Digital technologies and quantitative approaches to recording rock art in the Great Basin, USA

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

Volumn 10, Issue , 2016, Pages 917-930

  McDonald, Jo ^a   Catacora, Andrea ^b   de Koning, Sarah ^a   Middleton, Emily ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ASM Affiliates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Digital enhancement; Great Basin; Pahranagat representational style; Photogrammetry; Rock art

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964371021     PISSN: 2352409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.03.052     Document Type: Article

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