LiDAR Archaeology
1 reportLiDAR Archaeology is an archaeological method used to locate, date, document, sample, or interpret material evidence. Reliability depends on field recording, context control, and chronological method; biased samples, violated assumptions, or measurement error can narrow what the result establishes.
A source-based view of LiDAR Archaeology considers spatial or chronological resolution, validation with excavation evidence, and sources of error. Judgments about validation with excavation evidence are tied to blind or comparative tests and integration with excavation records rather than prominence or repetition; confidence is limited by the fact that disturbance, contamination, and incomplete context can narrow what the method establishes.
A source-based view of LiDAR Archaeology considers spatial or chronological resolution, validation with excavation evidence, and sources of error. Judgments about validation with excavation evidence are tied to blind or comparative tests and integration with excavation records rather than prominence or repetition; confidence is limited by the fact that disturbance, contamination, and incomplete context can narrow what the method establishes.
Survey Reveals Monumental Maya City at El Yesal in Campeche
Archaeologists have mapped and documented El Yesal, a major Maya settlement in Mexico's Balam kú Biosphere Reserve, using field survey and excavation to clarify its origins, architecture, and occupation history