Topographic map of the Camarones River basin, annotated with the locations of hunting traps (chacus), settlements and vegetation.
In northern Chile's Western Valleys, GIS helped discover 76 hunting traps and hundreds of settlements, indicating hunting and foraging remained major aspects of life long after we believed people had fully transitioned to agropastoralist farming 5/6
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New issue of Antiquity Vol. 99, No. 408 (2025) www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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@indyfromspace.bsky.social Thanks for sharing such thoughtful comments on my paper. I completely agree, many of us have been told at some point that satellites aren’t that useful for archaeology, or worse, that we ‘only make pretty maps with satellite imagery’. But oh well 😂
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📰 High in the Andes of northern Chile, hunters used stone wall traps to capture prey
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Many thanks to the entire @antiquity.ac.uk team for their help during the publication process of my work. Thanks also to Max for the excellent summary of my research! I invite you to read the article, which is open access and therefore free to read and download www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Aerial photograph of two chacu hunting traps: drystone structures made up of two walls forming a V-shape, tapering to a circular enclosure (credit: A. Oyaneder).
NEW Satellite imagery reveals 76 hunting traps and 100s of undiscovered settlements in the Andean highlands, indicating hunting and foraging were still major aspects of life long after researchers believed people transitioned to agropastoralist farming.
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We are excited to share some more information about how the DH Lab have been working with Historic England to explore experimental imaging techniques to assist with research into the iconic Sycamore Gap tree
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Yesterday, the DH Team enjoyed an interesting training session led by Julia, our DSO, and Adrián Oyaneder, archaeologist specialising in remote sensing & mapping, based on their work with Photometric Stereo
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It is great to see coverage of the DH Team’s future role in helping Historic England explore the use of advanced imaging techniques to accurately date the felled Sycamore Gap tree. We feel privileged to be collaborating on this important project and look forward to sharing more soon
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