Direct detection of Southeast Asian smelting sites by ASTER remote sensing imagery: Technical issues and future perspectives

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3091-3098

  Pryce, T O ^a,b   Abrams, M J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeometallurgy; ASTER; GIS; Remote sensing; Smelting; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ASTER; GIS; METALLURGY; PREHISTORIC; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SMELTING;

THAILAND;

EID: 77957239044     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.07.009     Document Type: Article

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