In Slovenia, thermography for archaeological research purposes has not yet been explored in depth.
Worldwide, projects have been carried out in recent years that successfully demonstrated the applicability of this technique and aroused interest in archaeology. In this study, thermography is discussed as one of the remote sensing techniques for the discovery of subterranean archaeological remains. The applicability of this technique is analyzed using the archaeological site of St. Paul above
Vrtovin/ Sv. Pavel nad Vrtovinom as an example. The first part defines the concept of thermography and the context of its scientific application. Due to the specificity of the field, both the functioning of thermal imaging cameras and the influence of the choice of appropriate timing for high quality data collection are examined in detail. The theoretical part concludes with a description of the application of the method studied in cases carried out abroad and with examples of good practice. The following
part deals with an analysis comparing the results of aerothermography and photogrammetry, comparing the number of anthropogenic features captured by each technique. In addition, the results of aerothermography were compared to determine how the timing of mapping affects the number of
'discovered' archaeological remains in the subsurface.
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