Medieval Agriculture

The Laser That Sees Through Time: Why Your Backyard Is a 1,000-Year-Old Crime Scene

Lidar technology strips away vegetation to reveal the hidden topography of the English landscape, exposing centuries-old ridge and furrow farming patterns. This isn’t just a map – it’s a physical database of medieval labor, invisible to the naked eye but readable through data. Your backyard might be a historical document. The past is not buried; it’s just invisible.