Cropmarks in main field crops enable the identification of a wide spectrum of buried features on archaeological sites in Central Europe

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1655-1664

  Gojda, Martin ^a,b   Hejcman, Michal ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^d Charles University   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aerial prospection; Barley and wheat; Cropmarks; Plant nutrition; Rape; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ARABLE LAND; ARCHAEOLOGY; CROP; HISTORICAL RECORD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SANDY SOIL; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL PROPERTY;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

BRASSICA NAPUS; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84860615504     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.01.023     Document Type: Review

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