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The Amazon basin is still poorly studied, and new archaeological discoveries will continue to arise. The authors selected the Andean zone of the Manu National Park in Peru as a prominent research area. A substantial archive of geospatial data is collected by integrating it into a multi-user GIS. It includes a digital terrain model, high-resolution...
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... due to the same reason, paths and locations suitable for temporary camps did not change significantly during the centuries. Another example is the attempt undertaken by Cieslar & Vasyunin (2023) to discover new potential sites in the poorly studied Peruvian Amazon basin. They apply Google Earth Engine to find relationship between thousands of small modern settlements in the Andes and terrain morphometry, and use the gained information to create an archaeological sensitivity map covering over 3000 km². ...
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