10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EASTER ISLANDER»
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Easter Islander in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Easter Islander and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Popular Controversies in World History: Investigating ...
Cavilli-Sforza et al. also note the unusual distance Easter Islander genetic data
has with all other regions as compared even to other eastern Polynesians
probably due to a founder effect and historic mixing. For instance, the Easter
Islander ...
2
Inventing '
Easter Island'
The first description of an 'Easter Islander' positions him as inferior to his
narrators, in spite of the fact that he makes the first contact and stands before
them alone and naked and unafraid, engrossed in the mechanics of their vessel,
while they ...
3
The Riddle of the Pacific
One story runs of an Easter Islander called P ekuan - g o o ohu who refused to
sacrifice to the god ; and the god, lifting him up, took him to his own ancient
kingdom, Motu Ma tiro Hiva, where he set him the task of looking after the fish that
were ...
John Macmillan Brown, 1996
4
When Technology Fails: A Manual for Self-reliance, ...
I have often asked myself, “What did the Easter Islander who cut down the last
palm tree say while he was doing it?” The Easter Islanders' isolation probably
also explains why I have found that their collapse, more than the collapse of any
other ...
5
Oceanic Voices - European Quills: The Early Documents on and ...
In the 1930s, Old Rapanui was buried with the last Easter Islander to recall the
arrival of the Roman Catholic missionaries in the 1860s. Already as of the early
1900s, however, most Easter Islanders were already speaking Modern Rapanui.
6
Rediscovering
Easter Island
Easter Islander Juan Tepano interpreted for the Routledge expedition. at least
some damage. In front of many ahu, fallen statues lay facedown, "like a row of
huge nine-pins." While William Routledge took measurements, Katherine stayed
on ...
7
Richard Dawkins: How a scientist changed the way we think
In his book Collapse, Jared Diamond wonders about the psychology of over-
exploitation, imagining it as self-deceptive wishful thinking: I have often asked
myself, 'What did the Easter Islander who cut down the last palm tree say while
he was ...
Alan Grafen, Mark Ridley, 2006
8
The Enigmas of
Easter Island
'Easter Islander origins: Non-metric cranial trait comparison between Easter
Island and Peru'. Rapa Nui Journal 11 (2): 58—63. — — 1998. 'An analysis of
Easter Island population history' in (C. Stevenson et al., eds.) Easter Island in
Pacific ...
John Flenley, Paul Bahn, 2003
9
Slavers in Paradise: The Peruvian Labour Trade in Polynesia, ...
As regards the figurine, which is well illustrated in Thor Heyer- dahl's
comprehensive work on The Art of Easter Island it may, as Heyerdahl thought
possible, have been brought by an Easter islander in pre-European times, or it
may have been ...
But from what he saw and heard, Roggeveen thought that carved patterns
decorated their surfaces. This drawing from 1777 shows an Easter Islander
wearing a headdress and with elongated earlobes. Easter Island (Rapa Nui) 1/ 3|
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10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EASTER ISLANDER»
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Easter Islander is used in the context of the following news items.
The Demise of Easter Island's Eco-Collapse Parable
I have often asked myself, “What did the Easter Islander who cut down the last palm tree say while he was doing it?” Diamond's central ... «Discover Magazine, Jan 14»
Zero carbon island
The Easter Islander's stone heads 'prestige project' is another famous case. On a different tack, I looked at many strategies and approaches ... «Isle of Man Today, Dec 13»
Easter Island: spellbinding Rapa Nui's elegant, eerie protectors
One islander told me she was neither a Chilean nor an Easter Islander ("pascuense" in Spanish): "I am a Rapa Nui. The Chileans deny their ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 13»
Mahani Teave, Easter Island's only concert pianist
But for one native Easter Islander, these long-dead European composers are a daily inspiration. Mahani Teave started playing classical music ... «BBC News, Aug 12»
Easter Islanders' battle for their ancestral land ends in bloodshed
Violence flared on the tiny South Pacific Easter Island on December 3 after police forcefully evicted indigenous Rapa Nui protesters occupying ... «France24, Dec 10»
No Longer the Republican Party of Mount Rushmore -- Now the …
Diamond raises the question: "What did the Easter Islander who cut down the last palm tree say while he was doing it? 'We don't have proof ... «Huffington Post, Sep 10»
Lunch with the FT: Jared Diamond
But if we can't supply more or consume less, doesn't that mean that, like the Easter Islander who chopped down the last tree, thus condemning ... «Financial Times, Aug 09»
Before the Trees Disappeared
"There are lots of ways they could have been moved," says Sergio Rapu, the only born Easter Islander who is also a trained archaeologist. «Wall Street Journal, May 09»
Japan faces up to the prospect of 'peak fish'
Jared Diamond, an evolutionary biologist, wonders what was going through the mind of the Easter Islander who cut down the last tree, thereby ... «Financial Times, Jan 09»
A Question of Blame When Societies Fall
What, Dr. Diamond wondered in an often cited passage, was going through the mind of the Easter Islander who cut the last tree? But what was ... «New York Times, Dec 07»
