Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) of San Gervasio, Isla Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico

Summary

The use of Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) in Mesoamerican archaeological research been steadily increasing. Building on this knowledge, LiDAR was conducted during the summer of 2017 over a 6km2 area of the prehispanic site of San Gervasio, Isla Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Yucatan, Mexico. This was part of a larger survey and mapping project conducted by the Proyecto de Interacción Política del Centro de Yucatán (PIPCY) spearheaded by Dr. Travis Stanton.

The proposed poster will discuss LiDAR imagery of San Gervasio, Cozumel along with overlays of excavations done during the Spring of 2017, which focused primarily on ossuary structures located just outside of the site center. Here I will be presenting preliminary findings of the mapping project at San Gervasio and discussing how the newly acquired LiDAR matches with what has been ground truthed through traditional survey methods, and what future research is on the horizon with the aid of this new data.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 83rd Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (2018)

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Abstract Id(s): 20344