Summary
November 4, 2024 | 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM ET
115 Broadway, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10006
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6:00 pm – 7:00 PM: Dinner in the pantry room ($20 suggested, free for students)
7:00 pm – 8:30 PM: Presentation and Q&A in the auditorium
Speaker: Parker VanValkenburgh (Associate Professor Anthropology, Archaeology, and the Ancient World, Brown University)
Discussant: Terence N. D’Altroy (Loubat Professor of American Archaeology, Columbia University)
Using remote sensing data, including LiDAR (light detection and ranging) and high-resolution satellite imagery, archaeologists are working across scales and mapping sites at levels of detail that once seemed impossible. In parallel, deep learning models are transforming our ability to analyze the resulting large-scale datasets. However, these new developments also present practical and ethical challenges. In this talk, Dr. VanValkenburgh will draw on his own multi-faceted research projects in Peru to discuss how digital approaches are expanding archaeology’s reach and scientific impact, while also changing the way that the field works with stakeholders and publics.
Speakers
Associate Professor of Anthropology, Archaeology, and the Ancient World
Brown University
Loubat Professor of
American Archaeology
Columbia University
Pricing
All: Free
About the Series
Since 1877, the Anthropology Section of The New York Academy of Sciences has served as a meeting place for scholars in the Greater New York area. The section strives to be a progressive voice within the anthropological community and to contribute innovative perspectives on the human condition nationally and internationally. Learn more and view other events in the Anthropology Section series.
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