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Chapter 2: Fire behavior and effects: principles for archaeologists

Ryan, Koerner
From the Conclusions ... 'Fires have impacted cultures for millennia and fire will continue to impact contemporary cultures as well as the remnants of past cultures. The challenge is to manage vagetation/fuels to minimize damage to contemporary…
Type: Document
Year: 2012

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