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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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