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Ancient roads and GPS survey: modelling the Amarna Plain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2015

Helen Fenwick
Helen Fenwick*
Affiliation:
Department of History, University of Hull, HU6 7RX UK (Email: h.fenwick@hull.ac.uk)
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Abstract

Remote mapping is painting in the context and filling the gaps of some of the best known archaeological places. Here Helen Fenwick shows what can be done to understand the ‘blank’ part of the great site at Tell el-Amarna using a differential GPS.

Keywords

EgyptTell el-AmarnaGPS

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Research Article
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Antiquity , Volume 78 , Issue 302 , December 2004 , pp. 880 - 885
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2004

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