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Electrical Resistivity Surveying and Pseudo-Three-Dimensional Tomographic Imaging at Sitio Drago, Bocas del Toro, Panama

  1. Thomas A. Wake1,*,
  2. Alexis O. Mojica2,
  3. Michael H. Davis3,
  4. Christina J. Campbell4,
  5. Tomas Mendizabal5

Article first published online: 18 JAN 2012

DOI: 10.1002/arp.1417

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Archaeological Prospection

Archaeological Prospection

Volume 19, Issue 1, pages 49–58, January/March 2012

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Wake, T. A., Mojica, A. O., Davis, M. H., Campbell, C. J. and Mendizabal, T. (2012), Electrical Resistivity Surveying and Pseudo-Three-Dimensional Tomographic Imaging at Sitio Drago, Bocas del Toro, Panama. Archaeol. Prospect., 19: 49–58. doi: 10.1002/arp.1417

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  1. 1

    Zooarchaeology Laboratory, The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, University of California, Los Angeles

  2. 2

    Laboratorio de Ingeniería Aplicada, Centro Experimental de Ingeniería, Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá

  3. 3

    Department of Anthropology, University of Kansas

  4. 4

    Department of Anthropology, California State University, Northridge

  5. 5

    Patronato Panama Viejo, Panama

*T. A. Wake, The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA, A-210 Fowler Building, 308 Charles E. Young Drive, North, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095–1510, USA. E-mail: twake@ucla.edu

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 6 MAR 2012
  2. Article first published online: 18 JAN 2012
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 12 DEC 2011
  4. Manuscript Revised: 2 NOV 2011
  5. Manuscript Received: 16 JUL 2011

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