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Spying on the Ancient World:Spying on the Ancient World:Archaeological Applications of Declassified US Intelligence Archaeological Applications of Declassified US Intelligence
Satellite Photography in the Near EastSatellite Photography in the Near East
Jason UrDepartment of AnthropologyHarvard University
Center for Geographic Analysis Remote Sensing WorkshopHarvard University, 16 February 2007
The CORONA Program 1959-1972
CORONA Mission 1017Launched 25 Feb 1965
CORONA 1039, 11 February 1968
Southern Iraq
CORONA on the USGS EarthExplorer Websitehttp://earthexplorer.usgs.gov
LANDSAT (30m) ASTER (15m) SPOT (10m) CORONA (2m)
Resolution Comparison among four data sources (Tell Beydar, NE Syria)
Tell Brak and its Landscape
CORONA 1102 (Dec 1967) QuickBird (Summer 2004)
Upper Khabur Basin
NorthernAssyria
Mughan Steppe
Hollow Ways at Hamoukar
Capitals of the Neo-Assyrian
Empire
Sennacherib (704-681 BC)
Assyrian Canals above Nineveh
Bandwai Canal
Uskof Canal
Kisiri Canal
Nineveh
Khorsabad
Dam at al-Shallalat
Faida Canal
Wad
i Mila
hKhosr River
Maltai Canal
Cross-WatershedEarthwork
Cross-WatershedEarthwork
Aras (Araxes) R
iver
The Mughan SteppeNW Iran
Ultan Qalasi
Sasanian Fortified Settlements (ca. 300-600 AD)
Qishlaq Qaravol
Sasanian Fortified Settlements (ca. 300-600 AD)
Sasanian Irrigation Networks (ca. 300-600 AD)
Pastoral Nomads of the Shahsevan ConfederacyMughan
Savalan Highlands
Upland Campsites: Site 40
Site 40
Distribution of Shahsevan Campsites
(ca. 1700-1965 AD)
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