# Friedman 2017: Remote Sensing of Chaco Roads Revisited

> Richard A. Friedman, Anna Sofaer, Robert S. Weiner, 2017. 2 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The method paper for road detection by lidar.

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# Remote Sensing of Chaco Roads Revisited

Richard A. Friedman, Anna Sofaer, Robert S. Weiner, 2017. _Advances in Archaeological Practice 5(4): 365-381_.

The first use of lidar to document Chaco roads, with case studies of the Aztec Airport Mesa Road, the Great North Road and the Pueblo Alto landscape; shows roads visible in the 1980s are now nearly invisible on the ground and that lidar recovers known and new segments.

**Great houses of Chaco Canyon** Articledoi: **[10.1017/aap.2017.25](https://doi.org/10.1017/aap.2017.25)** Checked against the original0

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The method paper for road detection by lidar.

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[The great houses of Chaco Canyon](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon)

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[What were the Chacoan roads for?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/chaco-canyon/questions/QST0D9KTSVR1WA0/what-were-the-chacoan-roads-for)

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Friedman, R. A., Sofaer, A., & Weiner, R. S. (2017). Remote Sensing of Chaco Roads Revisited. Advances in Archaeological Practice 5(4): 365-381. https://doi.org/10.1017/aap.2017.25
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