Maps for Time Travelers
How Archaeologists Use Technology to Bring Us Closer to the Past
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2022
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-38972-4 (ISBN)
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-38972-4 (ISBN)
Popular culture is rife with movies, books, and television shows that address our collective curiosity about what the world was like long ago. From historical dramas to science fiction tales of time travel, audiences love stories that reimagine the world before our time. But what if there were a field that, through the advancements in technology, could bring us closer to the past than ever before?
Written by a preeminent expert in geospatial archaeology, Maps for Time Travelers is a guide to how technology is revolutionizing the way archaeologists study and reconstruct humanity’s distant past. From satellite imagery to 3D modeling, today archaeologists are answering questions about human history that could previously only be imagined. As archaeologists create a better and more complete picture of the past, they sometimes find that truth is stranger than fiction.
Written by a preeminent expert in geospatial archaeology, Maps for Time Travelers is a guide to how technology is revolutionizing the way archaeologists study and reconstruct humanity’s distant past. From satellite imagery to 3D modeling, today archaeologists are answering questions about human history that could previously only be imagined. As archaeologists create a better and more complete picture of the past, they sometimes find that truth is stranger than fiction.
Mark D. McCoy is an expert in geospatial archaeology and Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Southern Methodist University. He is the author of over forty scientific journal articles on the archaeology of the Pacific Islands.
Preface
Acknowledgments
Part I
1 Historical Curiosity
2 Finding Things Out
Part II
3 Views from Above
4 Scans of the Planet
5 Digital Worlds
Part III
6 Retracing Our Steps: Migration, Mobility, and Travel
7 Food and Farms: How Our Ancestors Fed Themselves
8 Living in the Past: Reverse Engineering Ancient Societies
Conclusion
9 Archaeology as Time Machine
Glossary
Notes
References
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 31.03.2022 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 21 b-w images |
| Verlagsort | Berkerley |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 140 x 210 mm |
| Gewicht | 363 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-520-38972-7 / 0520389727 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-520-38972-4 / 9780520389724 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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