Ancient fires on southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada: A change in causal mechanisms at about 2,000 ybp

Environmental Archaeology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-12

  Brown, Kendrick J ^a   Hebda, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ROYAL BRITISH COLUMBIA MUSEUM   (Canada)

Author keywords

Charcoal; Climate; Fire; Native people; Pollen

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242545745     PISSN: 14614103     EISSN: 17496314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/env.2002.7.1.1     Document Type: Article

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