Understanding Northeastern Plains Village sites through archaeological geophysics

Archaeological Prospection

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 247-257

  Lowe, Kelsey M ^a   Fogel, Aaron S ^b  

^a Coastal Environments Inc ^*  (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Down hole magnetic susceptibility; Electrical resistance; Magnetometry; Northeastern Plains Village

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649518572     PISSN: 10752196     EISSN: 10990763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arp.394     Document Type: Article

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