Reanalyzing environmental lidar data for archaeology: Mesoamerican applications and implications
Reanalyzing environmental lidar data for archaeology: Mesoamerican applications and implications
复制标题
DOI：
10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.07.029
复制
发表时间：
2016-10-01
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
Scherer, Andrew K.
中科院分区：
文献类型：
--
作者：
Golden, Charles;Murtha, Timothy;Scherer, Andrew K.
本文介绍了使用NASA戈达德太空飞行中心的G-LiHT系统对环境科学家最近在墨西哥南部收集的大范围激光雷达横断面进行的初步考古评估。特别是，本文提供了第一阶段研究的结果，包括：1)对样本的文化和生态背景进行表征和分类，以及2)对飞行路线的样本进行裸地处理和目视检查，以确定可能的人为前柱状特征。这些初步结果表明，通过最初没有为考古勘探而捕获的真正的多区域激光雷达调查，可以为了解列前土地利用和聚落模式的变化和变化做出重大贡献。我们为这一稳健数据集的考古学应用的发展指出了未来的方向。最后，我们提供了通过与环境科学和监测紧密结合的合作来丰富考古研究的潜力。新热带地区的考古学家可以获得更多的数据，更好地实现激光雷达调查的全部潜力，并通过区域重点和协作的科学研究，更好地为人类-环境动态系统的跨学科研究做出贡献。(C)2016年提交人。由爱思唯尔有限公司出版。这是CC BY-NC-ND许可证(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).下的一篇开放获取文章
This paper presents a preliminary archaeological assessment of extensive transects of lidar recently collected by environmental scientists over southern Mexico using the G-LiHT system of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. In particular, this article offers the results of a first phase of research, consisting of: 1) characterization and classification of the cultural and ecological context of the samples, and 2) bare earth processing and visual inspection of a sample of the flight paths for identification of probable anthropogenic Precolumbian features. These initial results demonstrate that significant contributions to understanding variations in Precolumbian land-use and settlement patterns and change is possible with truly multi-regional lidar surveys not originally captured for archaeological prospection. We point to future directions for the development of archaeological applications of this robust data set. Finally, we offer the potential for enriching archaeological research through tightly coupled collaborations with environmental science and monitoring. Archaeologists in the neotropics can acquire more data, better realize the full potential of lidar surveys, and better contribute to interdisciplinary studies of human-environmental dynamic systems through regionally focused and collaborative scientific research. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).