AI in Archaeological Site Detection Quiz

Answers and explanations appear as you take the quiz.

1. Why is LiDAR especially valuable for detecting sites under forests?
   • Its laser pulses pass through gaps in vegetation to map the ground surface
   • It uses radio waves that bounce off metal artifacts
   • It detects the heat given off by ancient fires
   • It records sound reflections from underground chambers
2. In a proposed archaeological image-classification workflow, what should a model label represent?
   • A permit to excavate without consultation
   • A candidate feature category to investigate, rather than a verified age or cultural attribution
   • A confirmed date independent of other evidence
   • Proof that every unusual shape is human-made
3. Which famous project used LiDAR to reveal tens of thousands of hidden Maya structures?
   • The Rosetta survey
   • The Antikythera scan
   • The PACUNAM LiDAR survey in Guatemala
   • The Pompeii drone census
4. Why can natural or modern landscape features cause errors in an archaeological detection model?
   • Computers cannot store map coordinates
   • Ground truthing is forbidden by law
   • Satellites cannot photograph the same place twice
   • They can resemble the shapes used to identify archaeological candidates
5. What did the PACUNAM survey add beyond finding isolated buildings?
   • A landscape-scale view of settlements, agricultural modifications and connecting infrastructure
   • A direct written census of every ancient resident
   • A radiocarbon date for every structure
   • A complete translation of all Maya inscriptions
6. How could repeated imagery be used in a proposed heritage-monitoring workflow?
   • Automatically authorize excavation
   • Flag possible changes for investigation, without establishing their cause from a model score alone
   • Identify every artifact owner without records
   • Prove that every change was caused by looting
7. In a hypothetical archaeological classifier evaluation, what does precision measure?
   • The fraction of all map pixels stored on disk
   • The age of the oldest detected structure
   • The fraction of flagged candidates that the reference review labels as the target feature
   • The number of laser pulses emitted per second
8. Why should precise coordinates for newly detected sites be handled carefully?
   • All archaeological coordinates must be public
   • AI detections do not reveal locations
   • Site coordinates have no protection concerns
   • Public location data can expose vulnerable heritage sites to looting or disturbance