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Lasers Unearth Lost 'Agropolis' of New England
sciencehabit writes "Hidden ruins are customary in the wild jungles of South America or on the white shores of the Mediterranean Sea. Now, researchers have uncovered a long-lost culture closer to Western civilization — in New England. Using aerial surveys created by LiDAR, a laser-guided mapping technique, the team detected the barely perceptible remnants of a former 'agropolis' around three rural New England towns (abstract). Near Ashford, Connecticut, a vast network of roads offset by stone walls came to light underneath a canopy of oak and spruce trees. More than half of the town has become reforested since 1870, according to historical documents, exemplifying the extent of the rural flight that marked the late 1800s. Some structures were less than 2 feet high and buried in inaccessible portions of the forest, making them essentially invisible to on-the-ground cartography."
"Long lost civilization" and "New England" have a whole different meaning once you've read Lovecraft :)
Attention Rest Of World, we in the US consider stuff from the 1800s not only old, but akin to ancient ruins.
Vizitez u our museums with art from the Olde Masters like Norman Rockwell and Robert Crumb.
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"To an American a hundred years is a long time, and to a Briton a hundred miles is a long distance."
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