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Making LiGHT Work of Large Area Survey? Developing Approaches to Rapid Archaeological Mapping and the Creation of Systematic National-scaled Heritage Data Cover

Making LiGHT Work of Large Area Survey? Developing Approaches to Rapid Archaeological Mapping and the Creation of Systematic National-scaled Heritage Data

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|Apr 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jcaa.49 | Journal eISSN: 2514-8362
Language: English
Submitted on: Nov 12, 2019
Accepted on: Mar 24, 2020
Published on: Apr 21, 2020
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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