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Indian‐Set Fires in the Forests of the Northeastern United States
Abstract
The historical evidence for the Indians' burning the forests of the northeastern United States is reevaluated. Of 35 documents that describe vegetation or Indian life in the 16th or 17th centuries, only half mention any use of fire except for cooking. Only six purportedly first—hand accounts might refer to purposeful, widespread, and frequent use of fire. These six are all consistent with use of fire only locally near camps or villages, or with accidentally escaped fires. It is concluded that the frequent use of fires by the Indians to burn the forests was probably at most a local occurrence. The Indians' presence in the region and their use of fire for many purposes did, however, increase the frequency of fires above the low levels caused by lightning, and thus had some effect on the vegetation; for example, grasses characterized the ground cover at small, local, frequently burned sites.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Russell, E. W. B.
- Venue
- Ecology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1983-02
- Volume
- 64
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 78-88
- ISSN
- 0012-9658 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-9170
- OpenAlex
- W2057426759
- Cited by
- 225
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 4.91
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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