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Charcoal evidence for Indian-set fires: a comment on Clark and Royall

Canadian Forest Service, 5320-122 St., Edmonton, Alberta T6H 3S5, Canada

J.H. McAndrews

Department of Botany, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C6, Canada

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.

Key Words: Charcoal • Ontario • Crawford Lake • forest fire • 'Little Ice Age' • vegetation • human impact • climatic change.

The Holocene, Vol. 5, No. 3, 369-370 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/095968369500500314


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