Experimental Study of Local Fire Conditions and Effects on Surface or Near-Surface Archeological Resources at National Park Service Units - Midwest Region

Author(s): Jay T. Sturdevant

Year: 2009

Summary

Today, park managers must routinely balance the restoration needs of natural resources with the preservation of cultural resources. This project was designed to provide park managers with scientific data on the impacts from wildland fire to archeological resources at National Park Service units in the Midwest Region. Experimental research was conducted at six parks to record data on fire conditions (i.e., fuels, fire temperature, and burn duration) and the impacts on multiple classes of archeological materials routinely observed at sites within the region. The experimental study of fire conditions in different regional environments addresses questions regarding the threats or non-threats to multiple archeological resource types. By gaining a more thorough understanding of the fire/archeology interface at select parks in different ecosystems, park managers will be able to more effectively coordinate the needs of natural resource management with archeological resource preservation.

Cite this Record

Experimental Study of Local Fire Conditions and Effects on Surface or Near-Surface Archeological Resources at National Park Service Units - Midwest Region. Jay T. Sturdevant. 2009 ( tDAR id: 398854) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8NG4SR4

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Keywords

Culture
Prehistoric

Material
Ceramic • Chipped Stone • Fauna • Glass • Hide • Metal • Mineral • Shell • Wood

Site Type
Cave • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Domestic Structures • Fish Trap / Weir • Historic Structure • House • Hunting / Trapping • Mine • Petroglyph • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Rock Art • Rock Shelter • Settlements • Structure

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Site Evaluation / Testing

General
Bison Bone • Bluffshelter • Brass • Burn Analysis • Civil War Era Belt Buckle • Euroamerican Settlement • Farmstead • Ferrous Metal • Fishing Camp • Gold Mine • Hometead • Kaolin Pipe • Leather • Led • Lithic • Logging Camp • Minnie Ball • Mounds • Natural Weathering • Pewter • Pottery • Projectile Point • Tin

Geographic Keywords
Arkansas (State / Territory) • Buffalo National River • Effigy Mounds National Monument • Iowa • Kansas (State / Territory) • Minnesota (State / Territory) • Pea Ridge National Military Park • South Dakota • Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve • Voyagers National Park • Wind Cave National Park

Temporal Keywords
Historic

Spatial Coverage

min long: -108.457; min lat: 30.676 ; max long: -79.98; max lat: 47.339 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Anne Vawser

Contributor(s): Rod Skalsky; Cody L. Wienk; Brennan Dolan; Dustin Gonzalez; David Amrine

Principal Investigator(s): Jay T. Sturdevant

Collaborator(s): Midwest Archeological Center, National Park Service

Sponsor(s): Joint Fire Science Program

Record Identifiers

JFSP Project Number(s): 06-2-1-05

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