A lot of people are surprised when I talk so much about the present, but politics is just a crucial part of archaeology. Sarah Parcak archaeologycruciallot Change image and share on social
If you really want to be a good archaeologist, you have to understand ancient DNA; you have to understand chemical analysis to figure out the composition of ancient pots. You have to be able to study human remains. You need to be able to do computer processing and, in some cases, computer programming. Sarah Parcak analysisancientarchaeologist share on social
Archaeologists use datasets from NASA and commercial satellites, processing the information using various off-the-shelf computer programs. These datasets allow us to see beyond the visible part of the light spectrum into the near, middle, and far infrared. Sarah Parcak archaeologistcommercialcomputer share on social