kottke.org on Mythryl: “How Tree Rings Challenged the Myth of American Wilderness. “When one…”

How Tree Rings Challenged the Myth of American Wilderness. “When one revisits colonial accounts of North America, one finds a striking amount of evidence that Native Americans set fire to the landscape.” [newyorker.com]

newyorker.comHow Tree Rings Challenged the Myth of American WildernessBy studying fire scars in ancient wood, many scientists have become convinced that Indigenous people transformed North America long before Christopher Columbus arrived.

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