Archaeologist fight sight looting with drones

25/02/16

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The DePaul University has been testing drones in its archeologic research for the last three years and quickly realized that the technology has decreased looting. “Drones are proving to be powerful new tools to archaeologists for documenting excavation, mapping landscapes and identifying buried features. They also can be applied to monitor site destruction and looting in the present,” said Morag M. Kersel, an assistant professor of anthropology at DePaul.

“Between 2013-14, we had 34 new looting episodes — holes — clearly people were still looting. In the next year, there’s very little or no evidence of looting. Why?” Kersel said.  She believes that drones are key to safeguarding and recording what remains of this Early Bronze Age in Jordan mortuary site.

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