Assessing the effects of geomorphological processes on archaeological densities: A GIS case study on Zakynthos Island, Greece

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2714-2725

  Gouma, Myrsini ^a   van Wijngaarden, Gert Jan ^b   Soetens, Steven ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Deposition; Distribution of archaeological finds; Erosion

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; DEPOSITION; EROSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GIS; MEDIEVAL; PALEOLITHIC; REVISED UNIVERSAL SOIL LOSS EQUATION; SPATIAL VARIATION;

GREECE; IONIAN ISLANDS; ZAKYNTHOS [IONIAN ISLANDS];

EID: 80051801075     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.06.009     Document Type: Article

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