Archaeological geophysics in arid environments: Examples from Israel

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 849-860

  Eppelbaum, L V ^a   Khesin, B E ^b   Itkis, S E ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Archaeological sites; Arid conditions; Geophysical methods; Interpretation; Israel; Physical archaeological models

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARID ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE EFFECT; DATABASE; GEOPHYSICAL METHOD; MAGNETIC FIELD; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; REMOTE SENSING; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ISRAEL;

EID: 77950023076     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2009.04.018     Document Type: Article

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