Tag: anthropogenic sediments
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Uncovering the World’s First Cities
The Atlantic Cities: Uncovering the World's First Cities … By analyzing satellite imagery, archaeologist Jason Ur and computer scientist Bjoern Menze have identified thousands of settlement sites in one section of the Fertile Crescent. They've mapped more than 14,000 settlement sites in a 23,000-square-kilometer region in northeastern Syria, and they suggest that their method can…