The wadi faynan project, southern jordan: A preliminary report on geomorphology and landscape archaeology

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-40

  Barker, G W ^a   Creighton, O H ^a   Gilbertson, D D ^b   Hunt, C O ^c   Mattingly, D J ^a   McLaren, S J ^a   Thomas, D C ^d   Morgan, G C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d The British Institute for Archaeology and History at Amman   (Jordan)

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EID: 85066176461     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: 15497879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/lev.1997.29.1.19     Document Type: Article

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