Easter Island studies : contributions to the history of Rapanui in memory of William T. Mulloy
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Bibliographic Information
Easter Island studies : contributions to the history of Rapanui in memory of William T. Mulloy
(Oxbow monograph, 32)
Oxbow Books , [Distributor USA], David Brown Book Co., 1993
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index (bibliography of William T. Mulloy: p. xii-xiii)
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A collection of studies surveying the latest research into the island's natural, environmental and cultural history.
Table of Contents
Natural History: Geological Parameters (S R Fischer & C M Love), Present flora and its origins (J R Flenley), Marine fauna (L H DiSaivo & J E Randall), Terrestrial fauna (K Klemmer & G Zizka), Palaeoecology of Easter Island and its ecological disaster (I R Flenley), Flora: needs and possibilities of conservation (G Zizka). History of Settlement: human settlement (P G Bahn), Human osteology (G W Gill & D W Owsley), The naming of Rapanui (S R rischer), Bibliography in the Archives of the Fathers of the Sacred Hearts (A Mark). Archaeology: Rapanui Archaeology up to 1956 (P G Bahn), The Norwegian expedition (C S Smith), Monolithic sculptures (P G Bahn), Survey of the Moai (W Liller), Dating of Monolithic Sculpture (A Skjolsvold), Soil temperature and relative humidity in obsidian dating (C M Stevenson, I Friedman & J Miles), Easter Island Abu revisited (C M Love), Rock art (G Lee), Monuments in the archaeoastronomy of Rapanui (W Liller), Preservation of the archaeological heritage (A E Cbarola and CA Weber). Traditions: The Pantheon (A Bierbach & H Cain), Concept of Akuaku (O Blixen), Myths and legends is reflexions of shamanistic beliefs (I K Feddorova), The Tangata Manu (H-M Esen-Baur), Traditional foods (NJ Pollock), Medical arts (R Campbell). Language and Scripts: Rapanui language (V M du Teu & S R Fischer), Post contact change in Rapanui language (WI W Scbumacber), Modern language (S M du Feu), Classical Rapanui script (T S Barthel), Inscribed artefacts in three Rapanui scripts (S R Fischer), Tablets (F Dederenen & S R Fischer). The Arts: Performing arts (R Campbell), Wooden sculptures (J Seaver), Types of wood used in carving (C Orlinc), Personal and group symbols in wood sculpture (F Torment), Symbolism (A MA Arredondo). Post contact change: Modernisation of Rapanui J D Porteous).
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