More than 14,000 settlements were uncovered (Image: MIT)
Posted on 07/07/2020 7:46:14 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
The small communities were hiding in the overgrown landscape of the Middle East, but scientists say they hold vital clues to ancient civilisations that once inhabited this area. By combining spy-satellite photos obtained in the Sixties with modern satellite images and digital maps of Earth's surface, the researchers created a new method for mapping large-scale patterns of human movement. The approach, used to map sites spanning eight millennia across 23,000km of northeastern Syria, was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Jason Ur, an archaeologist at Harvard University and study co-author, said in 2012: "Traditional archaeology goes straight to the biggest features - the palaces or cities - but we tend to ignore the settlements at the other end of the social spectrum.
"The people who migrated to cities came from somewhere, we have to put these people back on the map." ...
The satellite-based method analysed a distinctive reflective signature left in the soil by human activity, known as anthrosols.
Formed from organic waste and decayed mud-brick architecture, anthrosols consists of higher levels of organic matter and have a finer texture and lighter appearance than undisturbed soil.
Study co-author, Bjoern Menze, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was able to spot these anomalies thanks to his day job of identifying tumours in clinical images.
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More than 14,000 settlements were uncovered (Image: MIT)
Good name for an archeologist.................
I’ve seen that before. It’s on my lettuce in the garden.
My lettuce is an archeological map!!!
Isn’t it, though? I love technology and satellite imagery of the Earth for this purpose.(among others)
This reminds me of the old quote:
“The more you know, the more you realize what you don’t know.”
LOL... sorta like a piano player named Ivory Tickle.
Speaking of which:
I'm looking for a brick maker here on FR.
I have a novel idea that might be worth exploring, I need someone skilled in that art to help evaluate the technical feasibility, any contributions of techniques or implementation will earn a place on the inventors line of the patent.
Because it is a novel idea, and is probably patentable, you will need to sign a standard boilerplate NDA before we can talk.
At this point I need someone to invest a little time, materials and effort, not much. I expect the concept to drop seamlessly into normal brick making processes.
I need someone skilled in the art to offer their unbiased opinion.
Any contributions to the IP (Intellectual Property) you make earn you a place on the patent, you will also get some shares of founders stock (in my experience usually worthless, but the times it’s not? Oh mamma!)
Money? I don't anticipate any extraordinary out of pocket expenses, if it’s as viable as I think it, is there will be no shortage of investors and customers.
If you are a person of faith I think you will find the idea interesting and worthy. Even if you know nothing about brick making, I'd like your input on one facet of the concept. You'll still need to sign an NDA as above, and of course contributions to the idea earn a bit of founders stock and patent inclusion as above.
Or a Black porn star called Ebony Pickle ?
Maybe not.
Lemme guess, her costar was Hugh G. Rection?
No, see, the “Pickle” would be a dude... eh, forget it.
Director: "Cue the Cumber."
I’ve seen that before. It’s on my lettuce in the garden.
You might want to burn your garden.
Go to your backyard dig up some clay. Go get some straw. Mix the two and form it into a brick. Turn your oven on to 350 and heat the brick for 24 hours. Now you are brick maker.
I have sand.
Dig deeper you are bound to hit clay or bedrock. If you hit bedrock dig somewheres else.
Good name for an archeologist.................
My first thought as well.
A foot down to decomposed granite, six inches more to Cretaceous pluton bedrock.
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