Detecting trends in the prediction of the buried past: A review of geophysical techniques in archaeology

Archaeometry

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 313-336

  Gaffney, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Earth resistance; Electromagnetic; GPR; GPS; Landscape; Magnetometry; Resistivity; Visualization

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; DETECTION METHOD; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY; GPS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; LANDSCAPE; MAGNETOMETER; REAL TIME; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 41149176574     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2008.00388.x     Document Type: Review

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