Magnetic survey in the investigation of sociopolitical change at a Late Bronze Age for tress settlement in northwestern Armenia

Archaeological Prospection

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-27

  Lindsay, Ian ^a   Smith, Adam T ^b   Badalyan, Ruben ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY   (Armenia)

Author keywords

Basalt features; Caucasus; Late bronze age; Magnetic gradiometry; Overhauser; Residential archaeology; Settlement patterns

Indexed keywords

EID: 77749286246     PISSN: 10752196     EISSN: 10990763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arp.369     Document Type: Article

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