides nearly global, high-resolution, stereo imagery that predates many of the land-use changes seen in recent decades, and thus has proven to be an immensely valuable resource for archaeological research. While challenges involved in spatially correcting these unusual panoramic film images has long served as a stumbling…

  • A Council Circle at Etzanoa? Multi-sensor Drone Survey at an Ancestral Wichita Settlement in Southeastern Kansas

    Open Access•J Casana, Elise Jakoby Laugier et al.•ARTICLE•American Antiquity•2020•Cited by: 2•References: 24

    This article presents results of a multi-sensor drone survey at an ancestral Wichita archaeological site in southeastern Kansas, originally recorded in the 1930s and believed by some scholars to be the location of historical 'Etzanoa,' a major settlement reportedly encountered by Spanish conquistador Juan de Oñate in 1601. We used high-resolution, drone-acquired thermal and multispectral (color and near-infrared) imagery, alongside publicly avail…

  • A New Era in Spatial Data Recording

    Open Access•Austin C Hill, Fred Limp et al.•ARTICLE•Advances in Archaeological Practice•2019•Cited by: 8•References: 3

    Archaeologists have long recognized that precise three-dimensional coordinates are critical for recording objects and features across sites and landscapes. Traditionally, for relatively small areas, an optical transit or, more recently, an electronic distance measurement device (EDM) has been used to acquire these three-dimensional points. While effective, such systems have significant limitations in that they require a clear line of site. Real-t…

  • Babylonian Encounters in the Upper Diyala River Valley

    C Glatz, J Casana et al.•ARTICLE•American Journal of Archaeology•2019•Cited by: 3•References: 19

    Kassite Babylonia counts among the great powers of the Late Bronze Age Near East. Its kings exchanged diplomatic letters with the pharaohs of Egypt and held their own against their Assyrian and Elamite neighbors. Babylonia's internal workings, however, remain understood in their outlines only, as do its elite's expansionary ambitions, the degrees to which they may have been realized, and the nature of ensuing imperial encounters. This is especial…

  • Detecting prehistoric landscape features using thermal, multispectral, and historical imagery analysis at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, Illinois

    Open Access•Madeleine Mcleester, J Casana et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Archaeological Science…•2018•Cited by: 11•References: 22

  • Revealing invisible brews

    Open Access•E Perruchini, C Glatz et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Archaeological Science•2018•Cited by: 16•References: 7

  • The Land Behind the Land Behind Baghdad

    Open Access•J Casana, C Glatz•ARTICLE•Iraq•2017

    While the Diyala (Kurdish Sirwan) River Valley is storied in Near Eastern archaeology as home to the Oriental Institute's excavations in the 1930s as well as to Robert McC. Adams’ pioneering archaeological survey, The Land Behind Baghdad , the upper reaches of the river valley remain almost unknown to modern scholarship. Yet this region, at the interface between irrigated lowland Mesopotamia and the Zagros highlands to the north and east, has lon…

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  • Satellite Imagery-Based Analysis of Archaeological Looting in Syria

    J Casana•ARTICLE•Near Eastern Archaeology•2015•Cited by: 47•References: 6

    Most efforts to evaluate the impact of the war in Syria on the country's cultural heritage have struggled with the highly politicized nature of reporting and the total absence of evidence from many regions. As part of ASOR's Cultural Heritage Initiative, this study documents patterns of looting and other forms of damage at more than 1,200 archaeological sites using recent, high-resolution satellite imagery. Analysis focuses on generating quantifi…

  • Archaeological aerial thermography

    Open Access•J Casana, J Kantner et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Archaeological Science•2014•Cited by: 39•References: 8

  • Satellite-Based Monitoring of Looting and Damage to Archaeological Sites in Syria

    J Casana, Mitra Panahipour•ARTICLE•Journal of Eastern Mediterranean…•2014•Cited by: 27•References: 5

    This article presents analysis of recent, high-resolution satellite imagery to document looting and damage to archaeological sites in Syria that have taken place as a consequence of the ongoing civil war. The effort relies on 2012 and 2013 GeoEye and WorldView imagery covering 30 key sites, alongside freely available imagery served on Google Earth and Bing Maps. Results reveal widespread damage to archaeological sites across the country, caused b…

  • Regional-Scale Archaeological Remote Sensing in the Age of Big Data

    Open Access•J Casana•ARTICLE•Advances in Archaeological Practice•2014•Cited by: 22•References: 22

    With the ever expanding quantity of high-resolution aerial and satellite imagery available to archaeologists, numerous researchers have sought to address this “big data” challenge by developing automated methods to aid in the discovery and mapping of archaeological sites and features. This paper reviews several notable efforts to create automated discovery tools, including both spectral and object-based approaches, and highlights the difficulties…

  • Settlement History and Urban Planning at Zincirli Höyük, Southern Turkey

    J Casana, Jason T Hermann•ARTICLE•Journal of Mediterranean…•2010•Cited by: 22

    This paper presents results of geophysical survey at Zincirli Höyük, a 40-hectare site in southern Turkey dating to the early first millennium bc. The site’s lower town offers ideal circumstances for magnetic gradiometry, and survey results from this area, combined with the results of excavations from the 1890s on the central high citadel, now reveal a nearly complete plan of the ancient city. The results therefore present a unique opportunity to…

  • Radial route systems and agro-pastoral strategies in the Fertile Crescent

    Open Access•J Casana•ARTICLE•Journal of Anthropological…•2013•Cited by: 21•References: 47

  • Rethinking the Landscape

    Open Access•J Casana•ARTICLE•Annual Review of Anthropology•2021•Cited by: 17•References: 120

    An emerging arena of archaeological research is beginning to deploy remote sensing technologies-including aerial and satellite imagery, digital topographic data, and drone-acquired and terrestrial geophysical data-not only in support of conventional fieldwork but also as an independent means of exploring the archaeological landscape. This article provides a critical review of recent research that relies on an ever-growing arsenal of imagery and i…

  • Revealing invisible brews

    Open Access•E Perruchini, C Glatz et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Archaeological Science•2018•Cited by: 16•References: 7

  • Settlement history in the eastern Rub al‐Khali

    Open Access•J Casana, Jason T Herrmann et al.•ARTICLE•Arabian archaeology and epigraphy•2009•Cited by: 15•References: 10

    Regional archaeological survey in desert areas of Dubai, U.A.E., has identified numerous archaeological sites in this rapidly changing landscape. Subsurface geophysical surveys have been undertaken in concert with surface collection and test excavation to document the extent and chronology of each site. Contrary to expectations that deserts were permanently abandoned following the end of the mid‐Holocene pluvial phase around 4000 BC, two sites, A…

  • Structural Transformations in Settlement Systems of the Northern Levant

    J Casana•ARTICLE•American Journal of Archaeology•2007•Cited by: 15

    Based on archaeological survey evidence from the Amuq Valley (Turkey), this article explores the settlement history of the northern Levant, describing changes in the structural organization of settlement over time. While most of the earliest sites in the region are small and short-lived, beginning ca. 3000 B.C.E., settlement became concentrated at about 100 nucleated tell sites located exclusively in lowland plains and river valleys. These towns …

  • Archaeological Aerial Thermography in Theory and Practice

    Open Access•J Casana, Adam Wiewel et al.•ARTICLE•Advances in Archaeological Practice•2017•Cited by: 14•References: 21

    While a long history of experimental data shows that aerial thermal images can reveal a wide range of both surface and subsurface archaeological features, technological hurdles have largely prevented more widespread use of this promising prospecting method. However, recent advances in the sophistication of thermal cameras, the reliability of commercial drones, and the growing power of photogrammetric software packages are revolutionizing archaeol…

  • Stereo analysis, DEM extraction and orthorectification of Corona satellite imagery

    Open Access•J Casana, Jackson Cothren•ARTICLE•Antiquity•2008•Cited by: 14•References: 21

    CORONA satellite imagery, preserving an account of the earth's surface from 40 years ago, is a most important archaeological survey tool and we have often sung its praises. Here the authors use new procedures to extend the competence and revelations of CORONA even further. Stereo pairs derived from images taken from fore and aft of the satellite give three dimensional images of landscapes and even individual sites. Techniques of modelling and rec…

  • Global-Scale Archaeological Prospection using Corona Satellite Imagery

    Open Access•J Casana•ARTICLE•Journal of Field Archaeology•2020•Cited by: 11•References: 74

    Declassified CORONA satellite imagery, collected from 1960–1972 as part of the world’s first intelligence satellite program, provides nearly global, high-resolution, stereo imagery that predates many of the land-use changes seen in recent decades, and thus has proven to be an immensely valuable resource for archaeological research. While challenges involved in spatially correcting these unusual panoramic film images has long served as a stumbling…

  • Detecting prehistoric landscape features using thermal, multispectral, and historical imagery analysis at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, Illinois

    Open Access•Madeleine Mcleester, J Casana et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Archaeological Science…•2018•Cited by: 11•References: 22

  • A sequence of inland desert settlement in the Oman peninsula

    Open Access•Jason T Herrmann, J Casana et al.•ARTICLE•Arabian archaeology and epigraphy•2012•Cited by: 11•References: 13

    The 2008–2009 excavations conducted by the Dubai Desert Survey at Saruq al‐Hadid, Dubai, have transformed our interpretation of the site from an Iron Age bronze production centre to a site with multiple occupations over the course of more than three millennia; they underline the importance of this site for understanding land use and settlement patterns in the deserts of the Oman peninsula. Saruq al‐Hadid probably began as an oasis site where noma…

  • Swords into Ploughshares

    Open Access•J Casana, Jackson Cothren et al.•ARTICLE•Internet Archaeology•2012•Cited by: 10•References: 9

    Since their declassification in 1995, CORONA satellite images collected by the United States military from 1960-1972 have proved to be an invaluable resource in the archaeology of the Near East. Because CORONA images pre-date the widespread construction of reservoirs, urban expansion, and agricultural intensification the region has undergone in recent decades, these high-resolution, stereo images preserve a picture of archaeological sites and lan…

  • Tell Kurdu Excavations 1999

    K Aslihan Yener, K Aslıhan Yener et al.•ARTICLE•Anatolica•2000•Cited by: 9

  • A New Era in Spatial Data Recording

    Open Access•Austin C Hill, Fred Limp et al.•ARTICLE•Advances in Archaeological Practice•2019•Cited by: 8•References: 3

    Archaeologists have long recognized that precise three-dimensional coordinates are critical for recording objects and features across sites and landscapes. Traditionally, for relatively small areas, an optical transit or, more recently, an electronic distance measurement device (EDM) has been used to acquire these three-dimensional points. While effective, such systems have significant limitations in that they require a clear line of site. Real-t…

  • Deep subsurface geophysical prospection at Tell Qarqur, Syria

    Open Access•J Casana, Jason T Herrmann et al.•ARTICLE•Archaeological Prospection•2008•Cited by: 7•References: 6

    This paper presents results of recent archaeo‐geophysical investigations utilizing low‐frequency ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) and electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) at the site of Tell Qarqur in western Syria. Like many major tell sites in the Near East, Tell Qarqur possesses archaeological strata more than 30 m in depth and was nearly continuously occupied for 10 000 years. The sheer scale and complexity of tell sites has rendered traditi…

  • Multi-sensor drone survey of ancestral agricultural landscapes at Picuris Pueblo, New Mexico

    Open Access•J Casana, Severin Fowles et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Archaeological Science•2023•Cited by: 5•References: 13

  • Finding Fields

    Open Access•Madeleine Mcleester, J Casana•ARTICLE•American Antiquity•2021•Cited by: 5•References: 48

    During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, over 450 precolumbian and historic Indigenous agricultural fields were documented across the state of Wisconsin. Today, the vast majority of these features are generally assumed to have been destroyed. Focusing on the Wisconsin River basin, which has the highest concentration of known archaeological field systems in the Midwest, this study explores the potential of using historical aerial …

  • New Approaches to Spatial Archaeometry

    J Casana•ARTICLE•Near Eastern Archaeology•2014•Cited by: 5•References: 13

    This paper reviews key recent developments in geospatial technologies and their archaeological applications, an emerging area of research that can be termed “spatial archaeometry.” I focus on three areas: 1) regional-scale satellite remote sensing of archaeological landscapes, 2) kite, balloon, and drone-based low-altitude aerial imaging, and 3) innovative approaches to archaeological geophysics at complex Near Eastern sites. Far from being simpl…

  • Reconstructing agro-pastoral practice in the Mesopotamian-Zagros borderlands

    Open Access•Elise Jakoby Laugier, J Casana et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Archaeological Science…•2021•Cited by: 4•References: 75

  • Unpiloted Aerial Vehicle Acquired Lidar for Mapping Monumental Architecture

    Open Access•M D Mccoy, J Casana et al.•ARTICLE•Advances in Archaeological Practice•2021•Cited by: 4•References: 18

    As lidar becomes a regular part of surveying, ground-based platforms (handheld, mobile, and terrestrial lidar) and airborne platforms (piloted aircraft) are being joined by unpiloted aerial vehicle (UAV)–acquired lidar. We present a method for leveraging UAV-acquired lidar data with data collected using different lidar platforms (terrestrial and piloted aircraft), at a range of resolutions (1 to +1,000 points per m 2 ) and geographic scales. We u…

  • Babylonian Encounters in the Upper Diyala River Valley

    C Glatz, J Casana et al.•ARTICLE•American Journal of Archaeology•2019•Cited by: 3•References: 19

    Kassite Babylonia counts among the great powers of the Late Bronze Age Near East. Its kings exchanged diplomatic letters with the pharaohs of Egypt and held their own against their Assyrian and Elamite neighbors. Babylonia's internal workings, however, remain understood in their outlines only, as do its elite's expansionary ambitions, the degrees to which they may have been realized, and the nature of ensuing imperial encounters. This is especial…

  • Tell Kurdu Excavations 1999

    K Aslihan Yener, K Aslıhan Yener et al.•ARTICLE•Anatolica•2000•Cited by: 9

  • Andrew Petersen. The Towns of Palestine under Muslim Rule, AD 600-1600 (BAR International Series 1381). xii+243 pages, 63 figures, 44 plates, 30 tables. 2005. Oxford

    Open Access•J Casana•ARTICLE•Antiquity•2006

    Andrew Petersen. The Towns of Palestine under Muslim Rule, AD 600-1600 (BAR International Series 1381). xii+243 pages, 63 figures, 44 plates, 30 tables. 2005. Oxford: Archaeopress; 1-84171-821-1 paperback. - Volume 80 Issue 310

  • Structural Transformations in Settlement Systems of the Northern Levant

    J Casana•ARTICLE•American Journal of Archaeology•2007•Cited by: 15

    Based on archaeological survey evidence from the Amuq Valley (Turkey), this article explores the settlement history of the northern Levant, describing changes in the structural organization of settlement over time. While most of the earliest sites in the region are small and short-lived, beginning ca. 3000 B.C.E., settlement became concentrated at about 100 nucleated tell sites located exclusively in lowland plains and river valleys. These towns …

  • Deep subsurface geophysical prospection at Tell Qarqur, Syria

    Open Access•J Casana, Jason T Herrmann et al.•ARTICLE•Archaeological Prospection•2008•Cited by: 7•References: 6

    This paper presents results of recent archaeo‐geophysical investigations utilizing low‐frequency ground‐penetrating radar (GPR) and electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) at the site of Tell Qarqur in western Syria. Like many major tell sites in the Near East, Tell Qarqur possesses archaeological strata more than 30 m in depth and was nearly continuously occupied for 10 000 years. The sheer scale and complexity of tell sites has rendered traditi…

  • Stereo analysis, DEM extraction and orthorectification of Corona satellite imagery

    Open Access•J Casana, Jackson Cothren•ARTICLE•Antiquity•2008•Cited by: 14•References: 21

    CORONA satellite imagery, preserving an account of the earth's surface from 40 years ago, is a most important archaeological survey tool and we have often sung its praises. Here the authors use new procedures to extend the competence and revelations of CORONA even further. Stereo pairs derived from images taken from fore and aft of the satellite give three dimensional images of landscapes and even individual sites. Techniques of modelling and rec…

  • Alalakh and the Archaeological Landscape of Mukish

    J Casana•ARTICLE•Bulletin of the American Schools…•2009

    The cuneiform archives unearthed at Tell Atchana, the ancient city of Alalakh, are a rich source of information regarding the history, politics, and economy of the northern Levant during the Late Bronze Age. Analysis of regional archaeological survey data from the city's hinterland, the Amuq Valley of southern Turkey, now provides a good picture of the organization and distribution of settlement when the Alalakh archives were written. This study …

  • Settlement history in the eastern Rub al‐Khali

    Open Access•J Casana, Jason T Herrmann et al.•ARTICLE•Arabian archaeology and epigraphy•2009•Cited by: 15•References: 10

    Regional archaeological survey in desert areas of Dubai, U.A.E., has identified numerous archaeological sites in this rapidly changing landscape. Subsurface geophysical surveys have been undertaken in concert with surface collection and test excavation to document the extent and chronology of each site. Contrary to expectations that deserts were permanently abandoned following the end of the mid‐Holocene pluvial phase around 4000 BC, two sites, A…

  • Settlement History and Urban Planning at Zincirli Höyük, Southern Turkey

    J Casana, Jason T Hermann•ARTICLE•Journal of Mediterranean…•2010•Cited by: 22

    This paper presents results of geophysical survey at Zincirli Höyük, a 40-hectare site in southern Turkey dating to the early first millennium bc. The site’s lower town offers ideal circumstances for magnetic gradiometry, and survey results from this area, combined with the results of excavations from the 1890s on the central high citadel, now reveal a nearly complete plan of the ancient city. The results therefore present a unique opportunity to…

  • Swords into Ploughshares

    Open Access•J Casana, Jackson Cothren et al.•ARTICLE•Internet Archaeology•2012•Cited by: 10•References: 9

    Since their declassification in 1995, CORONA satellite images collected by the United States military from 1960-1972 have proved to be an invaluable resource in the archaeology of the Near East. Because CORONA images pre-date the widespread construction of reservoirs, urban expansion, and agricultural intensification the region has undergone in recent decades, these high-resolution, stereo images preserve a picture of archaeological sites and lan…

  • A sequence of inland desert settlement in the Oman peninsula

    Open Access•Jason T Herrmann, J Casana et al.•ARTICLE•Arabian archaeology and epigraphy•2012•Cited by: 11•References: 13

    The 2008–2009 excavations conducted by the Dubai Desert Survey at Saruq al‐Hadid, Dubai, have transformed our interpretation of the site from an Iron Age bronze production centre to a site with multiple occupations over the course of more than three millennia; they underline the importance of this site for understanding land use and settlement patterns in the deserts of the Oman peninsula. Saruq al‐Hadid probably began as an oasis site where noma…

  • Settlement, Territory, and the Political Landscape of Late Bronze Age Polities in the Northern Levant

    Open Access•J Casana•ARTICLE•Archeological Papers of the…•2012•Cited by: 3•References: 30

    By bringing together analysis of cuneiform texts and archaeological settlement data, I offer new perspectives on the spatial and territorial dimensions of polities in the northern Levant during the mid to late second millennium B.C.E. Settlement data suggest that a highly nucleated pattern of occupation at tell sites remained dominant and remarkably stable throughout the period, perhaps driven by hierarchically organized systems of land rights. I…

  • Radial route systems and agro-pastoral strategies in the Fertile Crescent

    Open Access•J Casana•ARTICLE•Journal of Anthropological…•2013•Cited by: 21•References: 47

  • Landscapes of tells in the Near East and beyond - Jason Ur. Tell Hamoukar, volume 1. Urbanism and cultural landscapes in northeastern Syria

    Open Access•J Casana•ARTICLE•Antiquity•2014

    Landscapes of tells in the Near East and beyond - Jason Ur. Tell Hamoukar, volume 1. Urbanism and cultural landscapes in northeastern Syria: the Tell Hamoukar survey, 1999–2001 (Oriental Institute Publications 137). lxi+384 pages, 210 illustrations, 74 tables. 2010. Chicago (IL): Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago; 978-1-885923-73-8 hardback £ 56 & $75. Available at: http://oi.uchicago.edu/research/pubs/catalog/oip/oip137.html - Paol…

  • Regional-Scale Archaeological Remote Sensing in the Age of Big Data

    Open Access•J Casana•ARTICLE•Advances in Archaeological Practice•2014•Cited by: 22•References: 22

    With the ever expanding quantity of high-resolution aerial and satellite imagery available to archaeologists, numerous researchers have sought to address this “big data” challenge by developing automated methods to aid in the discovery and mapping of archaeological sites and features. This paper reviews several notable efforts to create automated discovery tools, including both spectral and object-based approaches, and highlights the difficulties…

  • Satellite-Based Monitoring of Looting and Damage to Archaeological Sites in Syria

    J Casana, Mitra Panahipour•ARTICLE•Journal of Eastern Mediterranean…•2014•Cited by: 27•References: 5

    This article presents analysis of recent, high-resolution satellite imagery to document looting and damage to archaeological sites in Syria that have taken place as a consequence of the ongoing civil war. The effort relies on 2012 and 2013 GeoEye and WorldView imagery covering 30 key sites, alongside freely available imagery served on Google Earth and Bing Maps. Results reveal widespread damage to archaeological sites across the country, caused b…

  • Archaeological aerial thermography

    Open Access•J Casana, J Kantner et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Archaeological Science•2014•Cited by: 39•References: 8

  • The Late Roman Landscape of the Northern L evant

    Open Access•J Casana•ARTICLE•Oxford Journal of Archaeology•2014•Cited by: 1•References: 34

    This paper presents a review and synthesis of archaeological surveys in western S yria and southern T urkey, alongside finds from recent excavations at T ell Q arqur, S yria, revealing regional patterns of late Roman settlement and land use in the lower Orontes River Valley. Survey data show that the late Roman period witnessed a peak in settlement density, with the extension of occupation into previously unoccupied areas and widespread agricultu…

  • New Approaches to Spatial Archaeometry

    J Casana•ARTICLE•Near Eastern Archaeology•2014•Cited by: 5•References: 13

    This paper reviews key recent developments in geospatial technologies and their archaeological applications, an emerging area of research that can be termed “spatial archaeometry.” I focus on three areas: 1) regional-scale satellite remote sensing of archaeological landscapes, 2) kite, balloon, and drone-based low-altitude aerial imaging, and 3) innovative approaches to archaeological geophysics at complex Near Eastern sites. Far from being simpl…

  • Satellite Imagery-Based Analysis of Archaeological Looting in Syria

    J Casana•ARTICLE•Near Eastern Archaeology•2015•Cited by: 47•References: 6

    Most efforts to evaluate the impact of the war in Syria on the country's cultural heritage have struggled with the highly politicized nature of reporting and the total absence of evidence from many regions. As part of ASOR's Cultural Heritage Initiative, this study documents patterns of looting and other forms of damage at more than 1,200 archaeological sites using recent, high-resolution satellite imagery. Analysis focuses on generating quantifi…

  • Of highland-lowland borderlands

    Open Access•C Glatz, J Casana•ARTICLE•Journal of Anthropological…•2016

  • A new use for old photos

    Andrew J Clark, J Casana•ARTICLE•Plains Anthropologist•2016•Cited by: 3•References: 18

    The Flood Control Act of 1944 and the Pick-Sloan Plan1 were intended to provide flood relief and reliable sources of hydropower and irrigation water for the Missouri River Basin. Construction of th

  • The Land Behind the Land Behind Baghdad

    Open Access•J Casana, C Glatz•ARTICLE•Iraq•2017

    While the Diyala (Kurdish Sirwan) River Valley is storied in Near Eastern archaeology as home to the Oriental Institute's excavations in the 1930s as well as to Robert McC. Adams’ pioneering archaeological survey, The Land Behind Baghdad , the upper reaches of the river valley remain almost unknown to modern scholarship. Yet this region, at the interface between irrigated lowland Mesopotamia and the Zagros highlands to the north and east, has lon…

  • Satellite imagery-based monitoring of archaeological site damage in the Syrian civil war

    Open Access•J Casana, Elise Jakoby Laugier et al.•ARTICLE•PLoS ONE•2017

    Since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011, the rich archaeological heritage of Syria and northern Iraq has faced severe threats, including looting, combat-related damage, and intentional demolition of monuments. However, the inaccessibility of the conflict zone to archaeologists or cultural heritage specialists has made it difficult to produce accurate damage assessments, impeding efforts to develop mitigation strategies and policies. This …

  • Archaeological Aerial Thermography in Theory and Practice

    Open Access•J Casana, Adam Wiewel et al.•ARTICLE•Advances in Archaeological Practice•2017•Cited by: 14•References: 21

    While a long history of experimental data shows that aerial thermal images can reveal a wide range of both surface and subsurface archaeological features, technological hurdles have largely prevented more widespread use of this promising prospecting method. However, recent advances in the sophistication of thermal cameras, the reliability of commercial drones, and the growing power of photogrammetric software packages are revolutionizing archaeol…

  • Detecting prehistoric landscape features using thermal, multispectral, and historical imagery analysis at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, Illinois

    Open Access•Madeleine Mcleester, J Casana et al.•ARTICLE•Journal of Archaeological Science…•2018•Cited by: 11•References: 22

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