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Fire suppression impacts on fuels and fire intensity in the western U.S.: insights from archaeological luminescence dating in northern New Mexico

Roos, Rittenour, Swetnam, Loehman, Hollenback, Liebmann, Rosenstein
Here, we show that the last century of fire suppression in the western U.S. has resulted in fire intensities that are unique over more than 900 years of record in ponderosa pine forests (Pinus ponderosa). Specifically, we use the heat-sensitive…
Type: Document
Year: 2020

Fire, humans and climate as drivers of environmental change on Broughton Island, New South Wales, Australia

Mooney, Hope, Horne, Kamminga, Williams
In Australia, the drivers of precolonial fire regimes remain contentious, with some advocating an anthropogenic-dominated regime, and others highlighting the importance of climate, climatic variability or alternatively some nexus between climate and…
Type: Document
Year: 2020

Impact of wildfire on granite outcrops in archaeological sites surrounded by different types of vegetation

Pozo-Antonio, Sanmartín, Serrano, de la Rosa, Miller, Sanjurjo-Sánchez
The lack of scientific information about the effects of wildfire on prehistoric structures and rock art, such as dolmens and petroglyphs, impedes the development of conservation guidelines. In this study, the impact of a recent wildfire (late 2017)…
Type: Document
Year: 2020

Shaping Mediterranean landscapes: the cultural impact of anthropogenic fires in Tyrrhenian southern Tuscany during the Iron and Middle Ages (800–450 BC / AD 650–1300)

Buonincontri, Pieruccini, Susini, Lubritto, Ricci, Rey, Tinner, Colombaroli, Drescher-Schneider, Dallai, Marasco, Poggi, Bianchi, Hodges, Di Pasquale
Charcoal analysis, applied in sediment facies analysis of the Pecora river palaeochannel (Tyrrhenian southern Tuscany, Italy), detected the occurrence of past fire events in two different fluvial landforms at 800–450 BC and again at AD 650–1300.…
Type: Document
Year: 2020