Easter Island
No one knows why the Moai, nearly a thousand megalithic volcanic statues, were carved, transported, and erected or why they were all found facedown by European explorers. In addition, did a Stone Age population of less than 10,000 actually deforest the land, causing environmental devastation? There were as many as 16 million Chilean palms covering 70 percent of the island when the settlers first appeared, but Westerners in the early 18th century were astonished by the total absence of trees. Fu…
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- Full title :Easter Island / by Ronald A. Reis.
Summary
No one knows why the Moai, nearly a thousand megalithic volcanic statues, were carved, transported, and erected or why they were all found facedown by European explorers. In addition, did a Stone Age population of less than 10,000 actually deforest the land, causing environmental devastation? There were as many as 16 million Chilean palms covering 70 percent of the island when the settlers first appeared, but Westerners in the early 18th century were astonished by the total absence of trees. Furthermore, the islanders adopted a new cult based on the worship of birds and in the process, annuall.
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- Publication Date:2011.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Chelsea House
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2011.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781438139623, 1438139624
- oclc:ocn958727489
- LC Classification:F3169
- Dewey Decimal:996.18
Table of Contents
Polynesian wayfinders -- Te pito te henua -- Megalithic monuments -- Collapse -- Sacred birdmen -- Western contact and Rapanui response -- The lost century -- Research and renewal
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