Tepe Ghabristan: A Chalcolithic tell buried in alluvium

Archaeological Prospection

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-46

  Schmidt, Armin ^a   Fazeli, Hassan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alluvium; Iran; Magnetometer survey; Sedimentation; Tell

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947513305     PISSN: 10752196     EISSN: 10990763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arp.291     Document Type: Article

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