From abstract digital models to rich virtual environments: landscape contexts in Kilmartin Glen, Scotland

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1356-1367

  Winterbottom, S J ^a   Long, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b Plantlife Scotland   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Landscape archaeology; Landscape reconstruction; Neolithic monuments; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; GIS; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; MONUMENT; NEOLITHIC; VEGETATION; VIEWSHED; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745537945     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2006.01.014     Document Type: Article

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