Utilização e apoio de drone para pesquisa arqueológica: Sítio Arqueológico Facão II, município de Cáceres – MT

Abstract

This present work aims to present data related to the uses of geotechnologies in archaeological projects and their contributions to archeology. In this way, several drone flights were carried out at the Facão II archaeological site, located in the municipality of Cáceres, MT, thus seeking, together with the preventive/contract archeology, to obtain aerial images of structures from the former Facão farm, which is divided in three areas: factory (area I); school and church (area II) and power plant (area III). Not only do we aim to capture these areas, but we also seek a macro view of the area in favor of other structures, such as stone walls, or even anthropic or natural actions that could affect the archaeological heritage. The use of drones in archeology can contribute not only to the generation of images, but also to prior access to a location, displacement in areas of great risk and the development of preventive actions in archeological sites. With the help of computer programs, the drone can obtain a quantity of technical data, generating orthomozaics for the production of cartographic maps of potentialities for archaeology, spatial distribution of resources in a specified area, terrain topography, among others.