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A model for prehistoric economies of the yellowstone plateau during the Altithermal

Cannon
One of the more debated issues in western North American prehistory is the effect of postglacial maximum warmth and aridity on hunter-gatherer groups. Antevs (1955) described the 'Long Drought,' or Altithermal, as a period of warmer than present…
Type: Document
Year: 1996

Fire effects on archaeological resources, phase 1: the Henry Fire, Holiday Mesa, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico

Lentz, Gaunt, Willmer
This report presents the Phase I results of a joint project between the Office of Archaeological Studies (OAS) of the Museum of New Mexico and the USDA Forest Service (USFS). The objectives of this study were to: 1) Determine whether cultural…
Type: Document
Year: 1996

Modeling human impacts to the Borderlands environment from a fire ecology perspective

Fish
The methods and motivations for fire use varied for late prehistoric societies of the Southwest. Although fire was probably used to increase the returns from hunting and gathering on marginal lands, it seems doubtful that comprehensive burning was…
Type: Document
Year: 1996

Remembering the La Mesa Fire

Lissoway
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Type: Document
Year: 1996

Conservation and stewardship of tree-ring resources: living trees and subfossil wood

Van Pelt, Swetnam
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Type: Document
Year: 1990

Indian fires in the prehistory of New England

Patterson, Sassaman
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Type: Document
Year: 1988

The importance of archeological sites related to the naval stores industry in Florida

Forney
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Type: Document
Year: 1987

The Bandelier blowup

Armistead
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Type: Document
Year: 1981