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Aerial photographs have fascinated people since the beginning of aviation. Viewed from the air, new perspectives open up and contexts that are not contexts that cannot be seen on the ground. This also applies to archaeology in particular. But not only preserved monuments and excavations can be documented by aerial photography, but also ground interventions by human hands that are no longer recognisable above ground can be seen under certain constellations, which can usually only be detected from the air. This is the task of aerial archaeology. Since the beginning of the 1980s, aerial flights have been systematically carried out in Germany in order to record previously unknown archaeological monuments and thus protect them from uncontrolled destruction by construction measures.
The advent of remote-controlled multicopters and drones at the beginning of this century made the dream of flying come true even for non-pilots. These can be used to create impressive aerial photographs. This page now deals with the use of these multicopters in the field of archaeology, especially in Bavaria. Little by little, information on the technology and equipment of multicopters, on the legal framework, on possible areas of application and on the training of so-called crop marks will be compiled. Of course, many example images are also available.The English version of this website was translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version). The author welcomes any suggestions for improvement.