Peterski
02-02-2018, 12:02 PM
Link:
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/02/maya-laser-lidar-guatemala-pacunam/
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/content/dam/news/2018/02/01/lidar-maya/01-lidar-maya.adapt.1900.1.jpg
Using a revolutionary technology known as LiDAR (short for “Light Detection And Ranging”), scholars digitally removed the tree canopy from aerial images of the now-unpopulated landscape, revealing the ruins of a sprawling pre-Columbian civilization that was far more complex and interconnected than most Maya specialists had supposed.
“The LiDAR images make it clear that this entire region was a settlement system whose scale and population density had been grossly underestimated,” said Thomas Garrison, an Ithaca College archaeologist and National Geographic Explorer who specializes in using digital technology for archaeological research.
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/02/maya-laser-lidar-guatemala-pacunam/
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/content/dam/news/2018/02/01/lidar-maya/01-lidar-maya.adapt.1900.1.jpg
Using a revolutionary technology known as LiDAR (short for “Light Detection And Ranging”), scholars digitally removed the tree canopy from aerial images of the now-unpopulated landscape, revealing the ruins of a sprawling pre-Columbian civilization that was far more complex and interconnected than most Maya specialists had supposed.
“The LiDAR images make it clear that this entire region was a settlement system whose scale and population density had been grossly underestimated,” said Thomas Garrison, an Ithaca College archaeologist and National Geographic Explorer who specializes in using digital technology for archaeological research.