Technology does more than bring the field to life by recreating visual images of the past. Technology helps people visualise as well as convey arguments and ideas linked to what might have existed in the past. For example, Imaging Radar allows scientists to do aerial mapping of areas that were difficult to map previously, due to heavy forests or dense cloud coverage. Imaging radar uses multispectral radar frequencies sent from something such as a space …showed first 75 words of 330 total…

…showed last 75 words of 330 total…alternative to the traditional text. The growing number of web sites dedicated to archaeology are testament to the value of the worldwide web as a tool to access and release data, and, like most sciences, examine these data reports. Archaeology, being more visually oriented, is an ideal subject to be published on the web so that others can appreciate it in the form of moving graphic images, elaborate maps, mock excavations, and interactive artifact images.