Readings for GIS Internship
To support my internship, I ordered three books that I believe will be helpful in guiding my research and GIS-related activities. Maps for Time Travelers (2022) by Mark D. McCoy, professor of anthropology at Florida State University, is a recent book that provides a brief, but comprehensive exploration into the ways that archaeologists use geospatial technologies, particularly GPS, GIS, and various remote sensing techniques in the study of the human past. In this work, McCoy provides an overview of the use of these technologies by archaeologists from early studies over a century ago up through the present time. He discusses how these technologies can be used to understand human patterns of migration, food procurement and production, and how ancient societies can be "reversed engineered" through these approaches. While I am familiar with many of the technologies discussed in the book and some of the cases studies where they have been applied, this work serves a good refresh...