A multidisciplinary approach to reconstructing late glacial and early holocene landscapes

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1260-1267

  De Smedt, Philippe ^a   Van Meirvenne, Marc ^a   Davies, Neil S ^a   Bats, Machteld ^a   Saey, Timothy ^a   De Reu, Jeroen ^a   Meerschman, Eef ^a   Gelorini, Vanessa ^a   Zwertvaegher, Ann ^a   Antrop, Marc ^a   Bourgeois, Jean ^a   De Maeyer, Philippe ^a   Finke, Peter A ^a   Verniers, Jacques ^a   Crombé, Philippe ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coring; DEM; Electromagnetic induction; Landscape reconstruction; Near surface geophysics; Palaeotopographical modelling

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; LATE GLACIAL; MESOLITHIC; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLITHIC; PALEOTOPOGRAPHY; RECONSTRUCTION;

BELGIUM;

EID: 84875772921     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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