The Structure of Upper Mesopotamian Cities: Insight from Fluxgate Gradiometer Survey at Kazane Höyük, Southeastern Turkey

Archaeological Prospection

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 73-88

  Creekmore, Andy ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Early Bronze Age; Fluxgate gradiometry; Kazane H y k; Near east; Turkey; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955157605     PISSN: 10752196     EISSN: 10990763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arp.375     Document Type: Article

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