Exploring the use of geophysical survey on the Swahili coast: Vumba Kuu, Kenya

Azania

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 137-152

  Wynne Jones, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

geophysical survey; Magnetometry; space; Swahili; Vumba Kuu

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862636206     PISSN: 0067270X     EISSN: 19455534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0067270X.2012.677324     Document Type: Review

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