Geophysical survey at Boden Vean, Cornwall, including an assessment of the microgravity technique for the location of suspected archaeological void features

Archaeometry

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 187-216

  Linford, N T ^a  

^a ENGLISH HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boden Vean; Britain; Cornwall; Earth resistance; Electromagnetic; Enclosure; Fogou; Geophysics; Iron age; Magnetic; Microgravity; Romano British; Survey technique

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032356507     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.1998.tb00833.x     Document Type: Article

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