Soil variability in the area of an archaeological site near Sparta, Greece

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1273-1288

  James, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grid sampling; Laconia; Magnetic susceptibility; Multivariate analysis; Soil chemistry; Spatial relationships

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL PROPERTY;

GREECE; SPARTA;

EID: 0033402692     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1998.0365     Document Type: Article

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