Large-scale, collaborative imagery survey in archaeology: The Geospatial Platform for Andean Culture, History and Archaeology (GeoPACHA)

Wernke S.A.; Van Valkenburgh P.; Zimmer-Dauphinee J.; Whitlock B.; Spence Morrow G.; Smith R.; Smit D.; Roque Ortega G.; Ricci Jara K.; Plekhov D.; Oré Menéndez G.; Norman S.; Marcone G.; Mamani Calloapaza M.; Kohut L.; Hernández Garavito C.; Chacaltana-Cortez S.; Arkush E. · Antiquity (2024) · DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2023.177

Resumen

Imagery-based survey is capable of producing archaeological datasets that complement those collected through field-based survey methods, widening the scope of analysis beyond regions. The Geospatial Platform for Andean Culture, History and Archaeology (GeoPACHA) enables systematic registry of imagery survey data through a 'federated' approach. Using GeoPACHA, teams pursue problem-specific research questions through a common data schema and interface that allows for inter-project comparisons, analyses and syntheses. The authors present an overview of the platform's rationale and functionality, as well as a summary of results from the first survey campaign, which was carried out by six projects distributed across the central Andes, five of which are represented here. Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Antiquity Publications Ltd.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos; Universidad Nacional de San Agustín de Arequipa; Universidad Antonio Ruiz de Montoya; Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología