There are different ways to identify sites for future excavation in archaeology. One of these methods is based on magnetic properties of hidden underground objects and is carried out by means of magnetometric survey. In the pre-selected points the magnetic induction module of geomagnetic field is measured. Then the data is preprocessed (for example, changes in the Earth’s total magnetic field are taken into account). After that, the researchers build a map of the area and estimate the probability that there are objects of archaeological value in the selected area. Based on this map the decision is taken whether it is worth to conduct excavations. However, both useful anomalies caused by the presence of archaeological sites and anomalies of a random nature can be simultaneously presented on the map. Unfortunately, sometimes it is quite difficult for a human to detect with one’s eyes what anomalies are useful in the picture. In this article a process of automatic allocation of segments of archaeological objects is described. For this purpose specific smoothing and adaptive threshold binarization methods as well as clustering algorithms are considered.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNew Knowledge in Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1
EditorsHojjat Adeli, Luís Paulo Reis, Álvaro Rocha, Sandra Costanzo
PublisherSpringer Nature
Pages58-67
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9783030161804
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2019
EventWorld Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, WorldCIST 2019 - Galicia, Spain
Duration: 16 Apr 201919 Apr 2019

Publication series

NameAdvances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume930
ISSN (Print)2194-5357
ISSN (Electronic)2194-5365

Conference

ConferenceWorld Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, WorldCIST 2019
Country/TerritorySpain
CityGalicia
Period16/04/1919/04/19

    Research areas

  • Archeology, Image segmentation, Magnetometric survey

    Scopus subject areas

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Computer Science(all)

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