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Maps for Time Travelers: How Archaeologists Use Technology to Bring Us Closer to the Past [Minkštas viršelis]

3.76/5 (23 ratings by Goodreads)
  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 278 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 210x140x18 mm, weight: 363 g, 21 b-w images
  • Išleidimo metai: 12-Apr-2022
  • Leidėjas: University of California Press
  • ISBN-10: 0520389727
  • ISBN-13: 9780520389724
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 278 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 210x140x18 mm, weight: 363 g, 21 b-w images
  • Išleidimo metai: 12-Apr-2022
  • Leidėjas: University of California Press
  • ISBN-10: 0520389727
  • ISBN-13: 9780520389724
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
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.
 

Recenzijos

"[ A] cogent survey of the geospatial technological advances over the last few decades. . . . [ and] an engaging introduction, for the general reader, to the very nature of archaeological research." * Geography Realm * "[ An] impassioned study written to change popular perceptions of archaeology." * Nature *

Preface ix
Acknowledgments xv
Part I
1 Historical Curiosity
3(14)
2 Finding Things Out
17(28)
Part II
3 Views from Above
45(23)
4 Scans of the Planet
68(49)
5 Digital Worlds So
Part III
6 Retracing Our Steps: Migration, Mobility, and Travel
117(32)
7 Food and Farms: How Our Ancestors Fed Themselves
149(20)
8 Living in the Past: Reverse Engineering Ancient Societies
169(22)
Conclusion
9 Archaeology as Time Machine
191(9)
Glossary 200(9)
Notes 209(20)
References 229(22)
Index 251
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.