Geophysical and geochemical investigations at two Early Copper Age settlements in the Körös River Valley, southeastern Hungary

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 845-871

  Yerkes, Richard W ^a   Sarris, Apostolos ^b   Frolking, Tod ^c   Parkinson, William A ^d   Gyucha, Attila ^e   Hardy, Meredith ^d   Catanoso, Luigi ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

^c DENISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Munkácsy Mihály Múzeum   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; NEOLITHIC; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

HUNGARY;

EID: 38048999748     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.20198     Document Type: Article

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