Blackland prairies of the Gulf coastal plain
Subtitle: nature, culture, and sustainability
By: edited by Evan Peacock and Timothy Schauwecker
Contributors: Peacock, Evan, 1961-; Schauwecker, Timothy, 1967-
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Tuscaloosa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 348
Subjects: Prairies -- Southern States -- History; Paleoecology -- Southern States; Human ecology -- Southern States; Indians of North America -- Southern States -- Antiquities; Gulf Coast (U.S.) -- Environmental conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-336) and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the nature, culture, and sustainability of blackland prairies / Evan Peacock and Timothy Schauwecker; title: Paleoenvironment and biogeography of the Mississippi Black Belt : evidence from insects / Richard L. Brown; title: Terrestrial gastropods from archaeological contexts in the Black Belt province of Mississippi / Evan Peacock and Rebecca Melsheimer; title: The application of a small-mammal model in paleoenvironmental analysis / S. Homes Hogue; title: A comparison of three methods of paleoenvironmental analysis at an archaeological site on the Mississippi Black Prairie / Evan Peacock and Mary Celeste Reese; title: Louisiana prairies / Michael H. MacRoberts, Barbara R. MacRoberts, and Lynn Stacey Jackson; title: Blackland prairie landscapes of southwestern Arkansas : historical perspective, present status, and restoration potential / Thomas L. Foti ... [et al.]; title: A plant community classification for Arkansas's blackland prairie ecosystem / Douglas Zollner, Scott Simon, and Thomas L. Foti; title: Plant and soil interactions in prairie remnants of the Jackson Prairie Region, Mississippi / L.P. Moran, D.E. Pettry, and R.E. Switzer; title: Prehistoric settlement patterning on the Mississippi Black Prairie / Janet Rafferty; title: Water-resource controls on human habitation in the Black Prairie of north-central Mississippi / Darrel W. Schmitz, Charles L. Wax, and Evan Peacock; title: Osage orange bows, Indian horses, and the blackland prairie of northeastern Texas / Frank F. Schambach; title: Rediscovery and management of prairie remnants of the Bienville National Forest, east-central Mississippi / Dean Elsen and Ronald Wieland; title: Plant assemblage response to disturbance at a blackland prairie restoration site in northeastern Mississippi / Timothy Schauwecker and John MacDonald; title: Restoration of a prairie remnant in the Black Belt of Mississippi / Sherrill Wiygul, Kay Krans, Richard Brown, and Victor Maddox; title: Priorities for the future : planning for sustainable multiple use / Thomas W. Schurch; title: Conclusion : theory and applications in the study of human/nature interactions / Evan Peacock and Timothy Schauwecker