Undergraduate Honors Thesis

 

Fire - Chaos and Control - How Archeological Case Studies Can Present Solutions for Contemporary Wildfires in the WUI Public Deposited

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  • Fire is a tool of both destruction and control, chaos and order. Yet, certainly, our
    Eurocentric Western culture is more familiar with its calamity. Contemporary experience holds
    fire as an increasing issue with detriment to homes, businesses, health, livelihoods, ecosystems,
    and much more. Indeed it has received more and more attention as our planet begins to change
    and preservation of ecology, focusing on fertile land, healthy plant communities, and animal
    species survival, becomes more essential. However, regarding the majority of long-held practices
    within fire management, it can be said: “It is the symptoms, not the disease we treat”. With the
    cyclical impact of wildfire and destruction, it is becoming more pertinent to understand that
    people, communities, and ecosystems are irrevocably intertwined (an understanding Indigenous
    groups have advocated for unmistakably). Thus, I look for archeological evidence of fire as an
    ecological management tool and advocate for the voices long held by Indigenous people
    regarding their fire knowledge and practices to better the current wildfire crisis.

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  • 2024-04-16
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