Integrating remote datasets to identify precontact architecture and settlement patterns along the Wampu River system, Eastern Honduras.

ABSTRACT: In our era of remote sensing archaeology and legacy datasets, multiple lines of evidence should be integrated to establish a large-scale view of threatened Indigenous landscapes. This study brings together several datasets derived from airborne lidar, satellite imagery, and pedestrian survey to present the first large-scale (>650 km2) synthesis of the settlement archaeology of the Wampu River system, a part of eastern Honduras with limited archaeological work. The purpose of this study is to: 1) connect pedestrian and airborne lidar surveys within the Wampu River system; 2) identify patterns in archaeological sites and architecture; 3) characterize the anthropogenic landscape of the region, and to suggest areas for future work in this understudied part of the Americas. Results include the

SUBMITTER: Cohen AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12611162 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature