Rebuilding the prehistoric world

摘要

Underwater archaeology has huge potential, but it is a time-consuming and costly way to study the past. So resources need to be directed to the areas where researchers are most likely to hit pay dirt.rnIn practice, this means reconstructing palaeolandscapes to identify potential archaeological hotspots. "We're all looking for predictive models," says Michael Faught, a maritime archaeologist with Panamerican Consultants in Pensacola, Florida. "We're not going to simply stumble on these sites."