Sarah Parcak

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Sarah Parcak (2014)

Sarah Helen Parcak (* 1979 in Bangor , Maine ) is an American archaeologist who evaluates recordings from space (images and radiation measurements) in order to find possible archaeological sites. Among other things, she was able to identify areas of settlement in Egypt and on the territory of the Roman Empire . She is a lecturer in anthropology and director of the global surveillance laboratory at the University of Alabama at Birmingham . Together with her husband, Gregory Mumford , she leads investigations in the Fayum , on the Sinai and in the Eastern Nile Delta .

Career

Parcak received her bachelor's degree in Egyptology and Archeology from Yale University in 2001 ; she wrote her doctoral thesis at Cambridge University . She is a lecturer in anthropology at the University of Alabama Birmingham UAB (USA). She previously taught Ancient Egyptian Art and History of Ancient Egypt at the University of Wales , Swansea .

Scientific work

From 2003 to 2004 Parcak analyzed a combination of satellite images and surface surveys and discovered 132 possible archaeological sites; some of them go back to around 3000 BC. BC back.

In collaboration with her husband Gregory Mumford, she leads investigations in the Fayum, on the Sinai and in the eastern Nile Delta. The two combine different satellite data from different sources and recording types. According to Parcak, this approach reduces the time and costs involved in selecting sites for further investigation compared to classic soil surveys.

In 2007 she founded the Laboratory for Global Health Observation at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Documentation

In May 2011 the BBC broadcast a documentary entitled Egypt's Lost Cities (in German Egypt from above ). The BBC sponsored study of Parcak's university team at UAB worked with infrared satellite imagery from commercial and NASA satellites for over a year . The program explains her research and shows how Parcak tries to find evidence for her suspicions in Egypt. The UAB team announced the discovery of 17 pyramids , more than 1000 tombs and 3000 ancient settlements outside the ancient Egyptian city of Sais . Former minister of the State Antiquities Agency, Zahi Hawass, commented that the finds have not yet been examined and verified by the ministry. Until 2015, none of the specified sites for pyramids or tombs had been checked and confirmed.

In May 2012 she was in a half-hour CNN telecast The Next List presented in which researchers apply the new methods and work this interdisciplinary.

She was the focus of a Dan Snow documentary - Rome's Lost Empire - that premiered on BBC One on December 9, 2012. She discovered possible future archaeological sites in Romania , in the settlement area of ​​the Nabataeans , in Tunisia and Italy and made, among other things, a proposal for the location of the lighthouse in the Roman port of Portus Romae . She was also able to specify the course of the canal to Portus, which was built alongside the Tiber .

A co-production of the BBC with PBS , NOVA / WGBH Boston and France Télévisions (first broadcast April 4, 2016) documents the use of satellite images to find possible remains of Viking-era iron stone mining in Point Rosee , Newfoundland .

Publications

In 2009 she published her book Satellite Remote Sensing for Archeology . In it she describes methods of satellite archeology. In his review for Antiquity magazine , Daniel Donoghue concluded that it “focused more on technical methodology than on interpretation and analysis”. He judged the book to be "written in a lively style that brings the highly technical subject to a large audience." In conclusion, Donoghue rates it as a good introduction to archeology, anthropology, and geography freshmen.

Awards

For their scientific work in the field of satellite archeology Sarah Parcak received the 1 million US dollars doped TED Prize 2016th

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Frances Cronin: Egyptian pyramids found by infra-red satellite images . BBC News. May 25, 2011. Retrieved December 10, 2012: "Dr Sarah Parcak Space Archaeologist"
  2. ↑ From the UNLV Department of Art website
  3. ^ A b Zahi Hawass: BBC Satellite Project . Zahi Hawass. Archived from the original on March 24, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
  4. ^ University of Alabama at Birmingham Media Relations . Main.uab.edu. April 23, 2007. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
  5. ^ Survey and Excavation Projects in Egypt website . Deltasinai.com. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
  6. ^ Sarah H. Parcak Faculty Directory, University of Alabama at Birmingham. Retrieved November 5, 2015
  7. ^ Egypt's Lost Cities . BBC One (Bbc.co.uk). June 3, 2011. Retrieved December 10, 2012.
  8. ↑ Alex WePrin: CNN Planning New Weekend Program, The Next List . TV news. October 7, 2011.
  9. ↑ This week on 'The Next List': a space archaeologist . CNN. May 22, 2012. Retrieved July 22, 2012.
  10. ^ Rome's Lost Empire, BBC One, review . Telegraph. December 10, 2012.
  11. ↑ BBC 4, December 31, 2013, Rome's Lost Empire
  12. ^ Vikings Unearthed
  13. ^ Daniel Donoghue: Review of Sarah H. Parcak. "Satellite remote sensing for archeology" , Antiquity , Volume 084 Issue 325. September 2010
  14. ↑ Updated 12:38 PM ET, Tue November 10, 2015: Space archaeologist Sarah Parcak wins $ 1M 2016 TED prize . CNN.com. Retrieved November 11, 2015.

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SURNAME Parcak, Sarah
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Parcak, Sarah Helen (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Bangor , Maine , United States