UAV LiDAR Survey for Archaeological Documentation in Chiapas, Mexico
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Paso del Tigre, Las Limas, and Rancho Don Fermín
3.2. Nuevo Canán and Valle Escondido
3.3. El Edén and El Jovero
3.4. El Pozo de Nuevo Tumbalá
3.5. Lacanjá Tzeltal
3.6. Benemérito de las Américas, Primera Sección
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Actual | ||||||
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Predicted | Forest | Grass/Crop | Built/Bare | Water | Total | |
forest | 35,141 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 35,236 | |
grass/crop | 350 | 13,360 | 0 | 0 | 13,710 | |
built/bare | 0 | 32 | 246 | 0 | 278 | |
water | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1590 | 1590 | |
Total | 35,491 | 13,487 | 246 | 1590 | 50,814 |
Site | Forest: Grassland Ratio | Forest Cover | Crop and Grassland | Urbanized Area | Water | Total |
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Paso del Tigre | 0.722 | 1.36 | 1.88 | 0 | 0 | 3.24 |
Benemérito Primera Sección | 0.0271 | 0.0590 | 2.18 | 0.000589 | 0 | 2.24 |
Edén-Jovero | 1.01 | 1.71 | 1.70 | 0.000981 | 0 | 3.41 |
Nuevo Canán | 0.660 | 3.35 | 5.07 | 0.0766 | 0.0209 | 8.52 |
Lacanjá Tzeltal | 0.766 | 1.04 | 1.36 | 0.000196 | 0.000981 | 2.40 |
El Pozo | 6.49 | 2.54 | 0.392 | 0 | 0 | 2.93 |
Mission | # of .las Files | Total Points (×107) | Ground Points (×107) | Ground Points % | Area (km2) | Ground Points/m2 | % 1st Return |
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Paso del Tigre | 14 | 92.1 | 15.1 | 16.4 | 3.2 | 47 | 87.2 |
Canán | 37 | 203.8 | 35.4 | 17.4 | 8.2 | 43 | 89.9 |
Edén-Jovero | 16 | 116.6 | 17.4 | 15.0 | 3.3 | 52 | 88.0 |
El Pozo | 14 | 109.5 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 15 | 77.1 |
Lacanjá Tzeltal | 36 | 130.1 | 15.1 | 11.6 | 2.3 | 65 | 84.8 |
Benemérito Primera Sección | 37 | 61.8 | 10.2 | 16.5 | 2.1 | 48 | 92.5 |
Site | Forest: Grassland Ratio | Mean Absolute Curvature | Ground Point Percentage | Feature Density per km2 |
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Paso del Tigre | 0.722 | 2.15 | 16.4 | 72 |
Benemérito Primera Sección | 0.0271 | 0.56 | 16.5 | 388 |
Edén-Jovero | 1.01 | 1.35 | 15.0 | 84 |
El Pozo | 6.49 | 2.34 | 4.0 | 10 |
Lacanjá Tzeltal | 0.766 | 1.13 | 11.6 | 85 |
Nuevo Canán | 0.660 | 0.82 | 17.4 | 16 |
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Schroder, W.; Murtha, T.; Golden, C.; Scherer, A.K.; Broadbent, E.N.; Almeyda Zambrano, A.M.; Herndon, K.; Griffin, R. UAV LiDAR Survey for Archaeological Documentation in Chiapas, Mexico. Remote Sens. 2021, 13, 4731. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13234731
Schroder W, Murtha T, Golden C, Scherer AK, Broadbent EN, Almeyda Zambrano AM, Herndon K, Griffin R. UAV LiDAR Survey for Archaeological Documentation in Chiapas, Mexico. Remote Sensing. 2021; 13(23):4731. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13234731
Chicago/Turabian StyleSchroder, Whittaker, Timothy Murtha, Charles Golden, Andrew K. Scherer, Eben N. Broadbent, Angélica M. Almeyda Zambrano, Kelsey Herndon, and Robert Griffin. 2021. "UAV LiDAR Survey for Archaeological Documentation in Chiapas, Mexico" Remote Sensing 13, no. 23: 4731. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13234731