?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Use+of+archival+aerial+photographs+for+archaeological+research+in+the+Arabian+Gulf&rft.creator=Fletcher%2C+RN&rft.creator=Carter%2C+RA&rft.creator=Nesta%2C+F&rft.description=A+valuable+archaeological+and+historical+resource+is+contained+within+recently+declassified+aerial+imagery+from+the+UK%E2%80%99s+Joint+Aerial%0D%0AReconnaissance+Intelligence+Centre+(JARIC)%2C+now+held+at+the+National+Collection+of+Aerial+Photography+in+Edinburgh+(NCAP).%0D%0AA+project+at+UCL-Qatar+has+begun+to+exploit+this+to+acquire+and+research+the+historical+aerial+photography+of+Qatar+and+the+wider%0D%0AGulf+region.+The+JARIC+collection%2C+comprising+perhaps+as+many+as+25+million+photographs+from+British+intelligence+sources+in+the%0D%0Atwentieth+century%2C+mainly+from+Royal+Air+Force+reconnaissance+missions%2C+is+known+to+include+large+quantities+of+aerial+photography%0D%0Afrom+the+Gulf+that+have+never+been+seen+outside+intelligence+circles%2C+dating+from+1939+to+1989.+This+paper+will+demonstrate+how%0D%0Aothers+may+gain+access+to+this+valuable+resource%2C+not+only+for+the+Gulf+but+for+the+entire+MENA+(Middle+East+and+North+Africa)%0D%0Aregion.+We+will+explore+the+research+value+of+these+resources+and+demonstrate+how+they+enrich+our+understanding+of+the+area.+The%0D%0Aarchive+is+likely+to+be+of+equal+value+to+archaeologists+and+historians+of+other+regions.&rft.subject=aerial+photography%2C+remote+sensing%2C+archaeological+survey%2C+landscapes&rft.publisher=Archaeopress&rft.contributor=Van+Rensburg%2C+JJ&rft.contributor=Munt%2C+H&rft.contributor=Power%2C+T&rft.contributor=Starkey%2C+J&rft.date=2018&rft.type=Proceedings+paper&rft.publisher=51st+Meeting+of+the+Seminar+for+Arabian+Studies&rft.language=eng&rft.source=+++++In%3A+Van+Rensburg%2C+JJ+and+Munt%2C+H+and+Power%2C+T+and+Starkey%2C+J%2C+(eds.)+Proceedings+of+the+Seminar+for+Arabian+Studies%2C+Volume+48%2C+2018.++(pp.+pp.+75-82).++Archaeopress%3A+Oxford%2C+UK.+(2018)+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10092590%2F1%2FUse_of_archival_aerial_photographs_for_a%2520%25281%2529.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10092590%2F&rft.rights=open