A major Maya city sat for centuries beneath the canopy of one of Mexico’s most tightly regulated ecological zones, bypassed ...

Ch. 1. The Proyecto Prehistorico Arenal: An Introduction / Payson D. Sheets -- Ch. 2. The Eruption of 1968 and Tephra Stratigraphy of Arenal Volcano / William G. Melson -- Ch. 3. Archaeological Survey ...

An ancient Maya settlement, lost to the forest for hundreds of years, was unexpectedly discovered at the bottom of an ...

A team of archaeologists is preparing to re-enter a sealed burial space beneath Petra’s iconic Treasury, driven by ...

Discover how space technology and the exploration of ancient cities intersect at our second Exploring Space Lecture. Remote sensing can be used in archeology to better identify, document, and study ...

Luther College students are using their archaeology knowledge and specialized technology to learn more about a piece of Decorah history – the Ice Cave Mill. “This project was particularly exciting ...

Approaches to aerial photography and remote sensing have become increasingly complex, can rely on opaque workflows, and have the potential to be published with inaccessible language. Conversely, ...

Remote sensing has long been a crucial tool in archaeology, with optical and radar imaging maturing significantly. However, detecting sub-surface features and monitoring heritage sites under various ...

A ground-penetrating eye in the sky has helped to rehydrate an ancient southern Mesopotamian city, tagging it as what amounted to a Venice of the Fertile Crescent. Identifying the watery nature of ...

While the scientific fields of planetary geology and archaeology don’t initially seem like a natural pairing, their unique methodological and technological overlap provides scientists with a better ...

Dr. Kisha Supernant, Director of the Institute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology at the University of Alberta, examines ...