New techniques using drone lidar technology allow archaeologists to study the vast battlefields of World War II in more detail than ever before.
Stichelbaut and his collages surveyed parts of the battlefield with an aerial drone equipped with high-resolution lidar, which stands for Laser Detection and Ranging. Similar to radar but using pulses of laser light instead of radio waves, the technology allowed the researchers to explore hundreds of archaeological sites in detail. Many of these features barely registered on public, low-resolution lidar maps of Belgium’s southern Wallonia region, which covers most of the Ardennes.
They identified archaeological relics in the landscape even in areas they hadn’t visited, revealing more than 1,000 previously unknown bomb craters, earthwork dugouts, shelters, and artillery emplacements hidden within the forest. Using the drone’s high-resolution lidar on small sites enabled the researchers to interpret what they saw on the larger, low-resolution maps that were already available, Stichelbaut says. This allowed them to study much of the battlefield without searching on foot.
War junk left behind, found near an American 155-mm gun emplacement. There is an artillery fuse , a transport fuse , and other undefined metal scrap. Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited.
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