Medieval History
Ancient humans have changed the landscape around their settlements in such ways that even today archaeologists can distinguish between "lived in" spots and those never occupied by humans.
Now, two scientists have figured out a more efficient way of locating these sites, via their footprints, from space.
The scientists relied on two distinct features of ancient settlements in the Near East: soils altered by human activity and little hills that formed over time as residents successively built on top of older structures. By examining satellite images for these two features, they have found evidence of about 9,500 possible human settlements across an area of 8,880 square miles (23,000 square kilometers) in northern Mesopotamia, located in the northeast of modern Syria.
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Medieval History
Satellites Spy Thousands of Ancient Human Settlements
Now, two scientists have figured out a more efficient way of locating these sites, via their footprints, from space.
The scientists relied on two distinct features of ancient settlements in the Near East: soils altered by human activity and little hills that formed over time as residents successively built on top of older structures. By examining satellite images for these two features, they have found evidence of about 9,500 possible human settlements across an area of 8,880 square miles (23,000 square kilometers) in northern Mesopotamia, located in the northeast of modern Syria.
Click here to read this article from LiveScience
- Early Humans May Have Been Much Smarter Than We Thought
Rocks carved into ancient stone arrowheads or into lethal tools for hurling spears suggest humans innovated relatively advanced weapons much earlier than thought, researchers in South Africa say. The researchers' finds, partially exposed by a coastal...
- Researchers Look To Ancient Art To Study Mediterranean Fish
The dusky grouper has been a popular target for Mediterranean fishermen since prehistoric times ? their bones have been found in human settlements dating back more than 100,000 years. It?s a slow growing, flavourful and, with the advent of modern sport...
- Lyndhurst Church Embarks On Archaeological Dig
A New Forest church is starting an archaeological investigation which it is hoped could reveal clues about medieval settlements in Lyndhurst. The dig at St Michael and All Angels will remove a 5ft (1.5m) deep and 16ft (5m) wide earth mound to allow a...
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