Oct 03, 2012

UNH Researchers to Use Satellite Imagery in Study of Michigan Archaeological Sites

Researchers from UNH have received a grant from NASA’s Space Archaeology program to investigate the transition of indigenous hunter-gatherer cultures to agricultural-based communities in the U.S. Great Lakes region prior to European contact between AD 1200-1600. The focus of the study will be to determine if “micrometeorological lake effects” around major inland lakes contributed to settlement... Read more

Posted in: Humanities & the Arts, Sustainability & the Environment, Research Development & Communications, Research Spotlight
Tags: 2012, archaeology, Dept. of Anthropology, EOS, ESRC, MODIS, NASA, satellite imagery. remote sensing