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The Aerial Reconnaissance Archives: A Global Aerial Photographic Collection

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Recognition of the importance of historic aerial photographs for the ­primary discovery and recording of previously unrecognised archaeological sites, for the documentation of already known sites and for the characterisation of the wider cultural landscape continues to grow. This chapter describes one of the world’s largest collections of historical aerial photographs, The Aerial Reconnaissance Archives (TARA), outlining its contents and potential for archaeologists. Issues of accessibility to TARA and the importance of ‘best practice’ in the use of historic aerial photographs are discussed.

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Our thanks to Otto Braasch, Andreas Buchholz, Pete Horne, Rog Palmer, Robin Standring and Jack Stevenson for their assistance in producing this chapter.

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    David C. Cowley, Lesley M. Ferguson & Allan Williams

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Cowley, D.C., Ferguson, L.M., Williams, A. (2013). The Aerial Reconnaissance Archives: A Global Aerial Photographic Collection. In: Hanson, W., Oltean, I. (eds) Archaeology from Historical Aerial and Satellite Archives. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-4505-0_2

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