PROSPECCIÓN DE YACIMIENTOS ARQUEOLÓGICOS A TRAVÉS DE ORTOFOTOGRAFIAS DE ALTA DEFINCIÓN Y MODELOS DIGITALES DEL TERRENO REALIZADOS CON UAS: LA NECRÓPOLIS MEGALÍTICA DE HAZA COLORADA (MORELABOR, GRANADA)

Abstract

Digital technologies are improving the accuracy and efficiency of the methodologies and protocols for recording archaeological evidences. This is the case of high-definition orthophotographs and Digital Terrain Models (DTM) that emerge as key tools that improve the archaeological survey. From the use of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAS/drone) for data collection, the advantages of these new methodologies are explored in the case study of the megalithic necropolis of Haza Colorada (Morelabor, Granada). The digital survey of a surface of ca. 60 hectares has allowed to identify and characterize two concentrations of archaeological evidences that consist in mounds, megalithic structures, masonry constructions and structures cut into the rock.