Assessing early historic resource potentials in the prairie-forest border of Manitoba and Minnesota / C. Thomas Shay
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TextPublication details: Manitoba. University of Manitoba, 1981.Description: 23 p. : maps ; 28 cmOnline resources: Abstract: This presentation deals with the ecology of Native populations in the midwestern prairie-forest border, with particular reference to the distribution and abundance of major wild plant and animal foods during early historic times. In addition, I will pay attention to features of climate and physiography as they may have affected the acquisition of foods or influenced clothing and shelter requirements. Much has already been written about the historic and probable prehistoric patterns of resource use in this region although most studies deal either with gross environmental differences of prairie and forest or restricted areas around particular sites. These tendencies unfortunately obscure important sub-regional differences in landscape, climate and resources.It is perhaps these intermediate-scale variations that can be of most value when investigating patterns of past land use, settlement and mobility. For ease in tracing sub-regional variations I have compared 35 subdivisions ranging i
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This presentation deals with the ecology of Native populations in the midwestern prairie-forest border, with particular reference to the distribution and abundance of major wild plant and animal foods during early historic times. In addition, I will pay attention to features of climate and physiography as they may have affected the acquisition of foods or influenced clothing and shelter requirements. Much has already been written about the historic and probable prehistoric patterns of resource use in this region although most studies deal either with gross environmental differences of prairie and forest or restricted areas around particular sites. These tendencies unfortunately obscure important sub-regional differences in landscape, climate and resources.It is perhaps these intermediate-scale variations that can be of most value when investigating patterns of past land use, settlement and mobility. For ease in tracing sub-regional variations I have compared 35 subdivisions ranging i