Archaeological Prospecting using Remote Sensing Techniques in Quiechapa, Oaxaca, Mexico

Summary

While aerial photography is still widely used for the "brute force" identification of archaeological sites, multispectral remote sensing approaches hold the greatest potential for archaeological surveys because of their ability to detect hidden or subsurface archaeological remains. This poster examines Quiechapa, a small rural municipality located in the foliage covered mountains in the southwestern state of Oaxaca, Mexico, which has never before been studied by archaeologists and likely contains many overgrown or buried architectural remains. We will use ERDAS Imagine to identify anomalies within vegetation, moisture, and soil spectral signatures in Landsat imagery for further field investigation. Results are currently being verified using through a regional archaeological survey.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 81st Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (2016)

Keywords

Spatial Coverage