HUMAN LIFE AND FIRE
THOM ALCOZE
FIRE ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT
FOR 398
FALL 1999
ORIGINS OF FIRE
- COMMON HUMAN EXPERIENCE
- ANTHROPOLOGICAL DEFINITION OF HUMAN OCCUPANCY
- ORIGIN TEACHINGS RELATE TO SOLAR CREATION
HUMAN RELATIONS WITH LAND AND FIRE
- TAKE CARE OF LAND
- HARVEST, RITUAL, AND BURNING
- KEEP LAND HEALTHY (CLEAN)
- FIRE IN CULTURAL CONTEXT
HUMAN ORIENTATION
- OPPORTUNISTIC
- SPECIES OF THE EDGE
- KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCES RETAINED
- TRANSFER TO FUTURE GENERATIONS
PRACTICAL APPLICATONS
- SAFETY - RUSSIAN VILLAGE
- BERRIES - OJIBWAY
- BASKETS - POMO
- BUFFLO - LAKOTA
- FLYING FOXES - KAURNA
- DECDIDUOUS FOREST- MOHAWK
ADAPTIVE INFLUENCES
- DISTURBANCE REGIMES IMPORTANT
- PYRODIVERSITY = BIODIVERSITY
ECOLOGICAL INFLUENCE OF FIRE
- NUTRIENT CYCLING
- HYDROLOGY AND WATER TABLES
- HABITAT IMPROVEMENT
- ECOTONE INFLUENCES
USING INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
- PAIUTE - BURNING
- ORONOCO - SLASH AND BURN