"Lost" New England Revealed by High-Tech Archaeology

Dan Vergano of National Geographic News interviews Lidar-expert Katharine Johnson about her use of the light-pulse technology in discovering old land-use patterns. 

Fun fact: You don’t need fancy tops like Lidar to spot such patterns—just aerial photography like the sort found in most online maps and a keen pair of eyes. For example.

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