期刊
JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE-REPORTS
卷 9, 期 -, 页码 293-308出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.07.029
关键词
LIDAR; Mesoamerica; Neotropics; Regional survey; Context analysis
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资金
- Theodore and Jane Norman Fund
- Jane's Fund from the Latin American and Latino Studies program at Brandeis University
- Hamer Center at Penn State
- National Science Foundation [CNH1211809]
- NASA Carbon Cycle Science award [NNH10ZDA001N-CARBON]
This paper presents a preliminary archaeological assessment of extensive transects of lidar recently collected by environmental scientists over southern Mexico using the G-LiHT system of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. In particular, this article offers the results of a first phase of research, consisting of: 1) characterization and classification of the cultural and ecological context of the samples, and 2) bare earth processing and visual inspection of a sample of the flight paths for identification of probable anthropogenic Precolumbian features. These initial results demonstrate that significant contributions to understanding variations in Precolumbian land-use and settlement patterns and change is possible with truly multi-regional lidar surveys not originally captured for archaeological prospection. We point to future directions for the development of archaeological applications of this robust data set. Finally, we offer the potential for enriching archaeological research through tightly coupled collaborations with environmental science and monitoring. Archaeologists in the neotropics can acquire more data, better realize the full potential of lidar surveys, and better contribute to interdisciplinary studies of human-environmental dynamic systems through regionally focused and collaborative scientific research. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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