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Drones create aerial survey of ancient pueblo

LAS VEGAS, N.M. – Drones have recorded the first aerial imagery of a prehistoric Anasazi ... program and its students were the first to do a ground survey of the same prehistoric Anasazi pueblo during ... read more

Can Drones Revolutionize Archaeology?

According to an article in the May 2014 issue of the Journal of Archaeological Science, researchers last summer employed a pilotless aircraft to learn more about an ancient village ... are employing ... read more

Archaeologists use drones in Peru to map and protect sites

LIMA (Reuters) - In Peru, home to the spectacular Inca city of Machu Picchu and thousands of ancient ruins, archaeologists are turning to drones to speed up sluggish survey work and protect ... and ... read more

Drones Find New Work Mapping Peru’s Endangered Archaeological Treasures

In Peru, home to the spectacular Inca city of Machu Picchu and thousands of ancient ruins, archaeologists are turning to drones to speed up sluggish survey work and protect ... watch over them and ... read more

Drones, high-tech camera change archaeology

And by using the drone, the researchers can survey an area in minutes that ... they used the drone and camera at an ancestral Pueblo settlement in Blue J, New Mexico. The researchers were able to find ... read more

Drilling boom threatens web of ancient roads in Southwest

As companies scrape well pads and access roads from the high desert scrub, archaeologists fear they will erase ancient roads ... and conducted the first aerial survey of Chaco roads. Although the park ... read more

Old, meet new: Drones, high-tech camera revamp archaeology

And by using the drone, the researchers can survey an area in minutes that ... they used the drone and camera at an ancestral Pueblo settlement in Blue J, New Mexico. The researchers were able to find ... read more

4 New Technologies That Are Driving Archaeology Into the Future

Cusicanqui uses drones to survey the regions she suspects could reveal ancient clues — and to hunt for archeological sites in danger. Her drone of choice is the DJI Mavic Pro, a small and powerful ... read more

FEATURE-Archaeologists use drones in Peru to map and protect sites

LIMA, Aug 25 (Reuters) - In Peru, home to the spectacular Inca city of Machu Picchu and thousands of ancient ruins, archaeologists are turning to drones to speed up sluggish survey work and ... and ... read more