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noun
The use of controlled burning, chiefly by hunter-gatherers, as a form of ecological engineering to manage plant and animal distribution in a habitat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: anthropology, biology, ecology, human-sciences, natural-sciences, sciences
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noun
The culture and technology developed through the domestication of fire by early humans.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: anthropology, human-sciences, sciences
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noun
Slash and burn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh2wr̥ Proto-Hellenic *pāwər Ancient Greek πῦρ (pûr) Latin pyr English pyro- Proto-Indo-European *kwelh1- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kwélh1eti Proto-Italic *kwelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh2? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English pyroculture From pyro- + culture.
