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Reed
This specialist report is an assessment of the potential for the aerial application of fire retardant to affect the character and integrity of historic properties. Additional general information about fire retardant can be found in the EIS.
Type: Document
Year: 2011
A recent scientific project funded by the Joint Fire Science Program studied the potential impact of wildland fire on near-surface archeological resources at six diverse sites within the Midwest Region of the National Park Service (NPS). Information…
Type: Document
Year: 2011
Kirleis, Pillar, Behling
Palaeoecology may contribute to the debate on nature conservation and the preservation of cultural heritage. Here we present two palaeo-records from the Lore Lindu Biosphere Reserve and National Park in central Sulawesi, Indonesia. The park…
Type: Document
Year: 2011
Mooney, Harrison, Bartlein, Daniau, Stevenson, Brownlie, Buckman, Cupper, Luly, Black, Colhoun, D'Costa, Dodson, Haberle, Hope, Kershaw, Kenyon, McKenzie, Williams
We have compiled 223 sedimentary charcoal records from Australasia in order to examine the temporal and spatial variability of fire regimes during the Late Quaternary. While some of these records cover more than a full glacial cycle, here we focus…
Type: Document
Year: 2011
Roebroeks, Villa
The timing of the human control of fire is a hotly debated issue, with claims for regular fire use by early hominins in Africa at ~1.6 million y ago. These claims are not uncontested, but most archaeologists would agree that the colonization of…
Type: Document
Year: 2011
Sturdevant, Skalsky, Wienk, Dolan, Gonzalez, Amrine
Today, park managers must routinely balance the restoration needs of natural resources with the preservation of cultural resources. This project was designed to provide park managers with scientific data on the impacts from wildland fire to…
Type: Document
Year: 2009
Sturdevant, Skalsky, Wienk
This experimental study is proposed to address the local area needs of Midwest Region units of the National Park Service with regards to the fire/archeology interface. This proposal outlines an experimental project designed to provide park managers…
Type: Project
Year: 2009
Norman, Varner, Arguello, Underwood, Graham, Jennings, Valachovic, Lee
Coast redwood forests rank among the most significant natural features of North America, yet our understanding of how they came to be and how we might sustain them has been beset by scientific and management uncertainty for decades. A key part of…
Type: Document
Year: 2009
Atchison
Persoonia falcata R. Br. and Buchanania obovata Engl. seeds are consistently preserved in abundance from archaeological sites across the Keep River region from 3500 B.P. up until the contact period. Although artefacts continued to be deposited after…
Type: Document
Year: 2009
Dutoit, Thinon, Talon, Buisson, Alard
Questions: (i) Can sampling of soil wood charcoals at high spatial resolution produce new evidence concerning the presence of chalk grassland before or during the Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages? (ii) Are there correlations between vegetation…
Type: Document
Year: 2009