How Many Ancient Cities Are Still Hidden Beneath the Forests?
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- Archaeologists are using LiDAR to search for hidden ancient settlements beneath forest cover.
- New artificial-intelligence tools are complementing LiDAR and helping researchers investigate the past across the Amazon and Costa Rica.
- Archaeologist Yahaira Núñez says at least five hectares of Costa Rica’s Carara National Park hold mysteries about the region’s ancestors.
How many ancient cities remain hidden beneath the world’s forests? Archaeology is turning to LiDAR, alongside new artificial-intelligence tools, to search for traces of the past that vegetation conceals.
The approach is being used from the Amazon to Costa Rica. In Carara National Park in Turrubares, archaeologist Yahaira Núñez says at least five hectares contain mysteries left by the region’s ancestors.
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Originally published by La Nación in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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