Charcoal evidence for Indian-set fires: a comment on Clark and Royall
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- 1 September 1995
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- Published by SAGE Publications in The Holocene
- Vol. 5 (3) , 369-370
Abstract
Clark and Royall (1995) present a charcoal influx curve for Crawford Lake in southern Ontario and conclude that the Indians were responsible for a succession from beech to oak and pine throughout southern Ontario. We present an alternative hypothesis, that the 'Little Ice Age' caused the forest succession and that domestic fires and burning of stubble in agricultural fields were responsible for the charcoal record.Keywords
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