What Luke Reagan has said about Lidar in archaeology
2 quotes · 1 episode · Nov 13, 2026
Luke Reagan, Explorer and independent anthropologist known online as Luke Caverns; YouTuber and History Channel guest expert focused on the ancient Americas, has been quoted on Lidar in archaeology 2 times in 1 episode of Danny Jones Podcast, most recently on November 13, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Reagan says he has used a proprietary lidar dataset over three and a half years to find about 80 unrecorded sites.
“I've spent the last three and a half years and I've just I have found um, about 80 sites that are not labeled”
Danny Jones Podcast: #448 - Lost 6,000 Year Old 'Pyramid City' Just Found in North America | Luke Reagan (Nov 13, 2026) · Listen from 2:05:29
Reagan says that under current law he can legally lidar-scan a mound site with a drone even if the landowner refuses him access.
“I can go, all right, well, I'm still going to LIDAR scan it, and that's fully legal”
Danny Jones Podcast: #448 - Lost 6,000 Year Old 'Pyramid City' Just Found in North America | Luke Reagan (Nov 13, 2026) · Listen from 3:09:12
Episodes
#448 - Lost 6,000 Year Old 'Pyramid City' Just Found in North America | Luke ReaganDanny Jones Podcast · Nov 13, 2026 · 3 h 28 min
Explorer Luke Reagan tells Danny Jones about lions in Kenya, lost American jaguars, Atlantis, archaeology's politics, and dozens of undocumented mound sites he found using lidar.
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