A look into the earth: Evaluating the use of magnetic survey in African archaeology

Journal of African Archaeology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-63

  Magnavita, Carlos ^a   Schleifer, Norbert ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chad basin; Gajiganna culture; Magnetometry; Neolithic; Settlement archaeology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846951461     PISSN: 16121651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3213/1612-1651-10018     Document Type: Article

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