Website review: A Short Prehistory and History of E...
coastofnowhere discovered this in Archaeology
•39 reviews since Apr 25, 2005
archaeology, history, easter-island
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coastofnowhere discovered 39 months ago- Easter Island Easter Island (or Rapa Nui) is one of the world's great archaeological sites, and also one of the most remote. The nearest inhabited island is tiny Pitcairn, over 1,200 miles to the west. Rapa Nui is almost 2,500 miles from the coast of South America and, in the other direction, it is 2,000 miles to Tahiti. Its isolation is one of the key factors affecting the culture that evolved here. From what we know of the material culture, language, and customs, it seems that the original settlers came from either the Marquesas Islands or from Mangareva around AD 400-600. They may have stopped at other islands along the way. Finding this isolated island seems a miracle. The hardy Polynesians who found Rapa Nui came prepared to stay. They brought tools and food, and plants and animals to begin a new life. But the island they found is not a typical Polynesian paradise: it is out of the tropics, and has neither rivers nor protective reefs. But, although small (Rapa Nui is a mere 66 square miles), it had a forest of large palms and other trees, and craters held drinking water. Obsidian was available for tools and weapons as well as easily worked lapilli tuff -- the perfect material for making statues. Click here to read more about Easter Island!
- degelh rated 6 hours ago
- Wonderful and accurate, but not as gripping a narrative as Thor Heyerdahl's tales. Still.
- dpsahoo1947 rated 20 hours ago
- Easter Island (or Rapa Nui) is one of the world's great archaeological sites, and also one of the most remote. The nearest inhabited island is tiny Pitcairn, over 1,200 miles [1,931 kilometers] to the west. Rapa Nui is almost 2,500 miles [4,023 kilometers] from the coast of South America and, in the other direction, it is 2,000 miles [3,219 kilometers] to Tahiti. Its isolation is one of the key factors affecting the culture that evolved here. From what we know of the material culture, language, and customs, it seems that the original settlers came from either the Marquesas Islands or from Mangareva around 400-600 CE. They may have stopped at other islands along the way. Finding this isolated island seems a miracle. The hardy Polynesians who found Rapa Nui came prepared to stay. They brought tools and food, and plants and animals to begin a new life. But the island they found is not a typical Polynesian paradise: it is out of the tropics, and has neither rivers nor protective reefs. But, although small (Rapa Nui is a mere 66 square miles [171 square kilometers] in area), it had a forest of large palms and other trees, and craters held drinking water. Obsidian was available for tools and weapons as well as easily worked lapilli tuff--the perfect material for making statues.
- EmpIx rated 6 weeks ago
- Very informative.
- Shelly41 rated 4 months ago
- An excellent read on Easter Island History. Easter Island (or Rapa Nui) is one of the world's great archaeological sites, and also one of the most remote. The nearest inhabited island is tiny Pitcairn, over 1,200 miles [1,931 kilometers] to the west. Rapa Nui is almost 2,500 miles [4,023 kilometers] from the coast of South America and, in the other direction, it is 2,000 miles [3,219 kilometers] to Tahiti. Its isolation is one of the key factors affecting the culture that evolved here.
- theasus rated 5 months ago
- A very good read on Easter Island.
- javamanjoe rated 5 months ago
- Lots of interesting stuff here. Easter Island (or Rapa Nui) is one of the world's great archaeological sites, and also one of the most remote. The nearest inhabited island is tiny Pitcairn, over 1,200 miles [1,931 kilometers] to the west. Rapa Nui is almost 2,500 miles [4,023 kilometers] from the coast of South America and, in the other direction, it is 2,000 miles [3,219 kilometers] to Tahiti. Its isolation is one of the key factors affecting the culture that evolved here.
- choim rated 9 months ago
- A seemingly inclusive treatise on known history and archaeology of Easter Island (nothing about the big money). Makes me want to push the big red button on the entire humankind. Once again, indigenous peoples are ground into dust by "civilized" people.
- rowen77 rated 9 months ago
- An excellent site on Easter Island, highly recommend
- massiva rated 11 months ago
- that is one of the places on my holiday agenda
