CHS Docent Cont. Education: Emerging Technology in Archeology Using Digital Data

This video is brought to you by The Friends of Coronado Historic Site © https://www.kuaua.org/ ABOUT THE SITE Coronado Historic Site and the ruins of Kuaua Pueblo are located just minutes north of Albuquerque (off of I-25, Exit 242) in Bernalillo. Kuaua was the northernmost of the twelve villages. Its name means "evergreen" in Tiwa. It was first settled around AD 1325 and was occupied by approximately 1,200 people when Coronado arrived. Conflict with Coronado and later Spanish explorers led to the abandonment of this site within a century of first contact. Today, the descendants of the people of Kuaua live in the surviving Tiwa-speaking villages of Taos, Picuris, Sandia, and Isleta. ABOUT THIS LECTURE Emerging Technology in Archeology Using Digital Data - Recorded May 16th, 2021 Rich Friedman’s presentation will include examples of digital data used to identify, map and visualize cultural resources. These include GIS, GPS, LiDAR and Photogrammetry with a virtual reconstruction of “Downtown Chaco Canyon.” There will be examples of 2D and 3D visualization of the 3D “reconstructions” through the time of Pueblo Bonito, Chetro Ketl, Pueblo Alto and Pueblo Del Arroyo from approximately 830 CE to 1250 CE. ABOUT THE SPEAKER Rich Friedman received a BS in Geology from Adams State University but has spent his professional career working in computer/information technology and archaeology. He has participated in archaeological projects using Geographic Information Systems, GPS, photogrammetry, LiDAR and remote sensing with the Navajo Nation, National Park Service and the Solstice Project. Coronado Historic Site: http://nmhistoricsites.org/coronado Jemez Historic Site: http://nmhistoricsites.org/jemez Music: Marlon Magdalena:    / marlonmagdalena   Marlon’s Website: http://www.marlonmagdalena.com/