Satellites spy thousands of ancient human settlements
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/03/20/satellites-spy-thousands-ancient-human-settlements/
This is a really cool idea to me. As mentioned in the article this is not the first time satellites have been used to identify archeology sites, but this is the first I am aware of that is on such a huge scale and would allow for larger analysis (such as mentioned in the article about looking at resources used over time). Of course exploration of any of these sites will be a long and drawn out process. Very little money makes it into archeology (at least legitimately, the sale of pilfered artifacts is supposed to be quite lucrative) and what there is tends to focus on research that is expected to be highly visible (such as excavating Pharaoh tombs and whatnot). I would love to see the results of some excavations on some of these older sites, what amazing things might be found from 7,000 year old cities?
