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has gloss | eng: Fire-stick farming are words used by Australian archaeologist Rhys Jones in 1969. They describe the way that Indigenous Australians used fire regularly to burn the land. This helped hunting by herding the animals into particular areas, and also caused new grass to grow which attracted more animals. Over many years it changed the types of plants and animals that lived in an area. |
has gloss | eng: Fire-stick farming is a term coined by Australian archaeologist Rhys Jones in 1969 to describe the practice of Indigenous Australians where fire was used regularly to burn vegetation to facilitate hunting and to change the composition of plant and animal species in an area. |
lexicalization | eng: Fire Stick Farming |
lexicalization | eng: fire-stick farming |
lexicalization | eng: Firestick farming |
instance of | e/Indigenous Australians |
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