Enigmas of Easter Island

Name: Enigmas of Easter Island
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ISBN: 9780192803405

ISBN-10: 0192803409

ISBN-13: 9780192803405

Edition: 2nd 2003

Authors: Paul G. Bahn, John R. Flenley, Paul Bahn, John Flenley

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Easter Island, an unimaginably remote volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean, produced one of the most fascinating and yet least understood prehistoric cultures. Who were its inhabitants, and where did they come from? Why, and equally intriguingly, how did they erect the giant stone statues found all over the island? Paul Bahn and John Flenley tackle these and a host of other questions, introducing us, along the way, to the bizarre birdman cult found in the island's art, and the only recently deciphered Rongorongo script engraved on wooden panels. The Enigmas of Easter Island combines a wealth of new archaeological evidence, intriguing folk memories and the records of Captain Cook and other…

Book details

List price: $43.50
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/29/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 274
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English

Paul G. Bahn obtained a doctorate in archaeology from the University of Cambridge and is an acknowledged expert on Ice Age cave art. He is the author and editor of several books on archaeology and resides in the U.K.



List of Illustrations


List of Plates


Introduction: European Discovery



The Island and Its Geography


The Landscape


The Climate


Fauna and Flora



The Original 'Boat People'



Where did They Come From?


East or West?


Thor Heyerdahl and the Kon-Tiki Expedition


Kon-Tiki--The Hidden Evidence


Winds, Currents, and Navigation


Oral Traditions


Botanical Evidence


Arts and Artefacts


Linguistics


Physical Anthropology


Conclusion



How did They Get There, and Why?


'Star-Compass' Navigators


Found by Chance?



Living on an Island


1,400 Years of Solitude?


Reconstructing the Environment


Pursuing the Palm


An 'Earthly Paradise'



Ancestors of Stone: A Petrified Dream



Statues and Ceremonies


'Living Faces'



The Riddle of the Quarry


The Statues' Maternity Ward



Rocking or Rolling: How Were the Statues Moved?



Platforms and Pukao: Erecting the Statues



The Aftermath



Crash Go the Ancestors


Violence Erupts


The Human Population



Orongo and Rongorongo


Orongo: The Scramble for Eggs


Rongorongo



The Island That Self-Destructed



The Last Enigma



Visiting Easter Island


Notes


Further Reading


Acknowledgements


Index