The use of ASTER satellite imagery in archaeological contexts

Archaeological Prospection

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 151-166

  Altaweel, Mark ^a  

^a University of Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeological sites; ASTER; Canals; CORONA; Hollow ways; Remote sensing; Satellite imagery

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750979200     PISSN: 10752196     EISSN: 10990763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arp.254     Document Type: Article

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