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Vast Archaeological Landscape Revealed by Airborne LiDAR at Nan Madol World Heritage Site
Implications for Sustainable Site Conservation and Outstanding Universal ValueDouglas C. Comer, Ph.D., President, CSRM Foundation
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Area of LiDAR surveyOne of the wettest places on Earth, with 4-7 meters of rain each year and dense vegetation.
100 humanly constructed islets with large basalt structures lie beneath
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Lidar image of Temwen and Nan Madol
Provides data/information relevant to many issues:
Assessing integrity and vulnerability of islets
Temwen Island landscape features highly reminiscent of complex agricultural fields observed from sixteenth to eighteenth century in Melanesia
Can be used to • Develop conservation
treatments• Enrich interpretation• In many other ways
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This is a Colorized Multi-directional Hillshade LiDAR
Digital Terrain Model with islets
outlines.
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Pan Kedira
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