Maps for Time Travelers

How Archaeologists Use Technology to Bring Us Closer to the Past
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-520-30316-4
Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 214 mm, Gewicht: 518 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McCoy, Mark D

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Archäologie: Theorie und Methoden

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Acknowledgments

Part I
1 Historical Curiosity
2 Finding Things Out

Part II
3 Views from Above
4 Scans of the Planet
5 Digital Worlds

Part III
6 Retracing Our Steps: Migration, Mobility, and Travel
7 Food and Farms: How Our Ancestors Fed Themselves
8 Living in the Past: Reverse Engineering Ancient Societies

Conclusion
9 Archaeology as Time Machine

Glossary
Notes
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

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.