The construction process of the Angkor monuments elucidated by the magnetic susceptibility of sandstone

Archaeometry

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 221-232

  Uchida, E ^a   Cunin, O ^b   Shimoda, I ^a   Suda, C ^a   Nakagawa, T ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Architecture de Nancy   (France)

Author keywords

Angkor monuments; Angkor Wat; Banteay Kdei; Bayon; Cambodia; Magnetic susceptibility; Preah Khan; Sandstone; Ta Prohm; World cultural heritage

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CONSTRUCTION METHOD; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; SANDSTONE;

CAMBODIA;

EID: 0038686440     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4754.00105     Document Type: Article

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