@Conference Paper {10206,
	title = {A Late Holocene Prairie Fire Record from Southwestern Manitoba: Archaeological Implications},
	year = {2001},
	address = {Banff},
	abstract = {Despite recent interest in the North American Holocene fire record, evidence for the deliberate burning of prairie by Plains hunter-gatherers has not previously been demonstrated. Through the analysis of phytoliths preserved in a sequence of dated paleosols in the Lauder Sandhills, Southwestern Manitoba, a local grassland fire record is reconstructed for the past ~ 4000 years. Rather than suggesting climatic {\textquoteright}forcing{\textquoteright}, an apparent peak in fire frequency shortly after ~ 2500 BP may correspond to the deliberate burning of prairie by Sonota-Besant hunter-gatherers. This practice, which is clearly documented in the historic record, may have functioned as a means of making bison herd movements more predictable.},
	author = {Matthew Boyd}
}
