An attempt to push back frontiers - digital near-ultraviolet aerial archaeology

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 833-845

  Verhoeven, Geert J ^a   Schmitt, Klaus D ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ARCHAEOLOGY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; IMAGING METHOD; OZONE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 77949542368     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.11.013     Document Type: Article

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