Indian fires in the prehistory of New England
Patterson WA and Sassaman KE. 1988. Indian fires in the prehistory of New England. Pages 107-135. In Nicholas GP (ed). Holocene human ecology in northeastern North America. Plenum Press. New York
FIRE: Discusses use of fire by Indians in New England and the lasting impact fire had on vegetation patterns. Includes charcoal and pollen profiles for The Bowl and Sargent Mountain Pond on Mount Desert Island, and Long Pond on Isle au Haut to determine dates of fires and types of vegetation growing at those times. Not much data specifically pertinent to Acadia National Park /STUDY LOCATIONS:/ /MOUNT DESERT ISLAND/Sargent Mountain Pond/The Bowl/ISLE AU HAUT/Long Pond
- Type
- Book Chapter
- Authors
- Patterson, William; Sassaman, Kenneth
- Units
- ACAD
- Keywords
- Archeological Survey, FIRE, Fire Ecology, Fire History, Holocene, Isle Au Haut, Long Pond, Mount Desert Island, Pollen, Sargent Mountain Pond, The Bowl