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Ethics, New Colonialism, and Lidar Data: A Decade of Lidar in Maya Archaeology

Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology
Volume 3 (2020): Issue 1
By: Adrian S. Z. Chase,  Diane Chase and  Arlen Chase  
Open Access
|Apr 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jcaa.43 | Journal eISSN: 2514-8362
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Language: English
Submitted on: Oct 15, 2019
Accepted on: Mar 24, 2020
Published on: Apr 10, 2020
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
Lidar,
Ethics,
New Colonialism,
Sovereignty,
Looting,
Mesoamerican Archaeology

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