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National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park

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Presentation By: Greg Burtchard, Archaeologist and Tribal Relations, MRNP

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Top, Modern Lakebed Rainier C, 2300 BP

St. Helens Yn, 3400 RCYBP

Oldest Lakebed Mud (not shown), 7,200 RCYBP Tephra & mixed

organics

Lakebed Mud

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• Mount Rainier glacier free with modern flora to 5,500 feet for ca. 10,000 years

• Mid to late Holocene replacement of open parkland habitats by more nearly closed forest communities

• Earliest human use of upper elevation landscapes about 9,000 to 9,500 years ago, consistent with early Holocene land-use onset

• Increased fire frequency after 3,500 years ago; best explained by human ignition –arguably to retard forest cover in favor of more productive parklands

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