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was due to his observation and recording of what was revealed by relief in raking light and as the change in seasons and rainfall patterns altered vegetation cover, which was often densest where covered-over excavations had held moisture.
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he left to become an engineer as a civilian, and worked for Humphreys and Sons, consulting engineers as a waterworks engineer on the East Coast of Africa, before becoming a manager of his father's company.
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Hartwig, L. (1986). Historic Logging Site Detection in the Chequamegon National Forest with Air Photo Reading. (n.p.): University of Wisconsin—Madison, p.18
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He took about 2000 photographs, mostly oblique, taken from an altitude of only 300–450 metres, a contribution that enabled interpretation by
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Remote Sensing of Human Settlements. (2006). United States: American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, p.433
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Allen, G.W.G., 'Discovery from the Air', posthumously published in J.S.P Bradford and O.S.G. Crawford, ed.,
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on 12 January 1891, the eldest son of John Allen (1857–1934), George Allen was educated at Boxgrove School,
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G W G Allen made a hobby of finding, restoring and running veteran vehicles. Notable among these was the
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Barber, Martyn (2015) "Crawford in 3-D: the stereoscope in early aerial archaeology" in
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Allen, G. W. G., Riley, D. N., Bradford, J. S. P., & Crawford, O. G. S. (1984).
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mostly taken between 1933 and 1938 of known, and previously unknown, unrecorded
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Darvill, Timothy, ed. (2008). "Major George W. G. Allen (1891—1940)".
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After his death, his camera and photographs were given to the
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Flights into yesterday : the story of aerial archaeology
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He was killed in a motor‐cycle accident in November 1940.
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Major George W. G. Allen (1935) aerial photograph of
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Photographs Across Time: Studies in Urban Landscapes
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MC
FSA
Oxford
Oxfordshire
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
Aerial photography for archaeological research
Major
MC
FSA
aerial photography
Oxford
Guildford
Clifton College
Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
Royal Engineers
First World War
Royal Tank Corps
Military Cross
temporary
major
General Staff Officer

Maiden Castle
hillforts
De Havilland Puss Moth
Clifton Hampden
aerial pictures
archaeological sites
O. G. S. Crawford
Wiltshire

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