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Large-scale medieval urbanism traced by UAV–lidar in highland Central Asia

Frachetti, Michael D., Berner, Jack, Liu, Xiaoyi, Henry, Edward R., Maksudov, Farhod, Ju, Tao·2024·Nature
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Authors
Frachetti, M. D., Berner, J., Liu, X., Henry, E. R., Maksudov, F., & Ju, T.
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Nature
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2024-10-23
Volume
634
Issue
8036
Pages
1118-1124
ISSN
  • 0028-0836
  • 1476-4687
DOI
10.1038/s41586-024-08086-5
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