Maps for Time Travelers

How Archaeologists Use Technology to Bring Us Closer to the Past

Mark D McCoy author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:University of California Press

Published:3rd Apr '20

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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.
 

"[A] cogent survey of the geospatial technological advances over the last few decades. . . . [and] an engaging introduction, for the general reader, to the very nature of archaeological research." * Geography Realm *
"[An] impassioned study written to change popular perceptions of archaeology." * Nature *

ISBN: 9780520303164

Dimensions: 210mm x 140mm x 25mm

Weight: 544g

280 pages