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Jaime Castillo, a Peruvian archaeologist with Lima’s Catholic
University and an incoming deputy culture minister, flies a drone over
the archaeological site of Cerro Chepen in Trujillo August 3, 2013.
Reuters / Mariana Bazo
In Peru, Archaeologists are using drones to "help set boundaries to
protect sites, watch over them and monitor threats, and create a digital
repository of ruins that can help build awareness and aid in the
reconstruction of any damage done," according to this Reuters item.
The Peruvian government "plans to buy several drones to use at
different sites, and [says] the technology will help the ministry comply
with a new, business-friendly law that has tightened the deadline for
determining whether land slated for development might contain cultural
artifacts.""Commercial drones made by the Swiss company senseFly and the U.S. firms Aurora Flight Sciences and Helicopter World have all flown Peruvian skies." Read the full article over at Skift.
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