The archaeological exploitation of declassified satellite photography in semi-arid environments

Archaeology from Historical Aerial and Satellite Archives

Volumn 9781461445050, Issue , 2013, Pages 261-278

  Beck, Anthony R ^a   Philip, Graham ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84949176437     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-4505-0_15     Document Type: Chapter

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