http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-36498234
couldnt see the wood for the trees apparently or should that be the sandstone for the sand? :)
'Remote sensing' or taking pics by aircraft and satellite is a good way of finding the outlines of otherwise hard-to-discern structures.
The trick is to make any survey systematic, and Sarah Parcak appears to be doing just that.
More in Cambodia from lidar:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/11/lost-city-medieval-discovered-hidden-beneath-cambodian-jungle
That particular article includes an intriguing temple fight scene (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/11/lost-city-medieval-discovered-hidden-beneath-cambodian-jungle#img-2). The paired participants differ in hairstyle, shield size and loincloth decoration, in addition to left-and right-handedness. Yet both pairs use blunt weapons, round objects on the end of spearshafts; these do not appear to be weights, judging by the point at which the spear is held. Presumably this is a ritual combat in which bloodshed is not the intention: in any event, the heavily-lipped individual crouched or seated on the right of the picture seems to be watching with never a care in the world.
Quote from: Patrick Waterson on June 11, 2016, 09:50:52 AM
Presumably this is a ritual combat in which bloodshed is not the intention
If it's even combat - the athletic poses give me an impression of dance.
Quote from: Andreas Johansson on June 11, 2016, 10:19:55 AM
Quote from: Patrick Waterson on June 11, 2016, 09:50:52 AM
Presumably this is a ritual combat in which bloodshed is not the intention
If it's even combat - the athletic poses give me an impression of dance.
That was also my thought when I saw it. A dramatic performance is also possible, depicting religious themes perhaps?
Quite conceivable: perhaps even more likely if musicians were depicted in the same scene. I am not sure how far Cambodians blended the understood with the explicit.
In any event, probably not much use for army lists.