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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4627/B.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Puerto Ricos Coastal Heritage' data-article-id='5154'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='8354'>A group of scientists is hurrying to document ancient ruins on the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico.</span> <span data-start-time='8354' data-end-time='15646'>The sites, along Puerto Rico’s coast, date back a few thousand years.</span> <span data-start-time='15646' data-end-time='26875'>The scientists are working as fast as they can before rising sea levels destroy a large part of the island’s history.</span> <span data-start-time='26875' data-end-time='42438'>Scientists hope to use the three-dimensional (3D) images they have taken to help identify which sites are most at-risk to natural disasters and other dangers.</span> <span data-start-time='42438' data-end-time='52813'>Falko Kuester is director of the Cultural Heritage Engineering Initiative at the University of California, San Diego.</span> <span data-start-time='52813' data-end-time='63917'>He said, “A big part of what we’re working on is to make the invisible visible and make sure it stays in our memory.”</span> <span data-start-time='63917' data-end-time='71604'>The university, known as UCSD, is involved in the research project.</span> <span data-start-time='71604' data-end-time='83375'>Also involved are its Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Para la Naturaleza, an environmental group based in Puerto Rico.</span> <span data-start-time='83375' data-end-time='88438'>The work started in August 2017.</span> <span data-start-time='88438' data-end-time='96979'>Scientists first explored a large stretch of land along Puerto Rico’s north coast.</span> <span data-start-time='96979' data-end-time='109042'>That area includes a ceremonial center used by the Taino Indians about 2,000 years ago, said Isabel Rivera Collazo.</span> <span data-start-time='109042' data-end-time='117146'>Rivera is an environmental archaeologist at UCSD and directing the project.</span> <span data-start-time='117146' data-end-time='126500'>She said the scientists found what appears to be a large settlement just east of the ceremonial site.</span> <span data-start-time='126500' data-end-time='135833'> It was discovered with help from drone aircraft and other technology, including 3D images.</span> <span data-start-time='135833' data-end-time='144375'> She added that scientists were also able to map out the shape of the ceremonial site.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4627/_three_dimensional.wav'><span> three dimensional</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4627/three_degrees.wav'><span>three degrees</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4627/thermal_imaging.wav'><span>thermal imaging</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4627/those_dudes.wav'><span>those dudes</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=16169 data-hint-location='15646' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4627/why_are_the_historical_sites_in_danger.wav'>Why are the historical sites in danger?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='because of rising sea levels'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4627/because_of_rising_sea_levels.wav'><span>because of rising sea levels</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4627/because_of_boycotts.wav'><span>because of boycotts</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4627/because_of_lack_of_interest.wav'><span>because of lack of interest</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4627/because_of_protests.wav'><span>because of protests</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=16170 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4627/scientists_are_hurrying_to_document_ancient_ruins_in__blank_.wav'>Scientists are hurrying to document ancient ruins in <span class='blank'>Puerto Rico</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Puerto Rico'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4627/puerto_rico.wav'><span>Puerto Rico</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4627/saint_croix.wav'><span>Saint Croix</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4627/bahamas.wav'><span>Bahamas</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4627/bermuda.wav'><span>Bermuda</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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