Forensic geophysical survey

Forensic Archaeology: Advances in Theory and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 62-95

  Cheetham, Paul ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84917144507     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203970300     Document Type: Chapter

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