Aerial archaeology
Aerial archaeology, the examination of remains from the air, can spot anomalies on the ground and reveal clues as to the presence of buried archaeological sites, some of which cannot be seen by people in the field.
Roger Agache, a French pioneer of aerial archaeology, provides us with insights to understand the landscape and the clues that reveal the sites buried beneath the earth.
The website is divided into four sections – the discipline and its challenges, surveys, tell-tale clues, and discoveries – that provide an introduction to the discipline.
The remarkable discoveries we owe to aerial surveys in Picardy and the North of France are set out in this website illustrated with photographs of unrivalled power and wonderful watercolours by Jean-Claude Blanchet.
The website also includes a biography of Roger Agache and a bibliography. Most of the photographs come from the Agache collection bequeathed to the French state.
Please note
Content from previous website, published in 2001, identical in 2020.