# Armchair archaeologist

- Institution: TED
- Department: Torchbearers
- Speaker: Sarah Parcak
- Year: 2018
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, History
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/sarah_parcak_armchair_archaeologist)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [Armchair archaeologist](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/sarah_parcak_armchair_archaeologist/7495cb5a9bdf), 6 min (TED's player)