![]() GIS and remote sensing methods, including satellite and infrared imaging, are used to gather and display information about the Earth's surface from a distance. She is credited with being the first Egyptologist to use satellite imaging to identify new archaeological sites in Egypt. By mapping the past more quickly and at a higher resolution (more detailed) and broader scale, archaeologists are better equipped to find, study, and preserve ancient sites and the human history they contain. The scientific field of space archaeology is fairly new and one that Parcak helped pioneer. ![]() ![]() Since her research includes the use of satellite imagery and remote sensing/GIS (geographic information system) technologies to locate and map her study sites, she is also known as a satellite, or space, archaeologist. As an Egyptologist, Parcak studies the archaeology - culture and history -of ancient Egypt, a civilization in northeastern Africa lasting from 3200 BCE to about 400 CE. ![]() Among her many roles, Sarah Parcak is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, founding director of the Laboratory for Global Health Observation (LGHO), and a National Geographic Emerging Explorer. ![]()
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