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Armchair archaeologist

Sarah Parcak · TED

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About

Sarah Parcak hoped the power of the crowd could help accelerate archaeological discovery. See how 90-year-old Doris Mae Jones heard her call -- and jumped in to search more than 50,000 tiles in Expedition Peru. With cat assistants.

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
Torchbearers
Speaker
Sarah Parcak
Year
2018
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Biology, History
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
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