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Maps for Time Travelers
How Archaeologists Use Technology to Bring Us Closer to the Past
By: Mark D. McCoy
eBook | 24 April 2020 | Edition Number 1
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Popular culture is rife with movies, books, and television shows that address our collective curiosity about what the world was like long ago. From historical dramas to science fiction tales of time travel, audiences love stories that reimagine the world before our time. But what if there were a field that, through the advancements in technology, could bring us closer to the past than ever before?
Written by a preeminent expert in geospatial archaeology, Maps for Time Travelers is a guide to how technology is revolutionizing the way archaeologists study and reconstruct humanity’s distant past. From satellite imagery to 3D modeling, today archaeologists are answering questions about human history that could previously only be imagined. As archaeologists create a better and more complete picture of the past, they sometimes find that truth is stranger than fiction.
About the Author
Mark D. McCoy is an expert in geospatial archaeology and Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Southern Methodist University. He is the author of over forty scientific journal articles on the archaeology of the Pacific Islands.
Written by a preeminent expert in geospatial archaeology, Maps for Time Travelers is a guide to how technology is revolutionizing the way archaeologists study and reconstruct humanity’s distant past. From satellite imagery to 3D modeling, today archaeologists are answering questions about human history that could previously only be imagined. As archaeologists create a better and more complete picture of the past, they sometimes find that truth is stranger than fiction.
About the Author
Mark D. McCoy is an expert in geospatial archaeology and Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Southern Methodist University. He is the author of over forty scientific journal articles on the archaeology of the Pacific Islands.
Industry Reviews
"[A] cogent survey of the geospatial technological advances over the last few decades. . . . [and] an engaging introduction, for the general reader, to the very nature of archaeological research."
Geography Realm
"[An] impassioned study written to change popular perceptions of archaeology."
Nature
"An eye-opening and engaging look at the science and technology of modern archaeology that will be of interest to any time traveler—and since we are all traveling through time at the rate of one second per second, this set definitely includes you!"
Ryan North, author of How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler
"It is hard to imagine a more compelling use of geospatial technology than in revealing the human past, and in making it possible to see the world as it used to be. This book tells the story of maps in archaeology in a fresh, inspiring, and lively way, helping to make a complex technology understandable to the general reader."
Michael Frank Goodchild, Emeritus Professor of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara
Geography Realm
"[An] impassioned study written to change popular perceptions of archaeology."
Nature
"An eye-opening and engaging look at the science and technology of modern archaeology that will be of interest to any time traveler—and since we are all traveling through time at the rate of one second per second, this set definitely includes you!"
Ryan North, author of How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler
"It is hard to imagine a more compelling use of geospatial technology than in revealing the human past, and in making it possible to see the world as it used to be. This book tells the story of maps in archaeology in a fresh, inspiring, and lively way, helping to make a complex technology understandable to the general reader."
Michael Frank Goodchild, Emeritus Professor of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara
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ISBN: 9780520972650
ISBN-10: 0520972651
Published: 24th April 2020
Format: ePUB
Language: English
Number of Pages: 280
Publisher: University of California Press
Edition Number: 1
