Cultural and environmental change on Rapa Nui
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Cultural and environmental change on Rapa Nui
（Routledge studies in archaeology, 30）
Routledge, 2018
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This volume brings together renowned global scholars to provide insight on Rapa Nui's past and present, examining the islnad's ecology, environment, landscape, historical documents, cultural traditions, and material culture.
Table of Contents
Introduction: The Changing Rapa Nui Landscape and Environment. The editors, 1. Christopher M. Stevenson, Thegn N. Ladefoged, and Oliver Chadwick-Taking a Close Look at Ground Level: The Ancient Gardens and Population Dynamics on the Hiva Hiva Lava Flow, Rapa Nui, Chile, 2. Andreas Mieth and Hans-Rudolf Bork- Major Environmental Changes: A Vanished Landscape, and the Phenomena and Eco-cultural Consequences of Extensive Deforestation in the Prehistory of Rapa Nui, 3. Daniel W. Ingersoll and Kathleen B. Ingersoll- The Loss of the Rapa Nui Palms and a Consideration of Additional Possibilities Including Disease, Insects, and Animals, 4. John Flenley- New Interpretations of Pollen Data from Rapa Nui, 5. Joan Wozniak- Ingenious Strategic Responses When the Forest is Gone: Subsistence Developments on Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Prehistoric Gardening Practices on Rapa Nui and How They Relate to Current Farming Practices, 6. Burkhard Vogt and Annette Kuhlem- New Rituals and Technology: By the Quebrada of Ava Ranga Uka A Toroke Hau, About Landscape Transformation and the Significance of Water and Trees, 7. Georgia Lee, Paul Bahn, Paul Horley, Sonia Haoa Cardinali, Lilian Gonzalez Nualart, and Ninoska Cuadros Hucke- Cultural Persistence and Change: Re-use of the Sacred in Late Period Petroglyphs Applied to Red Scoria Topknots from Easter Island (Rapa Nui), 8. Jan J. Boersema- An Earthly Paradise? Easter Island as seen by the Eighteenth Century European Explorers, 9. Rhys Richards- Beyond Sustainability: Supplying the Outside World. The Impact of Whalers and other Foreign Visitors before 1862, 10. Kathleen B. Ingersoll, Daniel W. Ingersoll, and Andrew Bove- Healing a Culture's Reputation: Challenging the Cultural Labeling and Libeling of the Rapanui, 11. The Editors- Reflections
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