Digitally Recreating Ancient Buried Structures

A team from the University of Cincinnati is digitally recreating seventeen centuries old geometric structures.

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March 19, 2003, 12:00 PM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Seventeen centuries ago, North America's Midwest was covered with hundreds of precisely aligned astronomical markers...These geometric structures survived for close to two millennia before most were plowed over in the 19th century, paved over in the 20th century, or destroyed by archaeologists...EarthWorks is the most comprehensive virtual reconstruction of archaeological remnants...Hancock's team used archaeological data gleaned from remote-sensing devices that can detect remains below the ground, and infrared aerial photographs and satellite images..."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

Read the full story: Revealing Ohio's Buried Treasure

Tuesday, March 18, 2003 in Wired

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