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Research to Take Place at El Tajin Using LIDAR Technology

Digital mapping will allow new research projects to be part of El Tajin Archaeological Zone Management Plan. Photo: INAH/M. Tapia.

MEXICO CITY.- Altars, plazas and ballgame
courts,
among other Prehispanic structures that are still buried at El Tajin,
Veracruz
may be detected by using LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) devises.
Archaeologist Patricia Castillo Peña, academic director of the site in
custody
of the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) informed
that
mapping the archaeological zone is a project that will allow to have
detailed
register of ancient structures.
She commented that the
initiative is
being revised by the INAH Archaeology Council. In case of being
approved, an
agreement between INAH and Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) will be set to
determine
the company with the LIDAR technology that may conduct the inspection,
to be
selected by PEMEX.