The survival of Easter Island : dwindling resources and cultural resilience / Jan J. Boersema, Leiden University ; translated by Diane Webb.

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"In this book, Jan J. Boersema reconstructs the ecological and cultural history of Easter Island and critiques the hitherto accepted theory of the collapse of its civilization. The collapse theory, advanced most recently by Jared Diamond and Clive Ponting, is based on the documented overexploitation...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Beelden van Paaseiland. English
Main Author: Boersema, J. J., 1947- (Author)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
Dutch
Published: New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Edition:English edition.
Subjects:
Easter Island > Civilization.
Prehistoric peoples > Easter Island.
Sculpture, Prehistoric > Easter Island.
Polynesians > Easter Island > Antiquities.
Physical Description:xvi, 296 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Easter Island as an icon; 2. From the east or the west?; 3. The green past; 4. Culture appears, nature disappears; 5. Makemake, moai, and the tangata manu; 6. Resilience and sustainability; 7. Foreigners; 8. Christianization, sheep breeding, and research; 9. The earth and Easter Island: doom and destiny.