The geoarchaeology of route systems in northern syria

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 745-771

  Wilkinson, Tony J ^a   French, Charles ^b   Ur, Jason A ^c   Semple, Miranda ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BRONZE AGE; DATA INTERPRETATION; DRAINAGE NETWORK; ETHNOGRAPHY; EXCAVATION; GROUND CONTROL; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

BIRAK; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA;

EID: 79953681916     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.20331     Document Type: Article

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