Monumental funerary landscapes of Dhar Tagant (south-eastern Mauritania): Towards ethical satellite remote sensing in the West African Sahel
Monumental funerary landscapes of Dhar Tagant (south-eastern Mauritania): Towards ethical satellite remote sensing in the West African Sahel
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达尔塔甘特（毛里塔尼亚东南部）的纪念性丧葬景观：西非萨赫勒地区迈向道德卫星遥感
DOI：
10.1002/arp.1817
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发表时间：
2021
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Linares Matás G
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作者：
Linares Matás G
对死者的纪念是大多数人类社会普遍存在的一个层面，丧葬习俗的空间层面积极构成了景观中某些地方文化意义的基本要素。在干旱的高地地区，石头建造的丧葬纪念碑的视觉突出，特别有利于通过地面遥感方法进行多标量研究。在本文中，我们使用免费提供的，非常高分辨率（VHR）卫星图像的性质和分布的晚全新世干燥石墓葬古迹在毛里塔尼亚东南部的达尔塔甘特地区。我们将它们与西非萨赫勒地区塞内加尔和马里的纪念性丧葬记录联系起来，探索它们与半干旱环境中其他纪念性丧葬景观的相似性和差异性。伦理考虑和自我反思的态度必须在考古研究的最前沿，我们讨论了遥感研究在非洲丧葬习俗的研究中的伦理问题，以及在实地工作限制的背景下与当地社区进行远程合作的机会和挑战。
The remembrance of the dead is a ubiquitous dimension of most human societies, and the spatial dimension of mortuary practices actively constitutes an essential element of the cultural significance of certain places in the landscape. The visual prominence of stone‐built funerary monuments in dry upland areas is particularly conducive to their multiscalar study through above‐ground remote sensing methods. In this paper, we characterize the nature and distribution of Late Holocene drystone funerary monuments in the Dhar Tagant region of south‐eastern Mauritania using freely available, very high‐resolution (VHR) satellite imagery. We contextualize them in relation to the monumental mortuary records of Senegal and Mali within the West African Sahel, exploring their similarities and differences with other monumental funerary landscapes in semi‐arid environments. Ethical considerations and a self‐reflective attitude must be at the forefront of archaeological research, and we discuss the ethics of remote sensing research in the study of funerary practices in Africa, as well as the opportunities and challenges for remote collaborative engagement with local communities in the context of fieldwork restrictions.