Abstract
Archaeology has made significant advances in the last 20 years. This can be seen by the remarkable increase in specialised literature on all archaeology-related disciplines. These advances have made it a science with links to many other sciences, both in the field of experimental sciences and in the use of techniques from other disciplines such as engineering. Within this last issue it is important to highlight the great advance that the use of photogrammetry has brought for archaeology. In this research, through a systematic study with bibliometric techniques, the main institutions and countries that are carrying them out and the main interests of the scientific community in archaeology related to photogrammetry have been identified. The main increase in this field has been observed since 2010, especially the contribution of UAVs that have reduced the cost of photogrammetric flights for reduced areas. The main lines of research in photogrammetry applied to archaeology are close-range photogrammetry, aerial photogrammetry (UAV), cultural heritage, excavation, cameras, GPS, laser scan, and virtual reconstruction including 3D printing.
Highlights
When analyzing the results obtained by the scientific categories in which they are indexed according to Scopus it can be seen, as expected, that it is led by social science (26%), where archaeology studies are partially included
Archaeology should be understood as a multidisciplinary scientific discipline, which uses other scientific fields’ technologies to improve the recording and interpretation of data from archaeological surveys
Photogrammetry is playing an essential role in this context by providing visual information from the photograph at the field level, with the information from the photograph and with metric accuracy
Summary
Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Archaeology is the study of human cultures through the analysis of their material evidence to explain the origin and development of civilizations [1]. Archaeological sites are a valuable source of historical information [2]. The materials found at these sites are usually studied using both physical and chemical methods, from radiocarbon dating to the study of food remains in the earliest pottery [3]. Within this science, specializations such as archaeometallurgy have meant that iron has been a valuable product since the Iron
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