Mapping the Mayans (Aylin Woodward, Wall Street Journal)
Ongoing use of LiDar discloses the hidden dimensions of Mayan history.
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02, 2023
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03, 2020
The shift (Maya Lewellyn)
Making shift at the time of coronavirus in Alabama.
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02, 2018
Laser lights up Mayan civilization (Jacey Fortin, New York Times)
How we can learn from the ancients, assisted by modern science.
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09, 2016
Math and the Mayans (Eric Vance, National Geographic)
Math and the Mayans: an archaeologist brings his engineering experience to bear in reinterpreting pre-Columbian calendars. From the article: Archaeologists have long looked to Venus to understand Maya calendars and tradition. But now, a fresh look at an ancient text called the Dresden Codex suggests that our understanding of how the Maya tracked Venus for their celestial calendars [...]
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07, 2024
Decoding the DNA of human sacrifice (Aylin Woodward, Wall Street Journal)
How genetic science helps us understand the rituals of human sacrifice among the Mayans.
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08, 2022
The Healing Place of Trees in Art
Finding health in the art of nature.
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06, 2021
Peru’s fertile past (Erica Gies, BBC Future)
How pre-Incan science provides answers to modern problems.
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10, 2019
Humanities and business (Gianpiero Petriglieri, Harvard Business Review)
How business can make use of the humanities without turning them into something useful.
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09, 2019
History’s new meaning (R.A. Hailu and M.C. McCafferty, Harvard Crimson)
Shaping history at Harvard in new senses.
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08, 2019
LiDAR illuminates the past (Erin Blakemore, National Geographic)
LiDar reveals new evidence of past societies, revolutionizing archaeology.