Defining the Early Bronze Age landscape: A remote sensing-based analysis of Hafit tomb distribution in Wadi Andam, Sultanate of Oman

Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-34

  Deadman, W M ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bronze age; Google earth; Hafit; Oman; Wadi andam

Indexed keywords

BRONZE AGE; DATA SET; FIELDWORK; GIS; HYDROLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SOFTWARE;

OMAN;

EID: 84859516284     PISSN: 09057196     EISSN: 16000471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0471.2011.00345.x     Document Type: Article

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