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With its comprehensive coverage and open access, declassified Corona images provide high-resolution images of the Chinese landscape before its recent industrial boom. Its enormous potential for understanding landscape transformations is not fully realized. This paper explores ways to incorporate Corona images into research and education on the archaeology of China. Examples drawn from three locations in the Qufu region are provided to illustrate the dynamic relationships between landscape and society.
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The field research in Qufu is a collaborative effort with the Shandong University, the Shandong Provincial Institute of Archaeology, and UCLA. It is supported by funding from the Henry Luce Foundation for East Asian Archaeology, the Ministry of Education of China 111 Project Grant, the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, and the Faculty Research Grant at UCLA. The Office for Instructional Development at UCLA provided a teaching improvement grant to purchase the Corona images. The W. M. Keck Center for Digital Humanities offered its technological personnel to teach students of effective use of the imaging programs. I would like to thank Michael Harrower, Elaine Sullivan, Rachel Lee, Eric Fries, Fred Limp, Jackson Cothren, Jesse Casana, Luan Fengshi, Fang Hui, Wang Rui, Li Ling, Liu Jianguo, Zhang Li, Carrie Zhou, Stephanie Salwan, and Mandy Chan for their generous help.
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Min, L. (2013). Archaeological Landscapes of China and the Application of Corona Images. In: Mapping Archaeological Landscapes from Space. SpringerBriefs in Archaeology(), vol 5. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6074-9_5
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