Maps for Time Travelers: How Archaeologists Use Technology to Bring Us Closer to the Past

Mark D. McCoy

Published by University of California Press 2020

Maps for Time Travelers

How Archaeologists Use Technology to Bring Us Closer to the Past

Mark D. McCoy

https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520972650

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About this book

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.

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McCoyMark D.:

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.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
Part I
1 Historical Curiosity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
2 Finding Things Out Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
Part II
3 Views from Above Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
4 Scans of the Planet Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
5 Digital Worlds Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
Part III
6 Retracing Our Steps: Migration, Mobility, and Travel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
7 Food and Farms: How Our Ancestors Fed Themselves Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	149
8 Living in the Past: Reverse Engineering Ancient Societies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
Conclusion
9 Archaeology as Time Machine Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
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