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Pierre Paris

By K. Kris Hirst, About.com

Definition: Pierre Paris was a French geographer/photographer who in the 1930s took aerial photographs of Oc Eo and Angkor Borei in the Mekong Delta of Cambodia and Vietnam, revealing the extensive network of canals in the floodplain.

This glossary entry is part of the Dictionary of Archaeology. Sources for the term include the references listed on the front page of the Dictionary, and the websites listed in the sidebar. Any mistakes are the responsibility of Kris Hirst.

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