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20,000 Years of Change: Plants, Animals, and People in the Flint Hills

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In September 1806, explorer Zebulon Montgomery Pike ventured into what is now Chase County and observed a rugged, rocky landscape he named the Flint Hills. This article explores the transformation of the area through thousands of years.

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ancient, Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Chase County, rocky, landscape, transformation, flora, fauna, plants, animals, Ice Age, Euro-Americans, nature, Pleistocene epoch, Last Glacial Maximum, LGM, tallgrass, prairie, megafauna, forests, soil, Holocene, hunting, modern, climate, Native Americans, village, people, humans, altithermal

How to Cite:

Mandel, R. (2012) “20,000 Years of Change: Plants, Animals, and People in the Flint Hills”, Symphony in the Flint Hills. 1(2012).