ABSTRACT Large-scale Lidar surveys have revitalized interest in regional settlement studies in the Maya Lowlands. Remotely identified features in Lidar imagery must be verified on the ground, with results of ground-truthing studies forming the basis of reliable, comparative databases for understanding ancient Maya land use and modification. The El Pilar Project integrates data generated by established survey methods with Lidar imagery to construct more complete pictures of settlement distribution, landscape modification, and human-environment interactions. This paper describes the results of Lidar-guided survey at El Pilar along with the protocol our project developed to systematize data collection and increase the efficiency of survey. The methods we describe have proven effective for investigating Maya settlement patterns at the site scale and locating features difficult to discern in Lidar imagery.

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超越魔杖：古老的玛雅人中心El Pilar的综合激光雷达调查的方法学发展和结果

摘要大规模的激光雷达调查激发了人们对玛雅低地地区定居研究的兴趣。激光雷达图像中的远程识别特征必须在地面上进行验证，地面真相研究的结果构成了可靠的比较数据库的基础，用于理解古代玛雅人的土地使用和修改。埃尔皮拉尔计划（El Pilar Project）将通过既定的调查方法生成的数据与激光雷达图像相集成，以构建更完整的定居分布，景观修改以及人与环境相互作用的图片。本文介绍了El Pilar的激光雷达引导调查的结果，以及我们的项目开发的协议，该协议旨在系统化数据收集并提高调查效率。