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Author:

Parcak, Sarah H., author.

Title:

Archaeology from space : how the future shapes our past / Sarah Parcak.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Henry Holt and Company,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

277 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Subject:

Archaeology--Remote sensing.
Artificial satellites in remote sensing.
Aerial photography in archaeology.
Space photography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Time capsule -- Space archaeology -- The promise of space archaeology -- A risky business -- Digging in the wrong place -- A grand tour -- Empires fall -- A capital discovery -- The future of the past -- The challenge -- Stolen heritage -- Space archaeology for everyone.

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"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1250198283
9781250198280

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1052404501

LCCN:

2018040565

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