Consideration on the construction process and the sandstone quarries during the Angkor period based on the magnetic susceptibility

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 924-935

  Uchida, E ^a   Cunin, O ^b   Suda, C ^a   Ueno, A ^a   Nakagawa, T ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Centre of Khmer Studies   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

Angkor monument; Cambodia; Magnetic susceptibility; Quarry; Sandstone

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION METHOD; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MONUMENT; PREHISTORIC; QUARRY; SANDSTONE;

ANGKOR; ASIA; CAMBODIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

IVA; UCHIDA;

EID: 33847361914     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2006.09.015     Document Type: Article

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