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Introduction : the nature, culture, and sustainability of blackland prairies / Evan Peacock and Timothy Schauwecker -- Paleoenvironment and biogeography of the Mississippi Black Belt : evidence from insects / Richard L. Brown -- Terrestrial gastropods from archaeological contexts in the Black Belt province of Mississippi / Evan Peacock and Rebecca Melsheimer -- The application of a small-mammal model in paleoenvironmental analysis / S. Homes Hogue -- A comparison of three methods of paleoenvironmental analysis at an archaeological site on the Mississippi Black Prairie / Evan Peacock and Mary Celeste Reese -- Louisiana prairies / Michael H. MacRoberts, Barbara R. MacRoberts, and Lynn Stacey Jackson -- Blackland prairie landscapes of southwestern Arkansas : historical perspective, present status, and restoration potential / Thomas L. Foti ... [et al.] -- A plant community classification for Arkansas's blackland prairie ecosystem / Douglas Zollner, Scott Simon, and Thomas L. Foti -- Plant and soil interactions in prairie remnants of the Jackson Prairie Region, Mississippi / L.P. Moran, D.E. Pettry, and R.E. Switzer -- Prehistoric settlement patterning on the Mississippi Black Prairie / Janet Rafferty -- Water-resource controls on human habitation in the Black Prairie of north-central Mississippi / Darrel W. Schmitz, Charles L. Wax, and Evan Peacock -- Osage orange bows, Indian horses, and the blackland prairie of northeastern Texas / Frank F. Schambach -- Rediscovery and management of prairie remnants of the Bienville National Forest, east-central Mississippi / Dean Elsen and Ronald Wieland -- Plant assemblage response to disturbance at a blackland prairie restoration site in northeastern Mississippi / Timothy Schauwecker and John MacDonald -- Restoration of a prairie remnant in the Black Belt of Mississippi / Sherrill Wiygul, Kay Krans, Richard Brown, and Victor Maddox -- Priorities for the future : planning for sustainable multiple use / Thomas W. Schurch -- Conclusion : theory and applications in the study of human/nature interactions / Evan Peacock and Timothy Schauwecker.