WEBVTT 00:00:02.480 --> 00:00:05.816 Sarah Parcak: A hundred years ago, archaeology was for the rich, 00:00:05.840 --> 00:00:08.256 fifty years ago it was for men. 00:00:08.280 --> 00:00:11.896 But we are expanding it to the world. 00:00:11.920 --> 00:00:14.696 I wish for us to discover 00:00:14.720 --> 00:00:19.136 the millions of unknown archaeological sites around the world. 00:00:19.160 --> 00:00:23.616 By creating a 21st-century army of global explorers, 00:00:23.640 --> 00:00:26.400 we'll find and protect the world's hidden heritage. 00:00:28.400 --> 00:00:30.816 So how are we going to do this? NOTE Paragraph 00:00:30.840 --> 00:00:33.016 [Great Big Story in partnership with TED] NOTE Paragraph 00:00:33.040 --> 00:00:35.520 Narrator: They had a big idea to change the world. 00:00:37.360 --> 00:00:39.256 But they couldn't do it alone. NOTE Paragraph 00:00:39.280 --> 00:00:42.656 (Voices overlapping) So, my wish ... My wish ... I wish ... 00:00:42.680 --> 00:00:45.376 And now, here is my wish ... NOTE Paragraph 00:00:45.400 --> 00:00:47.216 [Torchbearers] NOTE Paragraph 00:00:47.240 --> 00:00:49.760 [Ideas in action] NOTE Paragraph 00:00:52.760 --> 00:00:54.216 SP: I am an archaeologist, 00:00:54.240 --> 00:00:59.496 and I specialize in using satellite imagery to map ancient landscapes. 00:00:59.520 --> 00:01:02.056 The really fun title is space archaeology. 00:01:02.080 --> 00:01:04.816 You of course want to record maybe how thick something is, 00:01:04.840 --> 00:01:07.856 which you can't measure from space, whether that's soil or snow. 00:01:07.880 --> 00:01:11.120 When I won the prize, I had to present this completely crazy wish. 00:01:12.440 --> 00:01:15.696 I had to present the case for archaeology to the world. 00:01:15.720 --> 00:01:17.760 Why does it matter, so what? 00:01:19.080 --> 00:01:21.576 The reality is, there aren't enough of us scientists, 00:01:21.600 --> 00:01:24.640 we've got to give more people opportunities to become explorers. NOTE Paragraph 00:01:29.960 --> 00:01:33.896 GlobalXplorer is an online crowdsourcing platform 00:01:33.920 --> 00:01:37.896 that allows anyone in the world to help map ancient sites 00:01:37.920 --> 00:01:39.936 by looking at satellite imagery. 00:01:39.960 --> 00:01:43.056 And it's this idea that everyone in the world 00:01:43.080 --> 00:01:44.960 can make a contribution to science. 00:01:45.560 --> 00:01:46.856 It can be anyone. NOTE Paragraph 00:01:46.880 --> 00:01:49.160 (Music) NOTE Paragraph 00:01:52.680 --> 00:01:55.896 Doris Jones: I'm Doris Jones, I'm 90 years old, I live alone 00:01:55.920 --> 00:01:58.056 except for my two kitties. 00:01:58.080 --> 00:02:00.216 And I need something to do. 00:02:00.240 --> 00:02:03.496 I play games, I like sudoku. 00:02:03.520 --> 00:02:07.096 And I play mahjong with friends on Friday. NOTE Paragraph 00:02:07.120 --> 00:02:10.295 (Music) 00:02:10.320 --> 00:02:12.480 And I'm an armchair archaeologist. 00:02:17.120 --> 00:02:19.560 Why don't you want to work? Down. 00:02:20.720 --> 00:02:21.920 Down, let's work. NOTE Paragraph 00:02:23.040 --> 00:02:25.296 SP: Doris is one of our top contributors; 00:02:25.320 --> 00:02:26.896 she's a space archaeologist. 00:02:26.920 --> 00:02:30.496 She's looked at many, many thousands of tiles. 00:02:30.520 --> 00:02:33.456 People like her are just a gift to GlobalXplorer. NOTE Paragraph 00:02:33.480 --> 00:02:35.616 DJ: Right now, I'm looking at a tile, but ... 00:02:35.640 --> 00:02:39.616 Well, it has a wall, probably for animals. 00:02:39.640 --> 00:02:43.680 But it has a number of what look more like trails and roads. 00:02:46.200 --> 00:02:47.736 I'll go to the next one. NOTE Paragraph 00:02:47.760 --> 00:02:51.096 SP: All you have to do is look at an image and look carefully, 00:02:51.120 --> 00:02:55.000 and you see that there could potentially be a new site there. 00:02:58.200 --> 00:03:02.056 Doris just has this passion and energy, 00:03:02.080 --> 00:03:03.976 an excitement for exploration. 00:03:04.000 --> 00:03:07.616 She's able to give back and really contribute in a meaningful way. NOTE Paragraph 00:03:07.640 --> 00:03:10.320 (Skype dial tone) NOTE Paragraph 00:03:12.760 --> 00:03:14.096 SP: Doris! NOTE Paragraph 00:03:14.120 --> 00:03:15.376 DJ: Hi. NOTE Paragraph 00:03:15.400 --> 00:03:19.336 SP: I'm actually crying right now, because I'm overwhelmed with emotion. NOTE Paragraph 00:03:19.360 --> 00:03:20.616 DJ: Well, thank you. NOTE Paragraph 00:03:20.640 --> 00:03:23.136 SP: I just had to see your face and say, "Thank you." NOTE Paragraph 00:03:23.160 --> 00:03:25.016 DJ: I really admire what you're doing. 00:03:25.040 --> 00:03:27.576 And I really enjoy the program. NOTE Paragraph 00:03:27.600 --> 00:03:32.336 SP: When did your love for archaeology and paleontology and science start? NOTE Paragraph 00:03:32.360 --> 00:03:37.976 DJ: Well, in the middle 50s my husband and I were in the backyard 00:03:38.000 --> 00:03:39.216 digging a garden. 00:03:39.240 --> 00:03:42.056 It was late fall, and we were getting ready for next spring. 00:03:42.080 --> 00:03:46.496 And I saw a strange-looking white rock on the ground. 00:03:46.520 --> 00:03:49.656 I picked it up and he said, "Let me see that." 00:03:49.680 --> 00:03:52.336 I showed it to him and he said, "You know what this is?" 00:03:52.360 --> 00:03:53.576 I told him I didn't. 00:03:53.600 --> 00:03:55.536 He said, "This is a fossil." 00:03:55.560 --> 00:03:59.536 And we took out to the creek and started looking for fossils. 00:03:59.560 --> 00:04:02.320 From then on, there was no turning back. NOTE Paragraph 00:04:03.200 --> 00:04:04.976 SP: That's wonderful. NOTE Paragraph 00:04:05.000 --> 00:04:07.760 DJ: So then I collected for years. 00:04:09.760 --> 00:04:13.480 And after all those years, of course I've got all those memories. 00:04:14.640 --> 00:04:16.656 But that's a type of thing ... 00:04:16.680 --> 00:04:19.495 It's not just hunting the fossils but the experiences. 00:04:19.519 --> 00:04:23.760 And you just learn and really live and enjoy. 00:04:24.400 --> 00:04:26.520 And I think the fun is in the hunt. 00:04:27.240 --> 00:04:29.016 You know, it's like ... 00:04:29.040 --> 00:04:30.496 Well, like the rainbow -- 00:04:30.520 --> 00:04:32.536 at the end of the rainbow is a pot of gold. 00:04:32.560 --> 00:04:36.120 So GlobalXplorer was kind of my rainbow. 00:04:38.840 --> 00:04:41.296 And even at my age 00:04:41.320 --> 00:04:44.920 I can continue to hunt for lost civilizations. NOTE Paragraph 00:04:46.320 --> 00:04:49.056 SP: I want to tell you about some of the incredible things 00:04:49.080 --> 00:04:51.256 that happened as a result of your discoveries. 00:04:51.280 --> 00:04:54.296 We're now beginning to take thousands of features 00:04:54.320 --> 00:04:55.816 that people like you have found 00:04:55.840 --> 00:05:00.400 and we're sharing them with archaeologists who work in Peru. 00:05:01.680 --> 00:05:05.456 They're beginning to confirm the things the crowd has found. 00:05:05.480 --> 00:05:07.480 So, in other words, the platform works. 00:05:08.760 --> 00:05:12.216 Ultimately, this technology is helping us to rewrite our history. NOTE Paragraph 00:05:12.240 --> 00:05:13.976 DJ: We need to know our history. 00:05:14.000 --> 00:05:16.656 We're all one peoples. 00:05:16.680 --> 00:05:20.480 It's all our history, we're all here on this little ball of dirt. NOTE Paragraph 00:05:21.280 --> 00:05:24.056 SP: I believe we have barely scratched the surface 00:05:24.080 --> 00:05:26.040 in terms of what's left to discover. 00:05:26.640 --> 00:05:29.856 And the greatest story ever told 00:05:29.880 --> 00:05:33.016 is the story of our shared human journey. 00:05:33.040 --> 00:05:35.896 But the only way that we're going to be able to write it 00:05:35.920 --> 00:05:38.800 is if we do it together.