Bachagha, N. orcid.org/0000-0002-9498-0729, Luo, L., Wang, X. et al. (4 more authors) (2020) Mapping the Roman Water Supply System of the Wadi el Melah Valley in Gafsa, Tunisia, Using Remote Sensing. Sustainability, 12 (2). 567. ISSN: 2071-1050
Abstract
In recent years, very high-resolution satellite remote-sensing tools have been progressively used in archaeological prospecting to acquire information and improve documentation. Satellite remote sensing has also benefited from technical improvements, including better spectral and spatial resolution of sensors, which have facilitated the detection and discovery of unknown archaeological areas. This paper focuses on investigations conducted using multi-spectral satellite remote-sensing data of the ancient canal systems of the Wadi el Melah Valley (WMV) in southern Tunisia. The area used to be part of a huge military defense system along the desert border. This paper describes the use of GeoEye-1 and Ziyuan-3 satellite remote-sensing data to reveal ancient Roman canals, which were part of an advanced hydraulic system devised to capture runoff water and cope with the lack of water in the area. In general, this research provides new information on some essential sections of the Roman walled defense system Limes (Fossatum) in the southern part of the empire, where we study previously undetected sites.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 by the authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Wadi el Melah; archaeological; water supply system; Roman; remote sensing; GIS |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Civil Engineering (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 06 Aug 2025 09:38 |
Last Modified: | 06 Aug 2025 09:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Identification Number: | 10.3390/su12020567 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:230104 |