M.B. Rajani
My research interests are in Landscape Archaeology and geo-spatial analysis for cultural heritage. I use space/air based remote sensing images for interpreting earth’s surface and subsurface features in order to extract information that enhances our understanding of the archaeology of an area. I use ground truth and GPS survey to complement remote sensing analysis, and integrates spatial information from multiple sources using Geographic Information System (GIS) technologies.
Supervisors: K.Kasturirangan
Supervisors: K.Kasturirangan
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of these different expressions of cultural heritage. For example, heritage object databases that link source, provenance and current location are proving useful in museum contexts, predictive technologies are
being used to fill in partially missing sections of murals/inscriptions
or aid virtual reconstruction of object remains or even something as basic as mapping indigenous processional routes. However, the expression of cultural heritage as immovable cultural property or heritage sites appears to render itself most to analysis through various techniques available under the large umbrella of geospatial technology. This is because of the nature of such heritage – structures are necessarily built in particular geographical and cultural settings,
presumably based on appropriate site selection, the initially planned layout and subsequent additions would have a spatial spread – these factors combined with the locational permanence of the structures
relative to movable property make built heritage well disposed
for geospatial analysis. This review article explores the use and applicability of geospatial technology for the management of built cultural heritage, including its context and environment.
centre of learning from the 5th to the 12th centuries AD. This report describes how modern satellite technology
can augment traditional archaeological efforts to shed light on Nalanda’s past. It is an outcome of a multidisciplinary
research project entitled A study of Nalanda using GIS and remote-sensing, conducted by the author under a Fellowship
awarded by Nalanda University in 2013-2014. A detailed essay is under revision and review for Archives of Asian Art.
of these different expressions of cultural heritage. For example, heritage object databases that link source, provenance and current location are proving useful in museum contexts, predictive technologies are
being used to fill in partially missing sections of murals/inscriptions
or aid virtual reconstruction of object remains or even something as basic as mapping indigenous processional routes. However, the expression of cultural heritage as immovable cultural property or heritage sites appears to render itself most to analysis through various techniques available under the large umbrella of geospatial technology. This is because of the nature of such heritage – structures are necessarily built in particular geographical and cultural settings,
presumably based on appropriate site selection, the initially planned layout and subsequent additions would have a spatial spread – these factors combined with the locational permanence of the structures
relative to movable property make built heritage well disposed
for geospatial analysis. This review article explores the use and applicability of geospatial technology for the management of built cultural heritage, including its context and environment.
centre of learning from the 5th to the 12th centuries AD. This report describes how modern satellite technology
can augment traditional archaeological efforts to shed light on Nalanda’s past. It is an outcome of a multidisciplinary
research project entitled A study of Nalanda using GIS and remote-sensing, conducted by the author under a Fellowship
awarded by Nalanda University in 2013-2014. A detailed essay is under revision and review for Archives of Asian Art.