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1 Cyprus University of Technology, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Department of Civil Engineering and Geomatics, Remote Sensing and Geo-Environment Laboratory, Cy‐ prus

2 Agricultural Research Institute, Cyprus

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The results presented in this Chapter form part of several research projects as listed below funded from the Cyprus University of Technology and Cyprus Research Promotion Foun‐ dation (CRPF). Diofantos G. Hadjimitsis (DGH) and Giorgos Papadavid (GP) expressed their thanks to Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation of Cyprus for the funding of the PE‐ NEK/ENISX/0308/13 as well to the Cyprus University of Technology for funding the 'Evapo‐ transpiration' internal research project. GP expressed his thanks to the Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation of Cyprus for funding the EPIXIRISIS/PROION/0311/51 project.

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**Chapter 3**

**Remote Sensing for Archaeological Applications:**

Archaeology is defined as the systematic approach for uncovering the human past and its environment. Archaeology involves not only systematic excavations and surveys, but also analysis of the data collected in the field. In a broader term, archaeology is an interdiscipli‐ nary research. Modern studies in archaeology engage a series of other sciences such as geol‐ ogy, information systems, chemistry, statistics, etc. In recent years, remote sensing has received considerable attention since it can assist archaeological research, along with other sciences, in order to extract valuable information to the researchers based only on non-de‐

Remote sensing is the acquisition of information about an object or phenomenon without making any physical contact with the object (Levin, 1999; Parcak, 2009). According to Sabins (1997), remote sensing involves all the methods that allow the use of electromagnetic radia‐ tion in order to identify and detect various phenomena. Based on this definition, many tech‐ niques such as satellite remote sensing, aerial photography, geophysical surveys, ground spectroscopy or even terrestrial laser scanners, are considered as remote sensing techniques

Remote sensing has opened up new horizons and possibilities for archaeology. For exam‐ ple, oblique or vertical aerial photography can detect phenomena on the surface associat‐ ed with subsurface relics, while the use of infrared and thermal electromagnetic radiation can be used in order to detect underground archaeological remains (Bewley et al., 1999; McCauley et al., 1982). Moreover, remote sensing as a non-destructive technique can con‐

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**Management, Documentation and Monitoring**

Diofantos G. Hadjimitsis, Athos Agapiou,

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Apostolos Sarris

**1. Introduction**

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structive and non-contact techniques.

Kyriacos Themistocleous, Dimitrios D. Alexakis and
