The wooded hills of New England hide a secret--they weren't always forested.Instead,many were once covered with roads and farms.
This "lost" New England of the colonial era has started to emerge,thanks to archaeologists piercing the forests with their(1)latestlatest(late) device called Light Detection and Ranging(LiDAR).
LiDAR reveals farm walls,roads and homesteads hidden within Connecticut's Pachaug State Forest.From villages(2)sunksunk(sink)underwater to cities lost in the rise and fall of mill life,these ghost towns offer(3)aaunique look into the rich history of the past.
These archaeological features could not(4)be seenbe seen(see)without the cutting-edge technology that bounces lasers off the ground(5)andandthen generates precise pictures of surface features.Scientists using the same kind of technology have made new(6)discoveriesdiscoveries(discover)while looking at Mayan cities,the plain of Stonehenge,and European palaces.
How did these farms become lost in the first place?(7)ItItwas documented,according to archaeologists,that there had once been extensive farming across New England.But with industrialization,people started to head west and abandoned the farms they once depended(8)on/uponon/upon.The forests eventually took over,covering the walls,roads,and homes until the recent findings.
Now(9)carryingcarrying(carry) a strong cultural legacy of past human activity,the woodland has become a quiet monument to(10)whatwhatwe've lost in the development of civilization.
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