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- Title
Indian-Set Fires in Northeastern Forests.
- Authors
Russell, Emily W. B.
- Abstract
The article assesses the evidence for the use of fire by Indians of the northeastern U.S., including all sources commonly cited as proof that Indians practiced widespread, frequent and systematic burning of the forests. These documents were then placed in one or more of eight categories, which included all uses of fire mentioned such as campfires, agricultural clearing, or hunting. The human role in changing the forests of northeastern North America began long before European colonization. Many ecologists and geographers believe that fires deliberately set by Indians greatly modified the forest vegetation of the eastern U.S., especially those forests dominated by oaks.
- Subjects
NORTH America; UNITED States; NORTHEASTERN States; FOREST fires; NATIVE Americans; MANNERS &; customs; OAK; CAMPFIRES; HUNTING; ECOLOGISTS
- Publication
BioScience, 1983, Vol 33, Issue 7, p462
- ISSN
0006-3568
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/1309079