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pyroculture

Noun

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(ecology, anthropology) The use of controlled burning, chiefly by hunter-gatherers, as a form of ecological engineering to manage plant and animal distribution in a habitat.

(anthropology) The culture and technology developed through the domestication of fire by early humans.

(agriculture) Slash and burn.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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