In the BU homepage’s February ‘Ask the Expert’ interview, Prof. Katie Faull discusses her research on the 18th Century Moravian settlers and Native Americans who inhabited the Susquehanna watershed region. With the help of her research assistant, Emily Bitely ’11, Prof. Faull has made extensive use of GIS in reconstructing 18th Century landscapes of the Susquehanna. Read the interview here.
Sample map constructed from witness tree markers and georeferenced historic maps:
Sample map showing locations of Native American sites, trails and sacred places in relation to Marcellus Shale gas drilling.