Maps for Time Travelers

"An eye-opening and engaging look at the science and technology of modern archaeology that will be of interest to any time traveler--and since we are all traveling through time at the rate of one second per second, this set definitely includes you!"--Ryan North, author of How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler "It is hard to imagine a more compelling use of geospatial technology than in revealing the human past, and in making it possible to see the world as it used to be. This book tells the story of maps in archaeology in a fresh, inspiring, and lively way, helping to make a complex technology understandable to the general reader."--Michael Frank Goodchild, Emeritus Professor of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara "McCoy is a splendid guide to archaeology's use of geospatial technologies to discover and interpret the past. He is curious, knowledgeable, approachable, and engaging. This book is an excellent introduction to an important subject. Even better, it is a fun read."--David J. Bodenhamer, coeditor of The Spatial Humanities: GIS and the Future of Humanities Scholarship "An engaging and accessible introduction to contemporary archaeological practice and the digital technologies used to document and interpret human life in the past. If you want to know how archaeology really operates in the twenty-first century, this is the book to read. I recommend it highly and will be using it in my classes at all levels!"--David G. Anderson, Professor, University of Tennessee, and founder of the Digital Index of North American Archaeology and the Paleoindian Database of the Americas