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Table of Contents

• Summary
• Table of Contents
• List of Figures

• 1. Overview
  • 1.1 CORONA background
  • 1.2 Acquiring CORONA
  • 1.3 CORONA compared to aerial photographs
  • 1.4 CORONA compared to multispectral satellite imagery
  • 1.5 CORONA compared to commercial satellite imagery
• 2. Correcting Distortions
  • 2.1 Non-rigorous methods
  • 2.2 Orthorectification of CORONA image segments
  • 2.3 Orthorectification of complete CORONA scenes
• 3. A Changing Landscape, a Diminishing Archaeological Record
  • 3.1 Growing cities
    • 3.1.1 Amman, Jordan
    • 3.1.2 Mosul, Iraq
  • 3.2 Disappearing lakes and wetlands
    • 3.2.1 Lake Urmia, Iran
    • 3.2.2 Lake of Antioch, southern Turkey
    • 3.2.3 Marshlands of southern Iraq
  • 3.3 Rising waters
    • 3.3.1 Tabqa Dam, Syria
    • 3.3.2 Ataturk Dam, Turkey
    • 3.3.3 Aswan High Dam, Egypt
  • 3.4 Agricultural intensification
    • 3.4.1 Khuzistan, south-western Iran
    • 3.4.2 Balikh River Valley, Syria and Turkey
    • 3.4.3 Negev Desert, Israel and Egypt
• 4. New Discoveries, New Perspectives
  • 4.1 Archaeological site discovery
    • 4.1.1 Jazireh, eastern Syria
    • 4.1.2 Amuq Valley, Turkey
    • 4.1.3 Qouieq River Valley, northern Syria
  • 4.2 Fortified 'Lower Towns' of the Iron Age
    • 4.2.1 Tell Ta'yinat, southern Turkey
    • 4.2.2 Tell Rifa'at
    • 4.2.3 Diverse city plans
  • 4.3 Ancient roadways of northern Mesopotamia
    • 4.3.1 Tell Brak, eastern Syria
    • 4.3.2 Tell Rifa'at, western Syria
  • 4.4 Roman field systems of the northern Levant
  • 4.5 Ancient canals and waterways
    • 4.5.1 Babylon area, southern Iraq
    • 4.5.2 Khuzistan, south-western Iran
    • 4.5.3 Ghab Basin, Orontes River Valley, western Syria
• 5. CORONA in 3D
  • 5.1 Stereo analysis
    • 5.1.1 Viewing CORONA in stereo
    • 5.1.2 Euphrates River Valley, Syria
    • 5.1.3 Islahiye Plain, southern Turkey
    • 5.1.4 Umm el-Marra and Tell Beydar, Syria
  • 5.2 Extraction of Digital Elevation Models
    • 5.2.1 Methods
    • 5.2.2 Orontes River Valley, Syria
    • 5.2.3 Euphrates River Valley, Syria
    • 5.2.4 Diyala Plains, southern Iraq
    • 5.2.5 Future prospects
• 6. Acknowledgements
• 7. Bibliography

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