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Deal
From Lithic Artifacts and Fire ... 'Artifacts made of stone are generally the best preserved of all material types in the archaeological record, often providing the only evidence of where people lived and worked in the past. Despite its durability,…
Type: Document
Year: 2012
Kelly, McCarthy
From Field Examples ... 'Over the past two decades, at least 20 examples of 'rock art' resources impacted by wildland fires or vandalism have been reported within several States. While these examples are only a few from an unknown number of 'rock…
Type: Document
Year: 2012
Haecker
From the Summary ... 'Exposure of a historic structure or object to fire, regardless of the temperature that is generated, does not necessarily equate with destroying its value as a cultural resource. For instance, a low-temperature prescribed fire…
Type: Document
Year: 2012
D'anjou, Bradley, Balascio, Finkelstein
Disentangling the effects of climate change and anthropogenic activities on the environment is a major challenge in paleoenvironmental research. Here, we used fecal sterols and other biogeochemical compounds in lake sediments from northern Norway to…
Type: Document
Year: 2012
Fyfe, Woodbridge
Moorlands perform a wide variety of roles within modern society. A vital component of these landscapes is the patterning of vegetation, and management of this requires a thorough understanding of the drivers of vegetation change. Although there has…
Type: Document
Year: 2012
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
Iriarte, Power, Rostain, Mayle, Jones, Watling, Whitney, Mckey
The nature and scale of pre-Columbian land use and the consequences of the 1492 ''Columbian Encounter'' (CE) on Amazonia are among the more debated topics in New World archaeology and paleoecology. However, pre-Columbian human impact in Amazonian…
Type: Document
Year: 2012
Jones
From the text ... 'Aboriginal man's ecological impact was mostly due to hunting, gathering of plants, and fire. By far the greatest effects were caused by the use of fire.'
Type: Document
Year: 2012
Perry, Wilmshurst, McGlone, Napier
Aim Despite small and transient populations, early Maori transformed large areas of New Zealand's forest landscapes. We sought to isolate the biophysical predictors that explain forest loss in the pre-historic (i.e. pre-European) period in New…
Type: Document
Year: 2012
Perry, Wilmshurst, McGlone, Napier
Aim: Despite small and transient populations, early MÄori transformed large areas of New Zealand's forest landscapes. We sought to isolate the biophysical predictors that explain forest loss in the pre-historic (i.e. pre-European) period in New…
Type: Document
Year: 2012