Fire, native peoples, and the natural landscape

Fire, native peoples, and the natural landscape [electronic resource] / edited by Thomas R. Vale. - Washington, DC : Island Press, c2002. - xv, 315 p. : ill., maps.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The pre-European landscape of the United States : pristine or humanized? / Thomas R. Vale -- Indians and fire in the Rocky Mountains : the wilderness hypothesis renewed / William L. Baker -- Prehistoric human impacts on fire regimes and vegetation in the northern intermountain West / Duane Griffin -- Fire in the pre-European lowlands of the American Southwest / Kathleen C. Parker -- Lots of lightning and plenty of people : an ecological history of fire in the upland Southwest / Craig D. Allen -- Prehistoric burning in the Pacific Northwest : human versus climatic influences / Cathy Whitlock and Margaret A. Knox -- Fire in Sierra Nevada Forests : evaluating the ecological impact of burning by Native Americans / Albert J. Parker -- Pre-European fire in California chaparral / Jacob Bendix -- Reflections / Thomas R. Vale.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.




Nature--Effect of human beings on--West (U.S.)
Indians of North America--Social life and customs.--West (U.S.)
Landscapes--West (U.S.)
Fire ecology--West (U.S.)


West (U.S.)--Environmental conditions--History.


Electronic books.

GF504.W35 / F57 2002

304.2/0978