Easter Island studies : contributions to the history of Rapanui in memory of William T. Mulloy

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Easter Island studies : contributions to the history of Rapanui in memory of William T. Mulloy

edited by Steven Roger Fischer

(Oxbow monograph, 32)

Oxbow Books , [Distributor USA], David Brown Book Co., 1993

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Includes bibliographical references and index (bibliography of William T. Mulloy: p. xii-xiii)

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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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