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More aerial Lidar-based archeology would also be pretty cool. It seems that there was a strong momentum in that direction a few years ago but recently I’ve sto
by paganel 4y ago
More aerial Lidar-based archeology would also be pretty cool.
It seems that there was a strong momentum in that direction a few years ago but recently I’ve stopped hearing about it (or at least not that often compared to the recent past).
- akiselev 4y agoLIDAR has made a splash in archaeology last few years, especially in South America where the jungles cover up all the ruins. See [1][2][3] etc You haven't heard much about it because everyone is scrambling for funding to go excavate these ruins in person. [1] https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/maya-laser-lidar-guatemala-pacunam https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/maya-lase... [2] https://www.thearchaeologist.org/blog/lidar-technology-confirms-the-existence-of-a-lost-city-in-the-brazilian-amazon https://www.thearchaeologist.org/blog/lidar-technology-confi... [3] https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/10/lidar-reveals-hundreds-of-long-lost-maya-and-olmec-ceremonial-centers/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/10/lidar-reveals-hundre...