Integration of geophysical surveys, ground hyperspectral measurements, aerial and satellite imagery for archaeological prospection of prehistoric sites: The case study of Vészto{doubleacute}-Mágor Tell, Hungary

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1454-1470

  Sarris, Apostolos ^a   Papadopoulos, Nikos ^a   Agapiou, Athos ^b   Salvi, Maria Cristina ^a   Hadjimitsis, Diofantos G ^b   Parkinson, William A ^c   Yerkes, Richard W ^d   Gyucha, Attila ^e   Duffy, Paul R ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

^b CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Hungarian National Museum   (Hungary)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archaeological prospection; Geophysical surveys; Remote sensing archaeology; Satellite and aerial images; Spectroradiometric measurements

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY; ARCHAEOLOGY; DATA INTERPRETATION; DETECTION METHOD; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

ALFOLD; HUNGARY;

EID: 84870783908     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.11.001     Document Type: Article

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