Whether ignited by lightning or by Native Americans, fire once shaped many North American
ecosystems. Euro–American settlement and 20th‐century fire suppression practices …

We synthesize existing sedimentary charcoal records to reconstruct Holocene fire history at
regional, continental and global scales. The reconstructions are compared with the two …

Renowned ethnobotanist Nancy Turner brings together decades of experience working with
First Nations in the Pacific Northwest. In The Earth's Blanket, she explores the wealth of …

We reviewed literature in the fields of anthropology, archaeology, ethnobotany, palynology
and ecology to try to determine the impacts of Native Americans as active and passive …

Ethnographic literature documents the pervasiveness of plant-management strategies, such
as prescribed burning and other kinds of cultivation, among Northwest Peoples after …

Background I arrived at this study along an experiential path. As a child I explored the
sunken and mysterious hollow ways of the chalk downland where I grew up and which have …

Globally, colonialism resulted in the suppression of aboriginal land management practices,
abetted by the concept of terra nullius,“belonging to no one”; the belief that aboriginal …

Wildfire plays an important role in ecosystems of the Pacific Northwest, but past relationships
among fire, climate, and human actions remain unclear. A multiscale analysis of thirty-four …

Understanding the historic fire regime is essential before restoring fire to an ecosystem.
Historical ecology provides a means to use both quantitative and qualitative data from …

High-resolution macroscopic charcoal analysis was used to reconstruct a 14,300-year-long
fire history record from the lower Columbia River Valley in southwestern Washington, which …