The dig site near my hometown looks completely different now than it did in 2010

I went back to visit the old Cahokia mounds excavation outside Collinsville last month. Back when I helped there as a volunteer in 2010, it was all manual trenching and paper grids. Now they've got ground penetrating radar and drone mapping, found a whole new plaza area I never even knew existed. The old lead archaeologist told me they're rewriting the population estimates because of it. Has anyone else gone back to a site and seen how much the tools have changed things?

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alicew6816d ago

I'd still probably trip over my own feet with the fancy radar stuff.

iris_davis9016d ago

Nah, the radar practically aims itself for you.

julia_carter7016d ago

People act like driving is brain surgery now. It's a radar, not a missile guidance system. Half the cars on the road have blind spot warnings and backup cameras and people still can't park straight. The tech is fine, but it doesn't make anyone a better driver. It just gives them an excuse to pay less attention.