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The Modernization Of Easter Island

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Author : John Douglas Porteous
language : en
Publisher: University of Victoria
Release Date : 1981

The Modernization Of Easter Island written by John Douglas Porteous and has been published by University of Victoria this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with History categories.

Easter Island

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Author : JoAnne Van Tilburg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994

Easter Island written by JoAnne Van Tilburg and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Easter Island categories.

Easter Island

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Author : Caroline Arnold
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 2004-10

Easter Island written by Caroline Arnold and has been published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-10 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.

Describes the formation, geography, ecology, and inhabitants of the isolated Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean.

The Mysteries Of Easter Island

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Author : Jean-Michel Schwartz
language : en
Publisher: Avon Books
Release Date : 1975

The Mysteries Of Easter Island written by Jean-Michel Schwartz and has been published by Avon Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Nature categories.

A French ethnologist writes about his nine-month expedition on Easter Island and correlates his findings with the work of earlier researchers.

20 Fun Facts About Easter Island

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Author : Heather Moore Niver
language : en
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Release Date : 1900-01-01

20 Fun Facts About Easter Island written by Heather Moore Niver and has been published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1900-01-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.

On an island in the Pacific Ocean more than 1,000 miles from the nearest habitable location, ancient people constructed hundreds of enormous stone heads. No one is sure exactly how they moved the giant statues into place. In fact, no one really knows how people got there in the first place! Readers are sure to enjoy learning about the mystery surrounding Easter Island. Colorful images of the moai, flora, fauna, and more help transport readers to this amazing world wonder.

The Complete Guide To Easter Island

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Author : Shawn McLaughlin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007

The Complete Guide To Easter Island written by Shawn McLaughlin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Easter Island categories.

Rapa Nui Easter Island

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Author : Ian Conrich
language : en
Publisher: Frank & Timme GmbH
Release Date : 2016-05-06

Rapa Nui Easter Island written by Ian Conrich and has been published by Frank & Timme GmbH this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-06 with History categories.

Easter Island (or Rapa Nui) has long captivated travellers and explorers since it was first encountered by European voyagers in 1722. The island’s colossal stone carvings (moai) have been the primary attraction, yet these have overshadowed the broader culture of the Rapanui people. This significant edited collection brings together thirteen specialists from eight countries in a series of studies that address the pre-history, history, contemporary society and popular culture of Easter Island. Consideration is given to both the Rapanui and western cultures with topics covered including archaeology, anthropology, linguistics, tourism, literature, comic books and music. This is a multidisciplinary book with subjects ranging from fact to fiction and from Thor Heyerdahl and Katherine Routledge to Indiana Jones and Lara Croft.

The Statues That Walked

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Author : Terry Hunt
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2011-06-21

The Statues That Walked written by Terry Hunt and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-21 with History categories.

The monumental statues of Easter Island, both so magisterial and so forlorn, gazing out in their imposing rows over the island’s barren landscape, have been the source of great mystery ever since the island was first discovered by Europeans on Easter Sunday 1722. How could the ancient people who inhabited this tiny speck of land, the most remote in the vast expanse of the Pacific islands, have built such monumental works? No such astonishing numbers of massive statues are found anywhere else in the Pacific. How could the islanders possibly have moved so many multi-ton monoliths from the quarry inland, where they were carved, to their posts along the coastline? And most intriguing and vexing of all, if the island once boasted a culture developed and sophisticated enough to have produced such marvelous edifices, what happened to that culture? Why was the island the Europeans encountered a sparsely populated wasteland? The prevailing accounts of the island’s history tell a story of self-inflicted devastation: a glaring case of eco-suicide. The island was dominated by a powerful chiefdom that promulgated a cult of statue making, exercising a ruthless hold on the island’s people and rapaciously destroying the environment, cutting down a lush palm forest that once blanketed the island in order to construct contraptions for moving more and more statues, which grew larger and larger. As the population swelled in order to sustain the statue cult, growing well beyond the island’s agricultural capacity, a vicious cycle of warfare broke out between opposing groups, and the culture ultimately suffered a dramatic collapse. When Terry Hunt and Carl Lipo began carrying out archaeological studies on the island in 2001, they fully expected to find evidence supporting these accounts. Instead, revelation after revelation uncovered a very different truth. In this lively and fascinating account of Hunt and Lipo’s definitive solution to the mystery of what really happened on the island, they introduce the striking series of archaeological discoveries they made, and the path-breaking findings of others, which led them to compelling new answers to the most perplexing questions about the history of the island. Far from irresponsible environmental destroyers, they show, the Easter Islanders were remarkably inventive environmental stewards, devising ingenious methods to enhance the island’s agricultural capacity. They did not devastate the palm forest, and the culture did not descend into brutal violence. Perhaps most surprising of all, the making and moving of their enormous statutes did not require a bloated population or tax their precious resources; their statue building was actually integral to their ability to achieve a delicate balance of sustainability. The Easter Islanders, it turns out, offer us an impressive record of masterful environmental management rich with lessons for confronting the daunting environmental challenges of our own time. Shattering the conventional wisdom, Hunt and Lipo’s ironclad case for a radically different understanding of the story of this most mysterious place is scientific discovery at its very best.

The Ancient Mystery Of Easter Island

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Author : John A. Torres
language : en
Publisher: Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc.
Release Date : 2007-03

The Ancient Mystery Of Easter Island written by John A. Torres and has been published by Mitchell Lane Publishers, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-03 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.

To some, Easter Island is just a tiny bit of volcanic rock in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. To others, it is the source of one of mankind’s greatest mysteries. Easter Island is home to hundreds of giant statues that people built centuries ago—but no one knows why. The statues are amazing. Some of them wear headdresses made from red stone. Others have large pieces of coral for eyes. Almost as mysterious as the statues themselves is the fact that so many of them were never finished. In fact, tools used to make the huge stone structures were left right near the unfinished works. What happened on Easter Island? And why does it continue to captivate us?

The Mystery Of Easter Island

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Author : Katherine Routledge
language : en
Publisher: Adventures Unlimited Press
Release Date : 1998

The Mystery Of Easter Island written by Katherine Routledge and has been published by Adventures Unlimited Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with History categories.

Heavily illustrated with a wealth of old photos, this book is a treasury of information on the most mysterious of islands, Easter Island (Rapa Nui).