The application of vegetation indices for the prospection of archaeological features in grass-dominated environments

Archaeological Prospection

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 209-218

  Bennett, Rebecca ^a   Welham, Kate ^a   Hill, Ross A ^a   Ford, Andrew L J ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeology; CASI; Grassland; Multispectral; NDVI; Vegetation indices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866045812     PISSN: 10752196     EISSN: 10990763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arp.1429     Document Type: Article

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