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Abstract
Vegetation and Environment of South Mississippi, 1779
Track: Ecology, Archaeology, and Conservation
Author(s): Brian Mitchell, Donald Williams
Spatial analysis of the marker trees and supplementary vegetation data contained in the original 1779 manuscript map boundary survey between British West Florida and the Choctaw Nation was used to construct a vegetation theme in ArcView. Overlaying this historical vegetation theme on data themes relating to soils, landforms, and modern vegetation demonstrates the relationships that existed between forests and the environment prior to the introduction of European agriculture in southern Mississippi and the changes to that relationship following the decline of agriculture in the twentieth century.
Brian Mitchell
University of Southern Mississippi
Geography
S. S. Box 5051
Hattiesburg , MS 39406-5051
USA
Phone: 601-266-4729
E-mail: Brian.Mitchell@usm.edu
Donald Williams
University of Southern Mississippi
Geography
S. S. Box 5051
Hattiesburg 39406-5051
USA
Phone: 601-266-4733
E-mail: Donald.Williams@usm.edu