A resistivity survey of a burial mound in the 'Valley of the Thracian Kings'

Archaeological Prospection

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 129-136

  Tonkov, N ^a   Loke, M H ^b  

^a BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Inverse modelling; Resistivity prospection; Thrace; Tumulus

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750000083     PISSN: 10752196     EISSN: 10990763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arp.273     Document Type: Article

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