Beginning with the pioneering survey at Caracol in the Vaca Plateau of Belize (Chase et al. 2011a; Chase et al. 2011b) roughly a decade ago, the application of lidar in the Maya lowlands initiated a sea change in settlement research in the Maya area. Since then, a raft of studies has shown how this technology…
A Recipe for Simple Red Relief
Walking to the site really is uphill both ways through a swamp. The Red Relief Image Map (RRIM) has become a popular tool for visualization for archaeological landscapes, especially in the Maya area following its introduction by Inomata et al (2017) at Ceibal, Guatemala. Originally developed by Chiba et al (2008), the RRIM is a…
Ancient Maya Settlement 