Blackland Prairies of the Gulf Coastal Plain: Nature, Culture, and Sustainability

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Contents Figures ix Tables xii 1. Introduction: The Nature, Culture, and Sustainability of Blackland Prairies Evan Peacock and Timothy Schauwecker 1 PA RT I: NAT U R E 2. Paleoenvironment and Biogeography of the Mississippi Black Belt: Evidence from Insects Richard L. Brown 11 3. Terrestrial Gastropods from Archaeological Contexts in the Black Belt Province of Mississippi Evan Peacock and Rebecca Melsheimer 27 4. The Application of a Small-mammal Model in Paleoenvironmental Analysis S. Homes Hogue 48 5. A Comparison of Three Methods of Paleoenvironmental Analysis at an Archaeological Site on the Mississippi Black Prairie Evan Peacock and Mary Celeste Reese 64 6. Louisiana Prairies Michael H. MacRoberts, Barbara R. MacRoberts, and Lynn Stacey Jackson 80 7. Blackland Prairie Landscapes of Southwestern Arkansas: Historical Perspective, Present Status, and Restoration Potential Thomas L. Foti, Scott Simon, Douglas Zollner, and Meryl Hattenbach 94 8. A Plant Community Classi¤cation for Arkansas’s Blackland Prairie Ecosystem Douglas Zollner, Scott Simon, and Thomas L. Foti 110 9. Plant and Soil Interactions in Prairie Remnants of the Jackson Prairie Region, Mississippi L. P. Moran, D. E. Pettry, and R. E. Switzer 146 PA RT I I: CU LT U R E 10. Prehistoric Settlement Patterning on the Mississippi Black Prairie Janet Rafferty 167 11. Water-resource Controls on Human Habitation in the Black Prairie of North-Central Mississippi Darrel W. Schmitz, Charles L. Wax, and Evan Peacock 194 12. Osage Orange Bows, Indian Horses, and the Blackland Prairie of Northeastern Texas Frank F. Schambach 212 PA RT I I I: SUSTA INA BI LI T Y 13. Rediscovery and Management of Prairie Remnants of the Bienville National Forest, East-Central Mississippi Dean Elsen and Ronald Wieland 239 14. Plant Assemblage Response to Disturbance at a Blackland Prairie Restoration Site in Northeastern Mississippi Timothy Schauwecker and John MacDonald 246 15. Restoration of a Prairie Remnant in the Black Belt of Mississippi Sherrill Wiygul, Kay Krans, Richard Brown, and Victor Maddox 254 16. Priorities for the Future: Planning for Sustainable Multiple Use Thomas W. Schurch 262 17. Conclusion: Theory and Applications in the Study of Human/Nature Interactions Evan Peacock and Timothy Schauwecker 279 References Cited 283 Contributors 337 Index 343 viii Contents ...