All the technologies mentioned in the pasasages have advanced through time (Metal detectors to mailboxes, airplanes that collect and send information by dropsondes to weather stations, and walking around with a torn map turned infared satellite imargery to LIDAR to GPR). They have had huge impacts on the researchers and explorers that use them for everyday discoveries. But, the most advancing technology throughout time is the tech to find ancient civilization.
Many years ago, before we had satelillites and all this technology, peolpe used to have to find ancient civilizations by "trudging across scorching deserts on camels, guided by tattered maps." (ancient Egypt) (Search for Acient Civilizations Paragraph 3). Although this was in the, …show more content…
Archaeologists for example, have been using satellite imagery as a helper for finding and uncovering many ancient civilizations. Infared satellite imagery helps locate "objects on the ground less than two feet wide" and "also can penetrate about a foot below the surface and detect differences in the soil" (Search for Acient Civilizations Paragraph 2). Meaning, that the satellite can detect if the soil has been moved or displaced, since ancient Egytians used the same materials to build their civiliazation. "Infrared satellite imagery detects these differences in density, revealing buried roads, tombs, and cities" (Search for Acient Civilizations Paragraph 2) Even though the technology can do all of this it takes hours, and I mean hours of research on the satellite findings to understand the where the ruins are located. "She [Parcak] examines these images using her knowledge of landscape structure, ancient weather conditions, geology, and the history of the relevant culture. She has spent more than 10,000 hours studying satellite pictures to understand what the images reveal" (Search for Acient Civilizations Paragraph 4) All of this information "would have taken me three and a half years" (Search for Acient Civilizations Paragraph 5) ,if the technology we had today wasn't …show more content…
With the readings Chase discovered "ancient roadways, architecture, and agricultural developments in Caracol" (Search for Acient Civilizations Paragraph 8) This was huge for the LIDAR. It was the first finding of a huge ancient civilization site.
After, NASA creates a more advancing tech to find burried objects and create a 3D map of where it's posistioned. It's called GPR (Groudnd Penetrating Radar). It sends microwave pulses to underground, which is then bounced off if it hits an object. The data is then used to create a 3D map of where the object is.
Although all of the technologies have advanced incredibly, tech for finding ancient civilizations has advaced the most. Walking through the enviornment with a torn or tatered map, turned infrarad satellite imagery, to LIDAR, to GPR technology is the most advancing technology that was given as an example through the many
Many years ago, before we had satelillites and all this technology, peolpe used to have to find ancient civilizations by "trudging across scorching deserts on camels, guided by tattered maps." (ancient Egypt) (Search for Acient Civilizations Paragraph 3). Although this was in the, …show more content…
Archaeologists for example, have been using satellite imagery as a helper for finding and uncovering many ancient civilizations. Infared satellite imagery helps locate "objects on the ground less than two feet wide" and "also can penetrate about a foot below the surface and detect differences in the soil" (Search for Acient Civilizations Paragraph 2). Meaning, that the satellite can detect if the soil has been moved or displaced, since ancient Egytians used the same materials to build their civiliazation. "Infrared satellite imagery detects these differences in density, revealing buried roads, tombs, and cities" (Search for Acient Civilizations Paragraph 2) Even though the technology can do all of this it takes hours, and I mean hours of research on the satellite findings to understand the where the ruins are located. "She [Parcak] examines these images using her knowledge of landscape structure, ancient weather conditions, geology, and the history of the relevant culture. She has spent more than 10,000 hours studying satellite pictures to understand what the images reveal" (Search for Acient Civilizations Paragraph 4) All of this information "would have taken me three and a half years" (Search for Acient Civilizations Paragraph 5) ,if the technology we had today wasn't …show more content…
With the readings Chase discovered "ancient roadways, architecture, and agricultural developments in Caracol" (Search for Acient Civilizations Paragraph 8) This was huge for the LIDAR. It was the first finding of a huge ancient civilization site.
After, NASA creates a more advancing tech to find burried objects and create a 3D map of where it's posistioned. It's called GPR (Groudnd Penetrating Radar). It sends microwave pulses to underground, which is then bounced off if it hits an object. The data is then used to create a 3D map of where the object is.
Although all of the technologies have advanced incredibly, tech for finding ancient civilizations has advaced the most. Walking through the enviornment with a torn or tatered map, turned infrarad satellite imagery, to LIDAR, to GPR technology is the most advancing technology that was given as an example through the many