environment, archaeology, and prehistory of mount rainier national park
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Presentation By: Greg Burtchard, Archaeologist and Tribal Relations, MRNPTRANSCRIPT
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
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National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
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
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park
• 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
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Mount Rainier National Park