Airborne spectral imagery for archaeological prospection in grassland environments - An evaluation of performance

Antiquity

Volumn 87, Issue 335, 2013, Pages 220-236

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

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerial photography; FCC; Multi spectral; NVDI; PCA; Remote sensing; TCC

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875361759     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00048730     Document Type: Article

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