ABSTRACT
It has long been appreciated that views from the air give a dramatically new perspective to what is seen from the ground. As a tool for archaeology, aerial photography was developed from military reconnaissance during the First World War. Its growth since then has been phenomenal as the processes and conditions responsible for good results have become better understood and expertise in interpretation has developed (Wilson 1982). Aerial archaeologists are now established as a specialist group and it is inconceivable that any major archaeological project involving sites and landscapes would proceed without recourse to aerial photographs (APs) (Bewley 1993).
