Monitoring & modelling coastal heritage at risk

Observing, modelling and anticipating the evolution of archaeological heritage through spatial imagery and geospatial intelligence

SEMSPAT develops scientific approaches to understand, monitor and document the transformations affecting archaeological sites, particularly in coastal areas exposed to climate change.

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Why this project?

Archaeological sites today face rapid dynamics of transformation.

Climate change

Analysing the effects of coastal transformation on archaeological sites.

Coastal monitoring

Measuring shoreline evolution through spatial imagery.

Archaeological heritage

Documenting and preserving sites exposed to risk.

What SEMSPAT does

Monitoring coastal evolution

Extraction and analysis of shorelines, observation of erosion dynamics.

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Developing digital models

Production of surface and terrain models to document forms and their transformations.

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Crossing spatial and archaeological data

Integration into a GIS alongside historical and environmental data.

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Study areas

SEMSPAT monitors several study areas in France and across the Mediterranean — notably in France, Tunisia and Libya — to analyse coastal evolution and its archaeological sites.

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Methodology & data

A complete processing chain, from data acquisition to delivery of results.

Step 1
Data acquisition
Step 2
Processing and correction
Step 3
Modelling and analysis
Step 4
GIS integration
Step 5
Analysis and delivery

Results & resources

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Maps and visualisations

Case studies

Interim results

Accessible resources

Publications & communications

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Appel à contribution — L’imagerie satellitaire au service du patrimoine culturel
Revue Française de Photogrammétrie et de Télédétection (RFPT), numéro spécial. Résumés de 250 mots avant le 15 octobre 2026, soumission souhaitée le 10 décembre 2026. Contact : rabia-sarah.cheriguene@univ-amu.fr
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Suivi de l’évolution des risques sur le patrimoine archéologique côtier : le cas de l’archipel de Kerkennah, Tunisie
Schörle, K., Diatta, L.S., Drine, A., Seinturier, J., François, P., Bettaieb, S., Lapierre, L. · 3) SCHÖRLE, K., DIATTA, L. S., DRINE, A., SEINTURIER, J., FRANÇOIS, P., BETTAIEB, S., LAPIERRE, L. (2026) Suivi de l’évolution des risques sur le patrimoine archéologique côtier : le cas de l’archipel de Kerkennah, Tunisie. Bull. Mus. Anthropol. Préhis. Monaco, n° 65,
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