Why Do Archeologists Use Satillites?

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The first example of why satillites are the most advanced tchnology is undercovering history. "Archeologists are using new techniques to search for traces of civilizations...Modern explorers use satellites orbiting tehe planet about 400 mile above the ground."(Article 3, paragraph 1). Most modern archeologists use satillites to find our past. Satillites take pictures from the air so we can quickly find things. "Infared satellite imagery can locate objects on the ground less than 2 feet wide. Infrared light also can penetrate about a foot below the surface and detect differences in the soil... Infared satillite imagery detects these differences in density, revealing buried roads,tombs and cities."(Article 3, paragraph 2). Satillites can find thousands of ancient artifacts in weeks, where it would take years on foot to find half of that.Satillies are very advanced in finding artifacts. We would have never found or have known as much about our past as we didn't have the satilite. …show more content…

In this example they use mailboxs, a 90 degree bent metal tube, to find old shipwrecks. In 2013, the Schmitt family discovered treasure believed to have been aboard the Spanish ships sunk by the 1715 hurricane.. They used mailboxes to excavate holes in the sand ocean bottom."(Article 1, paragraph 8). The family found lots of treasure 15 feet under the ocean. Satillites may not be able to go underwater but they can do lots of other things than

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