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…
The new MARI-GISLAB portal goes live
We are proud to be inaugurating our map portal hosted by the MARI-GISLAB and ESRI. Please visit us at: https://marigislab.maps.arcgis.com/ Our first shared map is a collection of outlines of Lidar coverages from 35 different projects from 2009 to 2019 compiled by Marcello Canuto. It shows how fast lidar coverage has progressed in the Maya…
Ancient Maya Settlement 