Finding the Lost Rivers of the Indus Civilisation from Space
8/02/2017 02:30:00 PM
the presumed watercourses in the region are no longer visible on the ground. For the last 40 years satellite imagery has been used to map the hydrology of the extensive plains that Indus populations occupied, but with mixed success.
Innovative new work by the ERC funded TwoRains project, which is based in the Department of Archaeology and the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research at the University of Cambridge, has been addressing this issue as part of its objective to study the influence of water availability and climate change in the collapse of ancient civilisations. A journal paper by Hector A. Orengo and Cameron A. Petrie detailing the first results of this research has been selected as the cover story of the last issue of the journal Remote Sensing.
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https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2017/08/finding-lost-rivers-of-indus.html#WirMp8hSMfbiGjT4.99
