Forgotten Fires
Native Americans and the Transient Wilderness
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Contributions
- Henry T. Lewis (Editor) - Contributor
- M. Kat Anderson (Editor) - Contributor
Publication
2002-11-01 - University of Oklahoma Press
Language
English
Word Count
88,000 words, Guess
Page Count
352 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL7939952M
- ISBN-139780806134239
- ISBN-100806134232
- OCLC Control Number48966599
- OCLC Control Numberforgottenfiresna00stew
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2002020503
- Goodreads577158
- LibraryThing2241859
Classifications
- LCCE98.F38 S74 2002
Description
"A common stereotype about American Indians is that for centuries they lived in static harmony with nature in a pristine wilderness that remained unchanged until European colonization. Omer C. Stewart was one of the first anthropologists to recognize that Native Americans made significant impact across a wide range of environments. Most important, they regularly used fire to manage plant communities and associated animal species through varied and localized habitat burning. In Forgotten Fires, editors Henry T. Lewis and M. Kat Anderson present Stewart's original research and insights, presented in the 1950s yet still provocative today."--BOOK JACKET.
First Sentence
FIRES WARMED HEARTHS, heightened the palatability of meats and vegetables, aided nighttime fishing, hollowed out tree trunks for making dugout canoes, felled mighty oaks for earth lodge construction, and kept predators at bay.
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