Jul 11, 2019
The world's most impressive seafarers and statue builders were
reduced from a thriving community of many thousands to just 111
traumatised survivors.
These Rapa Nui people were the victims of their harsh environment,
disease, enslavement and gun toting Europeans, Americans and
Peruvians. All this after they had already turned against their
gods, toppling many of the famous Moai head statues.
MAIN SOURCES/FURTHER READING
T. Hunt & C. Lipo - The Statues that Walked: Unraveling the Mystery of Easter Island
D. Porteous – The Modernization of Easter Island
T. Heyerdahl – Aku Aku
M. Levison et al – The Settlement of Polynesia
J. Diamond - Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
A. Mieth & H-R. Bork - Humans, climate or introduced rats – which is to blame for the woodland destruction on prehistoric Rapa Nui. http://www.marklynas.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Mieth-Bork_JAS_Rats-Humans.pdf
P. Bahn & J. Flenley – Easter Island: Earth Island