Forgotten Fires: Native Americans and the Transient Wilderness

by Stewart Omer and Omer C. Stewart

Book Overview

A common stereotype about American Indians is that for centuries they lived in stataic 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806140372
• ISBN13: 9780806140377
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"