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Sarah Parcak

American Scientist

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What we did is we used NASA topography data to map out the landscape, very subtle changes. We started to be able to see where the Nile used to flow. Sarah Parcak

Changes Nile Topography Out See Able Data NASA Very Did Where Subtle Landscape Used Map Started Flow

It's an important tool to focus where we're excavating. It gives us a much bigger perspective on archaeological sites. We have to think bigger, and that's what the satellites allow us to do. Sarah Parcak

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I am honored to receive the TED Prize, but it's not about me; it's about our field - and the thousands of men and women around the world, particularly in the Middle East, who are defending and protecting sites. Sarah Parcak

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If you find a series of linear shapes in the same alignment as known archaeological features, and they match excavated examples, you still need to excavate to confirm, but you can be fairly sure that the imagery is accurate. Sarah Parcak

You Alignment Find Archaeological Examples Features Shapes Fairly Known Sure Match Still Linear Accurate Same Confirm Series Imagery Need

Looting and site destruction are global problems. We have a tough road ahead, and one key will be developing more collaborations and using new technologies like satellite imagery. Sarah Parcak

Key Destruction Problems Will Tough Collaborations More Road Developing New Like Global Looting New Technologies Site Using Satellite Imagery Technologies

What these satellites do is they record light radiation that's reflected off the surface of the Earth in different parts of the light spectrum. We use false color imaging to try to tease out these very subtle differences on the ground. Sarah Parcak

Light Try Differences Earth Out Record Color Parts Surface False Off Reflected Very Different Subtle Different Parts Use Radiation Ground Satellites Tease Spectrum Imaging

I've found numerous things - settlements, temples, possible pyramids, forts, roads - the list goes on and on. I'm not as interested in the discoveries as the types of questions they help us formulate. Sarah Parcak

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Seeing sites and features in places where we never looked or never thought things might exist is causing archaeologists across the world to think deeper about their sites or entire cultures. Sarah Parcak

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What if Hiram Bingham had the technology to find hundreds of other archaeological sites at the same time and create entire 3-D maps of the ancient landscape accurate to within a few inches? Sarah Parcak

Satellite datasets like WorldView can see objects as small as 1.5 feet in diameter. In 2014, WorldView-3 will be able to see objects a small as a foot. Sarah Parcak

Worldview Will See Able Objects Small Foot Feet Like Satellite

We have so many thousands of sites to find across the globe and new techniques to test. The field keeps evolving with the technology, which makes things exciting. Sarah Parcak

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Satellite imagery is the only way we can map the looting patterns effectively. Sarah Parcak

Way Only Looting Effectively Patterns Satellite Map Imagery

I've always loved teaching and reading and talking to people, and my grandfather was a professor. Sarah Parcak

People Reading Talking Always Loved Grandfather Teaching Professor

What is amazing to me as an archaeologist is that the more and more I study, I realize we are resilient, we are creative, we are brilliant, and this is what makes us human, and that hasn't changed since we've been human. Sarah Parcak

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Google Earth is an incredible resource because from hundreds of miles in space, we can zoom in, and we can find things. Everyone always looks for their house first. That is the tip of the iceberg with remote sensing. Sarah Parcak

My dream is to map every archaeological site in the world because, if we can do that, then we have this massive global data base that all sorts of global heritage organizations and heritage organizations within countries can use, and they can use that information to protect what's there. Sarah Parcak

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