Fire, Native Peoples, and the Natural Landscape.
Vale, Thomas.
Fire, Native Peoples, and the Natural Landscape. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (324 pages)
Intro -- About Island Press -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures, Boxes, and Tables -- Preface -- Ch 1: The Pre-European Landscape of the US: Pristine of Humanized? -- Ch 2: Indians and Fire in the Rocky Mountains: The Wilderness Hypothesis Renewed -- Ch 3: Prehistoric Human Impacts on Fire Regimes and Vegetation in the Northern Intermountain West -- Ch 4: Fire in the Pre-European Lowlands of the American Shouthwest -- Ch 5: Lots of Lightning and Plenty of People: An Ecological History of Fire in the Upland Southwest -- Ch 6: Prehistoric Burning in the Pacific Northwest: Human Versus Climatic Influences -- Ch 7: Fire in Sierra Nevada Forests: Evaluation the Ecological Impact of Burning by Native Americans -- Ch 8: Pre-Europena Fire in California Chaparral -- Ch 9: Reflections -- Contributors -- Index -- Island Press Board of Directors 2002.
9781597266024
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.
Electronic books.
GF504
304.2/0978
Fire, Native Peoples, and the Natural Landscape. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (324 pages)
Intro -- About Island Press -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures, Boxes, and Tables -- Preface -- Ch 1: The Pre-European Landscape of the US: Pristine of Humanized? -- Ch 2: Indians and Fire in the Rocky Mountains: The Wilderness Hypothesis Renewed -- Ch 3: Prehistoric Human Impacts on Fire Regimes and Vegetation in the Northern Intermountain West -- Ch 4: Fire in the Pre-European Lowlands of the American Shouthwest -- Ch 5: Lots of Lightning and Plenty of People: An Ecological History of Fire in the Upland Southwest -- Ch 6: Prehistoric Burning in the Pacific Northwest: Human Versus Climatic Influences -- Ch 7: Fire in Sierra Nevada Forests: Evaluation the Ecological Impact of Burning by Native Americans -- Ch 8: Pre-Europena Fire in California Chaparral -- Ch 9: Reflections -- Contributors -- Index -- Island Press Board of Directors 2002.
9781597266024
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.
Electronic books.
GF504
304.2/0978