Mapping, modelling and predicting prehistoric coastal archaeology in the southern Red Sea using new applications of digital-imaging techniques

World Archaeology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 10-24

  Meredith Williams, M G ^a   Hausmann, N ^a   Bailey, G N ^a   King, G C P ^b   Alsharekh, A ^c   Al Ghamdi, S ^c   Inglis, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

coastal archaeology; digital imagery; Farasan Islands; Red Sea; Shell middens; submerged landscapes

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; COASTAL ZONE; DIGITAL IMAGE; DIGITAL PHOTOGRAMMETRY; IMAGING METHOD; LANDSCAPE HISTORY; MAPPING METHOD; MIDDEN; PREHISTORIC; RECONSTRUCTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHELL; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT;

FARASAN ISLANDS; INDIAN OCEAN; JIZAN [SAUDI ARABIA]; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84899491761     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438243.2014.890913     Document Type: Article

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