Geo-archaeology and Visual Concept — A Scientific Synthesis

Abstract

The book Geo-archaeology and Visual Concept — A Scientific Synthesis offers an integrated and up-to-date account of geo-archaeology, the interdisciplinary field that lies at the intersection of the Earth sciences and archaeology and that draws on geology, sedimentology, pedology, geomorphology and paleo-environmental science to reconstruct the physical environment of the human past.The book is organized in fourteen main chapters with a set of technical appendices. The first five chapters cover theoretical foundations and core methods: an introduction to the field, principles of Earth science, field and laboratory methods, dating techniques, and geochemistry with stable isotopes. The four central chapters, which constitute the innovative core of the work, are devoted to visual and digital technologies: satellite remote sensing, airborne lidar, UAV photogrammetry with geographic information systems, and machine learning. The five concluding chapters address specialized and applied topics: site-formation processes, regional case studies, ethics and disciplinary futures, Paleoseismology and Archaeoseismology, and paleoclimatology.The two closing chapters, with particular focus on the Iranian Plateau, reflect the author's direct research areas at the UNESCO Chair on Coastal Geo-Hazard Analysis, Research Institute for Earth Sciences, Geological Survey of Iran. They present numerous Iranian case studies: the Mosha Fault in the Central Alborz, the North Tabriz Fault, the Arg-e Bam citadel after the 2003 earthquake, Persepolis and Tepe Sialk, and the paleoclimate archives of Lake Urmia, Lake Zeribar, Lake Mirabad and the Iranian speleothem network.This Persian summary, of approximately twenty pages, is intended to introduce Persian-speaking readers to the aim, scope, methodology and chapter contents of the main English-language work.A note on methodology: in compiling this book, the author has used artificial intelligence as a drafting, structuring and editorial aid.