Expediting and standardizing stone artifact refitting using a computerized suitability model

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 987-998

  Cooper, Judith R ^a   Qiu, Fang ^b  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Geographic Information Systems; Lithic scatters; Refitting; Suitability models

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; GIS; MODELING;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645553405     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2005.11.005     Document Type: Article

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