Uncovering archaeological landscapes at Angkor using lidar

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 31, 2013, Pages 12595-12600

  Evans, Damian H ^a   Fletcher, Roland J ^a   Pottier, Christophe ^b   Chevance, Jean Baptiste ^c   Soutif, Dominique ^b   Tan, Boun Suy ^d   Im, Sokrithy ^d   Ea, Darith ^d   Tin, Tina ^d   Kim, Samnang ^d   Cromarty, Christopher ^e   De Greef, Stéphane ^c   Hanus, Kasper ^f   Bâty, Pierre ^g   Kuszinger, Robert ^h   Shimoda, Ichita ⁱ   Boornazian, Glenn ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Seoul Center   (France)

^c Archaeology and Development Foundation   (United Kingdom)

^d Authority for the Protection and Management of Angkor and the Region of Siem Reap (APSARA)   (Cambodia)

^e McElhanney Indonesia   (Indonesia)

^f JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^g Institut National de Recherches Archeologiques Preventives Direction Scientifique et Technique   (France)

^h Hungarian Indochina Company   (Hungary)

ⁱ Japan APSARA Safeguarding Angkor ^*  (Cambodia)

^j World Monuments Fund   (United States)

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Author keywords

Resilience; Southeast Asia; Sustainability; Urbanism; Water management

Indexed keywords

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CHRONOLOGY; CIVILIZATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE; LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION; CAMBODIA; DEVICES; HISTORY; HUMAN; POLICY; PROCEDURES;

ARCHAEOLOGY; CAMBODIA; CIVILIZATION; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; URBAN RENEWAL;

EID: 84881113963     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1306539110     Document Type: Article

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