Novel Methods and Trending Topics in Landscape Archaeology
A special issue of Land (ISSN 2073-445X). This special issue belongs to the section "Landscape Archaeology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 40
Special Issue Editor
Interests: landscape evolution; geophysical hazards; archaeology; cultural heritage; remote sensing; earth observation; InSAR; landslides; land subsidence; ground instability
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Special Issue, titled “Novel Methods and Trending Topics in Landscape Archaeology”, welcomes positioning, overview, and reflecting research contributions focusing on novel data analysis methods, hot and trending topics related to the key goals of the “Landscape Archaeology” Section of the journal Land. These include the observation, recording, and interpretation of archaeological remains, traces, and sites with respect to the broader context of past human activities and interactions with the environment and landscape.
This thematic volume seeks to feature contributions that tackle one or more of the following trending topics, among others:
- Multi-decadal surveying of human–environment interactions;
- Novel remote sensing methods and high-resolution LiDAR in landscape archaeology;
- Artificial intelligence and machine learning in landscape archaeology;
- Historical landscape mapping and GeoAI in human geography;
- Past and future climate change-driven transformations of ancient landscapes;
- Data mining and big data analytics for (geo)archaeological research;
- Geospatial and geophysical surveying of cultural landscapes.
Feature papers (either original research articles, reviews, or communications) should provide significant pieces of research work, giving insights into current and novel theories, data, methods, and/or new discoveries, delving into key topics of landscape archaeology. As such, these articles are expected to be influential and impactful in their nature.
Expressions of interest to contribute to this Special Issue are warmly recommended and should be addressed to the Guest Editor and the journal team before manuscript submission.
We look forward to receiving your submissions.
Dr. Francesca Cigna
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- remote sensing
- LiDAR
- artificial intelligence
- machine learning
- GeoAI
- climate change-driven transformations
- data mining
- big data analytics
- geospatial and geophysical surveying
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