FLENLEY, John and BAHN, Paul

The Enigmas of Easter Island

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Publisher: Oxford University Press

Year: 1992

Format: Hardback

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Easter Island, an unimaginably remote volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean, produced one of the most fascinating and yet least understood prehistoric cultures. Who were its inhabitants, and where did they come from? Why, and equally intriguingly, how did they erect the giant stone statues found all over the island? Paul Bahn and John Flenley tackle these and a host of other questions, introducing us, along the way, to the bizarre birdman cult found in the island’s art, and the only recently deciphered Rongorongo script engraved on wooden panels. The Enigmas of Easter Island combines a wealth of new archaeological evidence, intriguing folk memories and the records of Captain Cook and other early explorers, to reveal how the island’s decline may stem from ecological catastrophe. New revised and updated edition Inscription to front endpaper otherwise near Fine in near Fine jacket

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