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Author : Rupert I. Murrill
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1452909695
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (529 download)
Download or read book Cranial and Postcranial Skeletal Remains from Easter Island written by Rupert I. Murrill and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1968 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rupert I. Murrill
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 9780816604777
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (47 download)
Download or read book Cranial and Postcranial Skeletal Remains from Easter Island written by Rupert I. Murrill and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1968 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An archaeological expedition to Easter Island and the East Pacific was organized and financed by Thor Heyerdahl, the Norwegian anthropologist of Kon-Tiki fame, in 1955-1956. Although Professor Murrill was not a member of the expedition, he was asked to st.
Author : Rupert Ivan Murrill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (67 download)
Download or read book Cranial and Posteranial Skeletal Remains from Easter Island written by Rupert Ivan Murrill and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Vincent H. Stefan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316462439
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (164 download)
Download or read book Skeletal Biology of the Ancient Rapanui (Easter Islanders) written by Vincent H. Stefan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-07 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disseminating what is currently known about the skeletal biology of the ancient Rapanui and placing it within the wider context of Polynesian skeletal variation, this volume is the culmination of over thirty years of research into the remotely inhabited Easter Island. Compiling osteological data deriving from Rapanui skeletal remains into one succinct analysis, this book demonstrates how the application of modern skeletal biology research techniques can effectively be employed to address questions of human population origins and microevolution. Craniometrics and DNA analysis are used to provide indications as to Rapanui ancestral lineage. Evidence is presented in a user-friendly manner to allow researchers and graduates to critically analyse the current knowledge of prehistoric Rapanui skeletal variation. An important resource providing valuable evidence from human biology that modifies earlier archaeological and cultural anthropological views, this book will stimulate further research into the Rapanui.
Author : Jan J. Boersema
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316298450
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (162 download)
Download or read book The Survival of Easter Island written by Jan J. Boersema and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-04-13 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 of natural resources, particularly woodlands, on which Easter Island culture depended. Deforestation is said to have led to erosion, followed by hunger, conflict, and economic and cultural collapse. Drawing on scientific data and historical sources, including the shipping journals of the Dutch merchant who was the first European to visit the island in 1722, Boersema shows that deforestation did not in fact jeopardize food production and lead to starvation and violence. On the basis of historical and scientific evidence, Boersema demonstrates how Easter Island society responded to cultural and environmental change as it evolved and managed to survive.
Author : Beverley Haun
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 0802098886
Total Pages : 722 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Inventing 'Easter Island' written by Beverley Haun and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Easter Island, or Rapa Nui as it is known to its inhabitants, is located in the Pacific Ocean, 3600 kilometres west of South America. Annexed by Chile in 1888, the island has been a source of fascination for the world beyond the island since the first visit by Europeans in 1722 due to its intriguing statues and complex history. Inventing 'Easter Island' examines narrative strategies and visual conventions in the discursive construction of 'Easter Island' as distinct from the native conception of 'Rapa Nui.' It looks at the geographic imaginary that pervaded the eighteenth century, a period of overwhelming imperial expansion. Beverley Haun begins with a discussion of forces that shaped the European version of island culture and goes on to consider the representation of that culture in the form of explorer texts and illustrations, as well as more recent texts and images in comic books and kitsch from off the island. Throughout, 'Easter Island' is used as a case study of the impact of imperialism on the view of a culture from outside. The study hinges on three key points - an inquiry into the formation of 'Easter Island' as a subject; an examination of how the constructed space and culture have been shaped, reshaped, and represented in discursive spaces; and a discussion of cultural memory and how the constraints of foreign texts and images have shaped thought and action about 'Easter Island.' Richly illustrated and unique in its findings, Inventing 'Easter Island' will appeal to cultural theorists, anthropologists, educators, and anyone interested in the history of the South Pacific.
Author : Ethan E. Cochrane
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199925070
Total Pages : 529 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (999 download)
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Prehistoric Oceania written by Ethan E. Cochrane and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Oxford Handbook of Prehistoric Oceania presents the archaeology, linguistics, environment and human biology of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia. First colonized 50,000 years ago, Oceania witnessed the independent invention of agriculture, the construction of Easter Island's statues, and the development of the word's last archaic states."--Provided by publisher.
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Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Rapa Nui Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : G. Richard Scott
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316805719
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (168 download)
Download or read book The Anthropology of Modern Human Teeth written by G. Richard Scott and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-03-15 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All humans share certain components of tooth structure, but show variation in size and morphology around this shared pattern. This book presents a worldwide synthesis of the global variation in tooth morphology in recent populations. Research has advanced on many fronts since the publication of the first edition, which has become a seminal work on the subject. This revised and updated edition introduces new ideas in dental genetics and ontogeny and summarizes major historical problems addressed by dental morphology. The detailed descriptions of 29 dental variables are fully updated with current data and include details of a new web-based application for using crown and root morphology to evaluate ancestry in forensic cases. A new chapter describes what constitutes a modern human dentition in the context of the hominin fossil record.
Author : JoAnne Van Tilburg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Easter Island written by JoAnne Van Tilburg and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1042 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book National Library of Medicine Current Catalog written by National Library of Medicine (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 1042 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Steven R. Fischer
Publisher : Oxbow Books Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Easter Island Studies written by Steven R. Fischer and published by Oxbow Books Limited. This book was released on 1993 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of studies surveying the latest research into the island's natural, environmental and cultural history.
Author : Theresa Bane
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476623384
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Giants and Humanoids in Myth, Legend and Folklore written by Theresa Bane and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-05-12 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every culture has in its folklore and mythology beings of immense size and strength, as well as other preternatural humanoids great or small who walk among us, serving the divine or fulfilling their own agendas. This book catalogs the lore and legends of more than 1,000 different humanoid species and individual beings, including the Titans, Valkyries, Jotnar, yōkai, biblical giants, elves, ogres, trolls and many more.
Author : Polynesian Society (N.Z.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (38 download)
Download or read book The Journal of the Polynesian Society written by Polynesian Society (N.Z.) and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. for 1892-1941 contain the transactions and proceedings of the society.
Author : Clark Spencer Larsen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107268451
Total Pages : 477 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (72 download)
Download or read book Bioarchaeology written by Clark Spencer Larsen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-11-27 with total page 477 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human remains recovered from archaeological sites can help us interpret lifetime events such as disease, physiological stress, injury and violent death, physical activity, tooth use, diet and demographic history of once-living populations. This is the first comprehensive synthesis of the emerging field of bioarchaeology. A central theme is the interaction between biology and behaviour, underscoring the dynamic nature of skeletal and dental tissues, and the influences of environment and culture on human biological variation. It emphasises research results and their interpretation, covering palaeopathology, physiological stress, skeletal and dental growth and structure, the processes of aging and biodistance. It will be a unique resource for students and researchers interested in biological and physical anthropology or archaeology.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book New Zealand Journal of Archaeology written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ernest Ingersoll
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 652 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Explorers Journal written by Ernest Ingersoll and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
