Researcher uses satellite imagery to investigate ancient urbanism in eastern Africa

At the U of A’s Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies, Wolfgang Alders, a National Science Foundation SBE Postdoctoral Fellow, is using satellite imagery and archaeological methods to better understand the origins of urban life on the eastern African Swahili Coast, a vast region spanning the modern countries of Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique. At the U of A’s Center for Advanced Spatial Technologies, Wolfgang Alders, a National Science Foundation SBE Postdoctoral Fellow, is using satellite imagery and archaeological methods to better understand the origins of urban life on the eastern African Swahili Coast, a vast region spanning the modern countries of Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique. Archaeology Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories