TY - GEN

T1 - Segmentation of Magnetic Anomalies in the Conduct of Archaeological Excavations

AU - Ilinykh, Sofya

AU - Grafeeva, Natalia

AU - Mikhailova, Elena

AU - Egorova, Olga

PY - 2019/1/1

Y1 - 2019/1/1

N2 - 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.

AB - 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.

KW - Archeology

KW - Image segmentation

KW - Magnetometric survey

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UR - http://www.mendeley.com/research/segmentation-magnetic-anomalies-conduct-archaeological-excavations

U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-16181-1_6

DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-16181-1_6

M3 - Conference contribution

AN - SCOPUS:85064884281

SN - 9783030161804

T3 - Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing

SP - 58

EP - 67

BT - New Knowledge in Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1

A2 - Adeli, Hojjat

A2 - Reis, Luís Paulo

A2 - Rocha, Álvaro

A2 - Costanzo, Sandra

PB - Springer Nature

T2 - World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, WorldCIST 2019

Y2 - 16 April 2019 through 19 April 2019

ER -