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c/archaeology-discoveriesmaryp18maryp189d agoTop Commenter

We used to map sites by hand, now we just fly a drone over them.

I spent a week sketching a dig in Crete last year, but this spring we got a quadcopter. It mapped the whole area in an hour. Anyone else feel like the old ways are getting lost too fast?
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lilyb27
lilyb279d ago
Our Crete dig still needed hand sketches for the pottery layers.
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rowan_wilson40
Used to think digital was the only way to go. Seeing a hand-drawn section just makes the whole stratigraphy click in a way a photo doesn't. Changed my whole view on field recording.
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