Aerial archaeology in Spain: historiography and expectations.

Abstract

[EN] This paper has a double objective: to critically revise the Spanish historiography of Aerial Archaeology, marking its late development, and, on the other hand, to establish a base for future national, regional or even local investigations in this field. Both objectives will be brief, but we hope they will motivate those who manage the necessary resources, and those who could acquire the necessary technical capacities to carry out archaeological projects that are science based, or at least, projects helped for this indispensable methodology. Spanish investigators and foreigners should work together to put an end to the paradox that supposes the aerial sureying contempt in a country that offers so excellent weather conditions, vast cultivated fields,1 and large areas without heavily built up urban environments.