CUSTOMIZED GIS ENVIRONMENT FOR INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH DATA

During an Archaeological research for the location of buried archaeological remains, a huge amount of data must be evaluated. The data is in a different form and comes from different sources. Cartographic, geophysical, historical and archaeological data etc. must be processed and combined to each other, in order to lead to safe conclusions. In the above mentioned large amount of information, it must be also added the data, which come out from the processing and examination of aerial and satellite images of the under study area. The last is referred to traces of buried structures which are identified in the images. The optimum management, analysis and correlation of the photogrammetric, cartographic, historical, archaeological and geophysical data are feasible only through the use of a Customized GIS Environment.