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Fire, native peoples, and the natural landscape

Title
Fire, native peoples, and the natural landscape / edited by Thomas R. Vale.
Publication
Washington, [D.C.] : Island Press, c2002.

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Additional Authors
Vale, Thomas R., 1943-
Description
xv, 315 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Nature > Effect of human beings on > West (U.S.)
  • Indians of North America > West (U.S.) > Social life and customs
  • Landscapes > West (U.S.)
  • Fire ecology > West (U.S.)
  • West (U.S.) > Environmental conditions > History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The pre-European landscape of the United States: pristine or humanized? / Thomas R. Vale -- Indians and fire in the Rocky Mountains: the wilderness hypothesis renewed / William L. Baker -- Prehistoric human impacts on fire regimes and vegetation in the northern Intermountain West / Duane Griffin -- Fire in the pre-European lowlands of the American Southwest / Kathleen C. Parker -- Lots of lightning and plenty of people: an ecological history of fire in the upland Southwest / Craig D. Allen -- Prehistoric burning in the Pacific Northwest: human versus climatic influences / Cathy Whitlock and Margaret A. Knox -- Fire in Sierra Nevada Forests: evaluating the ecological impact of burning by Native Americans / Albert J. Parker -- Pre-European fire in California chaparral / Jacob Bendix -- Reflections / Thomas R. Vale.
Call Number
JGE 02-125
ISBN
  • 1559638885 (cloth)
  • 1559638893 (paper)
OCLC
49361568
Title
Fire, native peoples, and the natural landscape / edited by Thomas R. Vale.
Imprint
Washington, [D.C.] : Island Press, c2002.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Vale, Thomas R., 1943-
Research Call Number
JGE 02-125
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