The Tel Akko total archaeology project (Akko, Israel): Assessing the suitability of multi-scale 3d field recording in archaeology

Journal of Field Archaeology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 244-262

  Olson, Brandon R ^a   Placchetti, Ryan A ^b   Quartermaine, Jamie ^c   Killebrew, Ann E ^d  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Meeting House Lane   (United Kingdom)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3D modeling; Agisoft PhotoScan Pro; Geographic Information Systems (GIS); Heritage management; Levant; Photogrammetry; Tel Akko

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883666034     PISSN: 00934690     EISSN: 20424582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/0093469013Z.00000000056     Document Type: Article

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