Prehistoric bedrock features: Recent advances in 3D characterization and geometrical analyses

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 53, Issue , 2015, Pages 331-344

  Nadel, Dani ^a   Filin, Sagi ^b   Rosenberg, Danny ^a   Miller, Vera ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

3D modeling; Bedrock features; Geometrical analyses; Natufian; Photogrammetry

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BEDROCK; GEOMETRY; MORTAR; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; SHAPE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VOLUME;

EID: 84949135063     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2014.10.029     Document Type: Article

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