Rapanui Easter Island
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Easter Island Studies
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Author : Steven R. Fischer
language : en
Publisher: Oxbow Books Limited
Release Date : 1993
Easter Island Studies written by Steven R. Fischer and has been published by Oxbow Books Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with History categories.
A collection of studies surveying the latest research into the island's natural, environmental and cultural history.
Rapanui Easter Island
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Author : Denis O'Leary
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2019-05-22
Rapanui Easter Island written by Denis O'Leary and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-22 with categories.
This book is published by Floricanto Press. www.FloricantoPress.com www.LatinoBooks.Net #LatinoBooks.com This a photographic, historical, and contemporary description of the island. Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island and Isla de Pascua, has long been said by natives to be at the navel of the Earth. The people of Easter Island knew of no others for hundreds of years and built their society and belief system until contacted by the outside world in 1722. It is still unknown if the social collapse that followed was from a natural disaster, forced by the human contact or more than likely as a result of a combination of the two. In the center of the South Pacific Ocean, Rapa Nui is located 2,191 miles west of the coast of Chile, South America in the center of the Pacific Ocean. Some 2,704 miles northeast of Tahiti, the island remains even today the most isolated inhabited land on the planet. Today, 7,750 people live on Easter Island. A territory of Chile, many who live on the Island consider themselves Rapanui before Chilean. Spanish is the language spoken by most, but the almost lost language of the island is taught in schools and families to bring the pride of the native islanders to the front. Note that the island and native language is "Rapa Nui" and the people of the island are "Rapanui." Denis O'Leary has been an educator for nearly three decades and long served in civil rights organizations as well as been an elected school Trustee for sixteen of those years. Denis O'Leary has authored fascinating books that reflect respect for diverse Latin American cultures such as Alba Walking in the Shadows, Esteban's Caravan, children's books about César Chávez and Grandpa's Short Handled Hoe. It is no wonder that when Mr. O'Leary traveled to the most remote location on Earth, Easter Island, with his wife and son, he wanted to relate what he saw and learned to students and community. Through Denis O'Leary's photography, interactions with Rapanui and research we are shown a whole story of the mysteries and culture that developed over the centuries at the navel of our planet: the island of Rapa Nui, or Easter Island.
Rapanui
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Author : Grant McCall
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Rapanui written by Grant McCall and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with History categories.
From Captain Cook's voyages to Kevin Costner's 1994 film, Rapanui has captured the interest and imagination of many people. Most accounts of Rapanui (as the people of Easter Island call themselves and their land) describe a barren, empty landscape. This book places people prominently in that landscape. Grant McCall has spent more than two decades studying Rapanui and in this revised second edition he presents the details of how Easter Island came to be what it is today. Rapanui is the absorbing story of the survival of an ingenious population of scarcely 3,000 people who cling to the rocky home they love. The first part of the book offers the reader a concise outline of the latest discoveries in the prehistory and history of Rapanui. Later chapters on contemporary life flow around the familiar concepts of family and group, belief, earning a living, relations with one's kin and with strangers. The final chapter describes the most recent changes and concludes with ideas about what the next millennium might bring to the people of the world's most remote island.
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.
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.
Rapa Nui Easter Island
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Author : Ian Conrich
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
Rapa Nui Easter Island written by Ian Conrich and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Easter Island categories.
Easter Island
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Author : Churchill William
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Easter Island written by Churchill William and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with categories.
The Prehistory Of Rapa Nui Easter Island
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Author : Valentí Rull
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2022-07-11
The Prehistory Of Rapa Nui Easter Island written by Valentí Rull and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-11 with Science categories.
This book addresses the main enigmas of Easter Island’s (Rapa Nui, in the Polynesian language) prehistory from the time of initial settlement to European contact with a multidisciplinary perspective. The main topics include: (i) the time of first settlement and the origin of the first settlers; (ii) the main features of prehistoric Rapanui culture and their changes; (iii) the deforestation of the island and its timing and causes; (iv) the extinction of the indigenous biota, (v) the occurrence of climatic shifts and their potential effects on socioecological trends; (vi) the evidence for a cultural and demographic collapse before European contact; and (vii) the influence of Europeans on prehistoric Rapanui society. The book is subdivided into thematic sections and each chapter is written by renowned specialists in disciplines such as archaeology, anthropology, paleoecology, ethnography, linguistics, ethnobotany, phylogenetics/phylogeography and history. Contributors have been invited to provide an open and objective vision that includes as many views as possible on the topics considered. In this way, the readers may be able to compare different of points of view and make their own interpretations on each of the subjects considered. The book is intended for a wide audience including graduate students, advanced undergraduate students, university teachers and researchers interested in the subject. Given its multidisciplinary character and the topics included, the book is suitable for students and researchers from a wide range of disciplines and interests.
Easter Island
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Author : JoAnne Van Tilburg
language : en
Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)
Release Date : 1994
Easter Island written by JoAnne Van Tilburg and has been published by Smithsonian Books (DC) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with History categories.
"Since Easter Island (Rapa Nui) was first contacted by the Dutchman Jacob Roggeveen nearly three centuries ago, the people, culture and, most of all, the monolithic statues of this remarkable island have been seen by Westerners as an incredible puzzle, a riddle with no solution. At the heart of the so-called mystery of Easter Island stand the gigantic moai, the supreme sculptural achievement of the Rapa Nui people and, indeed, of all Polynesia. Re-erected upon their rectangular stone platforms, lying along ancient transport roads, hidden deep in seaside caves, or standing upon the slopes of Rano Raraku, where they were hewn from the living rock, the statues are palpable evidence of the genius and obsession of a people. How were they moved? What do they mean?" "Nearly 1,000 statues have been meticulously measured, drawn, mapped, and photographed by archaeologist Jo Anne Van Tilburg and her Chilean and Rapa Nui colleagues over more than twelve years of dedicated research. Drawing on the insights that have been gained into sculptural techniques, design attributes, and formal variation, the author examines Rapa Nui prehistory in the context of new understandings of ecology and culture. Detailed drawings of statues by one of Rapa Nui's most talented artists, many published for the first time, reveal the fluidity of line and complexity of meaning encoded within these stone figures. Historical photographs from museum collections illustrate the vital role played by many Rapa Nui people in the documentation and preservation of their own culture. The latest methods of statistical analysis, computer imaging, and robotics programs are brought to bear upon the perplexing question of statue transport, and the author offers an exciting yet compellingly logical model of how a near-fourteen-ton statue could have been moved almost the entire length of the island." "Written by the foremost authority on the subject, this fascinating book is another important step toward unravelling "the mystery of Easter Island.""--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
The Eighth Land
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Author : Thomas S. Barthel
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 1978
The Eighth Land written by Thomas S. Barthel and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with History categories.
Analysis based principally on "Manuscript E", written by Easter Islanders in the early 20th century and made public in 1955. Refutes Heyerdahl's contention that aboriginals from the Americas settled Easter Island, asserting instead discovery and settlement by central Polynesians. Reliance on ethnoscientific data on place names, ethnobotany, ethnozoology, calendrical divisions, etc. Includes the complete Rapanui (Polynesian) text of Manuscript E.