Observatory validation of Neolithic tells (" Magoules" ) in the Thessalian plain, central Greece, using hyperspectral spectroradiometric data

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1499-1512

  Agapiou, Athos ^a   Hadjimitsis, Diofantos G ^a   Alexakis, Dimitrios ^a   Sarris, Apostolos ^b  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^b INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Crop marks; Detection archaeological sites; Ground spectroradiometic data; Remote sensing archaeology; Vegetation indices

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; NDVI; NEOLITHIC; RADIOMETRIC SURVEY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

GREECE; THESSALY;

EID: 84857120530     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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