Multispectral image processing for detail reconstruction and enhancement of Maya murals from La Pasadita, Guatemala

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1391-1407

  Kamal, Omar S ^a   Ware, Gene A ^a   Houston, Stephen ^a   Chabries, Douglas M ^a   Christiansen, Richard W ^a   Brady, James ^b   Graham, Ian ^c  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Image processing; Maya; Multispectral; Murals

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; IMAGE PROCESSING;

GUATEMALA; LA PASADITA;

EID: 0032778564     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1999.0415     Document Type: Article

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