UAV Lidar Mapping Sand Canyon Pueblo: Technical Collaboration for Site Visualization and Reassessment

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2021: General Sessions" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The Research Institute at the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center partnered with Canyons of the Ancients National Monument and two private companies, Routescene Inc. and Caddis Aerial, to conduct a lidar survey of Sand Canyon Pueblo. The drone-based lidar data penetrates the dense vegetation present on the site to make a highly accurate map. This allows archaeologists and the public to better visualize the site and augments previous mapping efforts. Working together, we collected the data, finalized the site imagery, produced a video explaining the project, and published a description of the project that appeared in several venues. This poster details the work done as part of this project and focuses on new interpretations of the site made possible from the lidar work. We also describe how lessons learned from this project will influence the future use of this technology at other sites in the area. Finally, this project provides an important opportunity to augment and assess previous maps of Sand Canyon Pueblo produced by Crow Canyon during its excavations there from 1984 to 1993.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 86th Annual Meeting, Online (2021)   •
• SAA 2021: General Sessions

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Abstract Id(s): 30934