A house with a view? Multi-model inference, visibility fields, and point process analysis of a Bronze Age settlement on Leskernick Hill (Cornwall, UK)

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 267-277

  Eve, Stuart J ^a   Crema, Enrico R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bronze Age; GIS; Multi model selection; Point process models; Settlement pattern; Visibility analysis

Indexed keywords

BRONZE AGE; GIS; LANDSCAPE; MONUMENT; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; TOPOGRAPHY; VISIBILITY;

CORNWALL [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; LESKERNICK HILL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84893428220     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2013.12.019     Document Type: Article

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