Paper Info
Title
Archaeological prospection of north Eastern Honduras with airborne mapping LiDAR
Abstract
In the last five years airborne mapping LiDAR has become an extremely valuable tool for archeologists studying ancient human settlements. It has proven especially useful in regions covered by dense forests on which prospection with other remote sensing techniques is not possible. However, due to the high upfront cost required to perform a LIDAR survey its use has been limited to expanding the knowledge of function and extent of previously well studied archaeological sites. In this paper we present results from a purely exploratory LiDAR survey that was conducted over the Mosquitia region of Honduras. From the geodetic images produced the archaeologists identified the first-ever large scale settlements documented in the region, a region for which a comprehensive record of inhabitation prior the European contact is still lacking.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/IGARSS.2014.6946571
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
Keywords
Field
DocType
archaeology,geodesy,optical radar,remote sensing,vegetation mapping,European contact,Mosquitia region,airborne mapping LiDAR,ancient human settlement,archaeological prospection,archaeological site,archeologist extremely valuable tool,comprehensive inhabitation record,dense forest region,first-ever large scale settlement,function knowledge expansion,geodetic image,high upfront cost,northeastern Honduras,purely exploratory LiDAR survey,remote sensing technique,Archaeological Prospection,Archaeology,LiDAR,Remote Sensing,Topographic Mapping
Prospection,Geodetic datum,Computer science,Remote sensing,Lidar,Human settlement,Archaeology
Conference
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
2153-6996
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
9
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Juan Carlos Fernandez Diaz142.58
William E. Carter2277.21
Ramesh L. Shrestha3125.43
Stephen J. Leisz400.68
Christopher T. Fisher500.34
Alicia M. Gonzalez600.34
Dan Thompson700.34
Steve Elkins800.34
Fernandez-Diaz, J.C.900.34