MLitt Aerial Photography with Geophysical Survey in Archaeology

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University of Glasgow

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• Academic title
  MLitt Aerial Photography with Geophysical Survey in Archaeology
• Course description
  MLitt: 12 months full-time; 24 months part-time
  PgDip: 9 months full-time; 18 months part-time
  
  Aerial photography is the single most important technique for the discovery of new archaeological sites and the appreciation of their broader landscape setting. Geophysical survey is an increasingly sophisticated non-destructive method of indicating the archaeological potential of sites by revealing plan detail.
  
  This programme is unique: no other university in Europe offers a programme on aerial photography for archaeology. The programme focuses on the principles, methods and applications of aerial photography and geophysical survey in archaeology. It combines expertise in aerial photography, geophysical survey and computing within the Department of Archaeology with expertise in photogrammetry within the Department of Geographical & Earth Sciences, and the practical and professional aerial photographic skills of the staff of the Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS). The strong practical content and work placement provides a highly focused vocational programme and offers very marketable specialist skills for any student wishing to pursue a career in archaeology.
  
  Content
  
  The first part of the programme concentrates on the basic theory, principles and methods of aerial photography and geophysical survey. A period of nine weeks is spent on placement with the RCAHMS in Edinburgh in order to gain practical experience of professional aerial photographic work.  All elements are compulsory.
  
      * The principles and practice of aerial archaeology, including the nature of phenomena, methods of data acquisition, and the principles of photogrammetry.
      * Interpretation and application of aerial data, including interpretation and classification, transcription methods and data handling, applications of aerial photography.
      * Geophysical survey: interpretation and applications, including data, manipulation, interpretation, applications and case studies.
      * Geophysical survey: theory and practice, focusing on the theory and practice of magnetometry, resistivity and other survey methods.
      * Work placement in RCAHMS to experience the major aspects of their practical work, including data acquisition, classification and cataloguing, and curation.
  
  The MLitt dissertation is a sustained piece of scholarly work on a topic to be agreed and is undertaken between May and September.

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