HEИндивидуална стипендия2023–2025

SIGNATURE · Mapping endangered cultural soilscapes in post-conflict regions through Big Earth Observation Data, artificial intelligence and geoarchaeological signatures

„Хоризонт Европа“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“

Период: 2023-08-01 → 2025-07-31
Финансиране от ЕС: 181 153 €
Участници: 1
Схема: HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF

Линиите свързват координатора с партньорите.

Накратко на български

Културните почви в Леванта, като тези в долината Бекаа, се анализират чрез сателитни данни и изкуствен интелект. Това помага за опазването на застрашените археологически обекти и разбирането на миналото земеделие в региони с политическа нестабилност.

Този кратък обзор е генериран от изкуствен интелект

Кратко обяснение, генерирано от езиков модел по текста на CORDIS. Оригиналът е по-долу.

Резултати накратко

Mapping endangered cultural soilscapes in post-conflict regions through Big Earth Observation Data, artificial intelligence and geoarchaeological signatures

The SIGNATURE project has focused on preserving endangered cultural soilscapes—the long-term human imprint in landscapes—across the Levant, particularly in the fertile alluvial plains of Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley and the southern Jordan River Valley. These landscapes have been shaped by millennia of human activity but face increasing threats from climate change, desertification, erosion, modern agriculture, settlement expansion, and ongoing political instability. SIGNATURE aimed to document, characterise, and protect these fragile heritage sites by combining archaeological legacy data, historical maps, and multi-temporal satellite imagery with geoarchaeological analysis and advanced computational workflows. By investigating anthropogenic soils and landscape changes, the project provides evidence to monitor vulnerable archaeological locations, understand past land-use practices, and inform sustainable heritage management policies.

Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз

Цел на проекта

SIGNATURE aims to investigate the long-term settlement and land use dynamics that shaped the cultural soilscapes of the Levant, with a particular emphasis on revealing new archaeological sites that have been obscured by recent agricultural encroachment and abrupt land disturbances. The study area encompasses the endangered archaeological landscapes of the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon and its adjacent fertile plains between the Litani and Orontes rivers. As an aftermath of the Lebanese Civil War and the long-lasting conflict spillovers that followed, the traditional agronomic landscapes of the Bekaa were severely transformed by agricultural autarky. The scarce initiatives that are set in place to map vulnerable heritage primarily focus on well-known, monumental sites such as the UNESCO complex of Baalbek. Other fragile and less visible archaeological and landscape features such as eroded earthen mounds or tells are largely under-represented. SIGNATURE combines Big Earth Observation Data and geoarchaeological signatures in computational workflows to 1) accurately map and predict the location of anthropogenic soils and landforms, 2) monitor historical and present-day land use trends, and 3) identify acute landscape transformations affecting the preservation of vulnerable archaeological and heritage assets. A key aspect of the project methodology is the integration of multi-source and multi-temporal satellite data in artificial intelligence procedures, coupled with ground and high-resolution soil proxies in advanced geostatistical workflows. SIGNATURE will produce and share a set of comparable data and reproducible tools for the study and management of endangered cultural landscapes, likely to be adapted and implemented by scholars and Cultural Heritage practitioners working in conflict and post-conflict regions.

Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).

Участници

Institut Català d'Arqueologia Clàssica · TarragonaКоординаторИспания