The UMMAA Brown Bag Lecture Series is pleased to present a lecture by Ally Sabo, U-M archaeology PhD student. The lecture, "Archaeology from space: Applications of satellite remote sensing to past- and future-facing archaeological issues," will be held on Friday, March 27, 12-1 pm in Room 1322 in the School of Education Building.
Satellite remote sensing is widely implemented in environmental science, geology, and morerecently, in archaeological research. This is largely due to its efficiency in data collection andanalyses at regional scales. Questions of human-environment interaction animate researchwithin and across these fields with spectroscopy being a commonly employed technique. In thispresentation, I will detail two applications of remote sensing—one focused on strategies for rawmaterial procurement of prehistoric hunter-gatherers in the Atacama Desert (Chile), and theother concerned with modern cultural resource management in southwestern Puerto Rico.Together, these case studies demonstrate the utility of the method in both the study andpreservation of archaeological phenomena.
The Museum's Brown Bag Lecture Series is free and open to the public.
