, established by Sarah Parcak, gives every armchair archaeologist, young or old, the opportunity to locate and protect ancient ruins. Examination of space imagery has already revealed thousands of previously unknown sites-with many more to be discovered.
Differences in crop growth or soil moisture reveal evidence of early human habitation underneath the surface, clues not easily seen through a pair of eyes on the ground.
Space archaeology has come a long way since the early satellite imagery of the 1960s, with higher spatial resolution images and access to a broad range of wavelengths. Examination of space photographs from the 1960s revealed the buried walls of a temple enclosure, destroyed by the Persian invader Artaxerzes III, some 2400 years ago. To demonstrate the value of space archaeology, Parcak takes us to the site of Tell Tebilla along a long-vanished branch of the Nile through the ancient delta. An aerial view adds more-clues to ancient geography and the ways our ancestors used and abused the landscape. This intriguing book begins with the tools of archaeology and the insights to be gained from bones and artifacts. Sarah Parcak’s Archaeology from Space gives us a new perspective into the past, and not just the perspective from space.
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