Using information systems and modern technologies to know the reasons for the disappearance of archaeological sites and the extinction of their features

Abstract

This research aims to use modern software technologies (geographic information systems) in the field of Archaeology and to know the problems that lead to archaeological monuments' disappearance based on satellite images. Through the capabilities provided by geographic information systems، a map was drawn representing the places that were used for residences or agriculture، based on a satellite images of the region in the year 2021-2005 source (SASplanet، ESRI\ArcGIS.Imagery) via the Satellite (Landsat7) and another satellite images of the same area In the year 1968، the source (CORONA SITE of the satellite (KH-7 GAMBIT) represents the archaeological areas، on which it relied to know the rate of extinction over the period of time.