Archaeology from space how the future shapes our past

"A down-and-out so-and-so gets more than she bargained for when new technologies developed for use in space allow an anthropologist a new perspective on earth's ancient histories and new ways of coping with those"--

Main Author: Parcak, Sarah H. (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2019.
Edition: First edition.
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Summary: "A down-and-out so-and-so gets more than she bargained for when new technologies developed for use in space allow an anthropologist a new perspective on earth's ancient histories and new ways of coping with those"--
Physical Description: 277 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-266) and index.
ISBN: 9781250198280
1250198283
Author Notes: Sarah Parcak is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, CEO of Globalxplorer, and Director of the Joint Mission to Lisht (Egypt). Her remote sensing work has been the focus of three BBC specials covering Egypt, ancient Rome, and the Vikings. She is a Fellow in the Society of Antiquaries, a 2014 TED Senior Fellow, the winner of the 2016 TED Prize, and a National Geographic Fellow.