Evaluating CORONA: A case study in the Altai Republic (South Siberia)

Antiquity

Volumn 78, Issue 300, 2004, Pages 391-403

  Gheyle, Wouter ^a   Trommelmans, Raf ^a   Bourgeois, Jean ^a   Goossens, Rudi ^a   Bourgeois, Ignace ^a   De Wulf, Alain ^a   Willems, Tom ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Archaeological survey methods; CORONA satellite imagery; DEM; Mapping; Scytho Siberian period

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; LANDSCAPE; MAPPING; SURVEYING;

EID: 3042778718     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00113031     Document Type: Article

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