Surveying the Townscape of Roman Ammaia in Portugal: An Integrated Geoarchaeological Investigation of the Forum Area

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 123-139

  Vermeulen, Frank ^a   Corsi, Cristina ^b   De Dapper, Morgan ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ARRAY; DATA PROCESSING; EXCAVATION; EXPLOITATION; FIELDWORK; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GIS; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MONUMENT; SURVEYING; TOPOGRAPHY;

PORTUGAL;

EID: 84864810835     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.21402     Document Type: Article

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