Surprisingly high-altitude Silk Road city mapped from the sky

Zachary W. Silvia ()

Nature, 2024, vol. 634, issue 8036, 1056-1058

Abstract: The lidar method for aerial archaeology identifies human-modified landscapes. Detection of a massive urban settlement on a mountainous Uzbekistan site challenges preconceptions about medieval urbanization high in Central Asia.

Keywords: Archaeology; Anthropology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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