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Chapter 9: Implications of fire management on cultural resources

Timmons, DeBano, Ryan
From Wildland Fire Management Recommendations ... 'The protection of cultural resources during wildland fire is more challenging than for a prescribed burn. Treatment options available to mitigate the direct impacts from wildland fire include use of…
Type: Document
Year: 2012

Explaining fire-driven landscape transformation during the initial burning period of New Zealand's prehistory

Perry, Wilmshurst, McGlone, McWethy, Whitlock
At the time of Māori settlement, ca. 750 years ago, New Zealand's ecosystems experienced catastrophic change, including the introduction of fire to ignition-limited ecosystems and the resulting widespread loss of forest. While high-resolution…
Type: Document
Year: 2012

Wildland fire in ecosystems: effects of fire on cultural resources and archaeology

This state-of-knowledge review provides a synthesis of the effects of fire on cultural resources, which can be used by fire managers, cultural resource (CR) specialists, and archaeologists to more effectively manage wildland vegetation, fuels, and…
Type: Document
Year: 2012