There and Back Again: A Space Archaeology Journey

Author(s): Sarah Parcak

Year: 2016

Summary

This paper will discuss the range and type of studies possible based on past and current advances in the field of satellite remote sensing. It will focus on work in the Middle East, North Africa, the Mediterranean, Europe, and North Atlantic. The paper will primarily focus on the range and type of questions is it possible to ask (and in some cases answer) using a diverse range of satellite datasets combined with intensive ground survey and excavation. It will also provide a range if possibilities about where the field of "space archaeology" is headed with new advances in technologies.

Cite this Record

There and Back Again: A Space Archaeology Journey. Sarah Parcak. Presented at The 81st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Orlando, Florida. 2016 ( tDAR id: 403580)

Keywords

Geographic Keywords
AFRICA

Spatial Coverage

min long: -18.809; min lat: -38.823 ; max long: 53.262; max lat: 38.823 ;