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The laser that can 'see through' thick forest - and spotted a Stone age settlement in Ohio
The laser that can 'see through' thick forest - and spotted a Stone age settlement in Ohio
By Mark Prigg For Dailymail.com
Published: 17:57 EST, 25 November 2016 | Updated: 17:58 EST, 25 November 2016
It is technology that has travelled to Mars, is set to examine an asteroid, and has even spotted a stone age settlement here on earth.
Nasa has revealed the latest find from lidar technology - near the Beaver river in western Oklahoma.
Some 10,500 years ago, hunters gathered there each year.
They funneled bison into narrow, dead-end arroyos — steep gullies cut into the hillside by the river — where they killed them en masse, sliced off the choicest meat and leaving behind piles of skeletons.
More:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3962130/The-laser-forest-spotted-Stone-age-settlement-Ohio.html#ixzz4R5ZJsImd