Journal
ANTIQUITY
Volume 89, Issue 348, Pages 1402-1419Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2015.157
Keywords
Southeast Asia; Cambodia; Angkorian period; LiDAR; remote sensing; landscape archaeology
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- EFEO
- APSARA National Authority
- University of Sydney
- l'Ecole francaise d'Extreme-Orient
- Societe Concessionaire d'Aeroport
- Hungarian Southeast Asian Research Institute
- Japan-APSARA Safeguarding Angkor
- Archaeology and Development Foundation
- World Monuments Fund
- Australian Research Council-ARC [DP 1092663]
- National Geographic Research Committee
- Wenner-Gren Foundation
- Robert Christie Research Centre of the University of Sydney
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For over a century, the landscape of Angkor Wat and its surrounding area have been the focus of archaeological study. These studies have been constrained substantially, however, by a lack of chronological resolution in the features of the landscape and the difficulty of dating elements of the cultural assemblage. Recently obtained LiDAR data have transformed understanding of the Angkor Wat complex, enabling archaeologists to map terrain usually obscured by dense and protected vegetation. The results have informed targeted ground-based research, demonstrated previously unknown relationships between elements of the site, shown that the complex is much more extensive than previously thought and revealed a massive, unique and unknown structure.
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