Archaeologists have long understood the value of an aerial view for understanding past landscapes. For over a hundred years we have been sending cameras aloft, in a variety of ways, to record the ground and help us understand how people in the past utilized the world around them. The last decade has seen an extraordinary change in technology as drones, lidar, and high-resolution satellite imagery have made it easier to access a variety of kinds and qualities of aerial data. This wave of technological innovation allows us to answer increasingly more complicated research questions remotely. In this talk Chad will discuss his work with drones, remote sensing, and a variety of sensor technologies with examples from projects in Jordan, Israel, and the US.

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About the Speaker: Austin “Chad” Hill is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania. His research focuses on the later prehistory of the Near East, remote sensing, and ancient land use. Dr. Hill co-directs the 'Kites in Context' Project, focused on understanding ancient animal traps in eastern Jordan. As part of the Penn Paleoecology lab, he works on the Landcover 6k project, using archaeological, historical, and paleoenvironmental data to improve modern climate models.