Using archival spatial data in the analysis of land use history of the territory of Bulgarian settlements in the PreVolga of Tatarstan

Authors

  • Maxim A. Ivanov Kazan Federal University
  • Halim M. Abdullin Institute of Archaeology named after A. Kh. Khalikov of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences
  • Iskander I. Gainullin Innopolis University
  • Airat M. Gubaidullin Institute of Archaeology named after A. Kh. Khalikov of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences
  • Artur M. Gafurov Kazan Federal University
  • Bulat M. Usmanov Kazan Federal University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18413/2712-7443-2020-44-4-388-403

Keywords:

historical maps, general surveying plans, remote sensing data, land use structure, medieval settlements, anthropogenic impact

Abstract

Historical cartography continues its development in modern Russia. Many recent studies of historical cartography do not always fully fit into the historiographical review. The purpose of the present study is to assess the dynamics of land structure on the territory of the medieval settlement of Volga Bulgaria over a 200-year period. The task of estimating the anthropogenic impact on medieval fortified settlements is being solved based on the results of the study of land structure dynamics for 200-year period within the territory of 9 medieval fortified settlements of Volga Bulgaria. The general surveying plans of the late XVIII – early XIX centuries and Landsat 8 images for the snow-free period 2015–2018 were used as a source of information about land use. Based on the results of archival plans verification and automated space images interpretation the areas and percentage of different types of land use within the 10×10 km buffer zone was calculated. As a result, new data about land use structure and dynamics near cultural heritage objects was obtained, allowing to assess the anthropogenic impact on the considered territory and to estimate the risk of their destruction. A conclusion can be made that historical maps and modern remote sensing data are a valuable source of data allowing qualitative and quantitative analysis of land use structure near cultural heritage monuments. Their combined use, however, is difficult because of their incomparability in scale, detail and quality.

Author Biographies

Maxim A. Ivanov, Kazan Federal University

Candidate of Geographical Sciences, Associate Professor, Department of Landscape Ecology Institute of Ecology and Nature Management of the Kazan Federal University,
Kazan, Russia

Halim M. Abdullin, Institute of Archaeology named after A. Kh. Khalikov of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences

Candidate of Historical Sciences, Senior Researcher of the Information and Editorial Department of the Institute of Archaeology named after A. Kh. Khalikov of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences,
Kazan, Russia

Iskander I. Gainullin, Innopolis University

Analyst of GIS Center of the Innopolis University,
Innopolis, Russia

Airat M. Gubaidullin, Institute of Archaeology named after A. Kh. Khalikov of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences

Doctor of Historical Sciences, Chief Researcher of the Department of Medieval Archeology of the Institute of Archaeology named after A. Kh. Khalikov of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences,
Kazan, Russia

Artur M. Gafurov, Kazan Federal University

Candidate of Geographical Sciences, Assistant of the Department of Landscape Ecology, Institute of Ecology and Nature Management, Kazan Federal University,
Kazan, Russia

Bulat M. Usmanov, Kazan Federal University

Senior Lecturer, Department of Landscape Ecology, Institute of Ecology and Nature Management, Kazan Federal University,
Kazan, Russia

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2021-03-16

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Ivanov, M. A., Abdullin, H. M., Gainullin, I. I., Gubaidullin, A. M., Gafurov, A. M., & Usmanov, B. M. (2021). Using archival spatial data in the analysis of land use history of the territory of Bulgarian settlements in the PreVolga of Tatarstan. Regional Geosystems, 44(4), 388-403. https://doi.org/10.18413/2712-7443-2020-44-4-388-403

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