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Article: Fire, Native Peoples, and the Natural Landscape.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
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- Environment
- Article date:
- September 1, 2003
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2003 Heldref Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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edited by Thomas R. Vale; Island Press, Washington, D.C., 2002; 315 pp., $50.00 cloth (ISBN 1-55963-888-5), $25.00 paper (ISBN 1-55963-889-3)
We know that many aboriginal human populations have affected the biota in which they lived. It is now almost certain, for example, that early human invaders of the Western Hemisphere hunted much of the North American large mammal fauna to extinction. But what about the vegetation and the larger landscape? Did Native Americans, using fire for clearing and other land-management practices, dramatically change the vegetation of North America? Thomas R. Vale and eight other geographers tackle this question, which has generated a ...