Fire, native peoples, and the natural landscape

Fire, native peoples, and the natural landscape / edited by Thomas R. Vale.

Other author/creator	Vale, Thomas R., 1943-
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Washington, DC : Island Press,
Description	xv, 315 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
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Subject(s)	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.

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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2002283597
ISBN	1559638885 (cloth)
ISBN	1559638893 (paper)

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