Fire, native peoples, and the natural landscape
By: edited by Thomas R. Vale.
Contributors: Vale, Thomas R., 1943-
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
Subjects: Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- West (U.S.); Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) -- Social life and customs; Landscape -- West (U.S.); Fire ecology -- West (U.S.); West (U.S.) -- Environmental conditions -- History
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The pre-European landscape of the United States : pristine or humanized? / Thomas R. Vale; title: Indians and fire in the Rocky Mountains : the wilderness hypothesis renewed / William L. Baker; title: Prehistoric human impacts on fire regimes and vegetation in the northern intermountain West / Duane Griffin; title: Fire in the pre-European lowlands of the American Southwest / Kathleen C. Parker; title: Lots of lightning and plenty of people : an ecological history of fire in the upland Southwest / Craig D. Allen; title: Prehistoric burning in the Pacific Northwest : human versus climatic influences / Cathy Whitlock and Margaret A. Knox; title: Fire in Sierra Nevada Forests : evaluating the ecological impact of burning by Native Americans / Albert J. Parker; title: Pre-European fire in California chaparral / Jacob Bendix; title: Reflections / Thomas R. Vale.