The literature surrounding the use of LiDAR, light detection and ranging, imagery can often be disjointed, vague, and impractical for its application in archaeological investigation. Wanting to utilize the available data, I became frustrated with the lack of literature that described a basic methodological approach to using LiDAR. The most common usage for LiDAR in archaeological contexts continues to be identification of sites and associated features. Recent interest in LiDAR’s ability to aid in the monitoring of conditions on archaeological sites offers another opportunity to employ the available datasets (Challis et al. 2008). Read More
