Investigating ancient maya agricultural adaptation through ground penetrating radar (GPR) analysis of Karst Terrain, Northern Yucatán, Mexico;Uporaba georadarja pri raziskavah prilagoditev majevskega kmetijstva na kraškem površju severnega Jukatana, Mehika

Acta Carsologica

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 123-135

  Munro Stasiuk, Mandy J ^a   Manahan, T Kam ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Ground penetrating radar; Rejollada; Satellite imagery; Sinkhole

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; ARCHAEOLOGY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; KARST; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SINKHOLE; WATER TABLE;

YUCATAN PENINSULA;

EID: 77954208427     PISSN: 05836050     EISSN: 15802612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3986/ac.v39i1.118     Document Type: Article

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