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Aboriginal impacts on fire and vegetation on a Tasmanian island

McWethy, Haberle, Hopf, Bowman
Aim: To evaluate the influence of climate and Aboriginal landscape management on Holocene vegetation and fire activity. Location: Flinders Island, Bass Strait, Tasmania where archaeological data document extended periods of human presence and…
Type: Document
Year: 2017

Assessing the Impacts of Post-Fire Drill Seeding on Archaeological Resources: A Case Study from the Owyhee Uplands in SW Idaho

Halford
Rangeland drills are commonly employed for post fire rehab and emergency stabilization. With the assumption that adverse effects will occur, archaeological sites are flagged and avoided. This may cause a site stranding effect and greater potential…
Type: Media
Year: 2017

From pristine forests to high-altitude pastures: an ecological approach to prehistoric human impact on vegetation and landscapes in the western Italian Alps

Pini, Ravazzi, Raiteri, Guerreschi, Castellano, Comolli
1. This paper addresses the origin and development of the oldest prehistoric pasture in the timberline ecotone known so far in the Alps and its relation to anthropogenic pressure and natural climate change. 2. Palaeoecological and geochemical…
Type: Document
Year: 2017

Investigating fuel and fireplaces with a combination of phytoliths and multi-element analysis; an ethnographic experiment

Lancelotti, Ruiz-Pérez, García-Granero
The identification of fuel-related practices in archaeological contexts is almost always associated with the identification of fire-related structures. Charcoal analysis is the standard method of identifying wood use in the past; however, in many…
Type: Document
Year: 2017

Neolithic to bronze age (4850-3450 cal. BP) fire management of the alpine lower Engadine landscape (Switzerland) to establish pastures and cereal fields

Dietre, Walser, Kofler, Kothieringer, Hajdas, Lambers, Reitmaier, Haas
Agro-pastoral activities in the past act as environmental legacy and have shaped the current cultural landscape in the European Alps. This study reports about prehistoric fire incidents and their impact on the flora and vegetation near the village…
Type: Document
Year: 2017

A short history of firesetting

Craddock
Although firesetting is well recognized as one of the most ancient mining techniques for breaking up rocks, surprising little is known about the way in which it was practised. This article reviews not only the archaeological and historical evidence…
Type: Document
Year: 1992

Short fire intervals recorded by redwoods at Annadel State Park, California

Finney, Martin
Fire intervals were derived from analysis of fire scars on samples taken from 14 redwood (Sequoia sempervirens D. Don (Endl.)) stumps throughout Annadel State Park, California. Samples were obtained from small redwood groves that are isolated within…
Type: Document
Year: 1992

The pristine myth: the landscape of the Americas in 1492

Denevan
The myth persists that in 1492 the Americas were a sparsely populated wilderness, 'a world of barely perceptible human disturbance.' There is substantial evidence, however, that the Native American landscape of the early sixteenth century was a…
Type: Document
Year: 1992