Radial route systems and agro-pastoral strategies in the Fertile Crescent: New discoveries from western Syria and southwestern Iran

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 257-273

  Casana, Jesse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient roads; CORONA; Hollow ways; Land use; Middle East; Near East; Pastoralism; Remote sensing; Satellite imagery; Settlement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876808066     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2012.12.004     Document Type: Article

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