Four sites with standing pillars, often in clusters or circles, which are estimated to be 8,000 years old, were constructed on the margin of a large freshwater lake in northern Kenya in the early Pliocene. Limited excavations of one of them showed abundant human remains associated with these monuments. GPR surveys were carried out within…
by Lawrence Conyers and Denisse Argote | Integrating a lidar relief map with GPR subsurface mapping, accompanied by locating known and inferred surface structures allowed for the reconstruction of a Late Classic Period walled compound. It was found that this enclosure is not perfectly rectangular, was partially dismanteled in the past, added on to in…
There is a coming crisis with peer reviewed publications in our field. The symptoms have been apparent for about 6 or 7 years and are now becoming obvious. Those of us who came from the academic realm have always relied on well-established publications to “show our worth” and achievements necessary for promotion and tenure decisions.…
Very high frequency ground-penetrating radar (GPR) reflection data were collected and processed at Laetoli Site S, to connect an ancient hominid pathway that was uncovered in two excavations conducted in 2016. These footprints have been dated to about 3.6 million years ago and are likely those of Australopithecus afarensis. Profiles were collected 5 cm apart…