Mixed method approaches to the investigation and mapping of buried quaternary deposits: Examples from southern England

Archaeological Prospection

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 104-129

  Bates, Martin R ^a   Bates, C Richard ^b   Whittaker, John E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alluvial archaeology; Boreholes; Cone penetration testing; Geophysics; Holocene; Microfossils; Pleistocene; Subsurface mapping

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250698381     PISSN: 10752196     EISSN: 10990763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arp.303     Document Type: Article

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